Big Society

September has been a great month for CEI Services in terms of the work we have completed but also with changes in the business it has been great to see the team pull together in training and in terms of the work we have had to complete.

It looks like our involvement with flood damaged properties in Cockermouth has finally come to an end, almost 12 months after the floods hit. We think our end results look fantastic but like everyone else in Cumbria we hope to never have to do this type of work again! It has been a tough year for Cumbria and we hope this Winter is much happier and less eventful then the last!

As well as laying block paved driveways, pressure cleaning buildings and driveways, graffiti removal, monument cleaning, internal cleaning, some landscaping and other repairs, we have been working on our secret side quite regularly this month aswell! This is a side to our pressure cleaning business we are unable to discuss in any specific detail however we are working with some of the biggest names in the WORLD all over the UK and hope to continue doing so for many years to come! Send us an email and we might tell you more! Then again we might not!

Finally we have watched with interest for more details of David Camerons big society to materialise. We hope that it will put an end to centralised services so that councils are given the freedom (or are forced) to choose the best priced local contractor for a particular job. Small to medium businesses in this country would be boosted enormously by securing work from their local authorities. A lot needs to change before this happens however and to me there is still nothing firmly in places to really help us! You can visit http://www.thebigsociety.co.uk/ to keep upto date with developments and put your ideas forward. We have recently submitted a few of our own innovative ideas/suggestions and we wait with baited breath to see if we get a response!

Finally, you might remember Lee Parr has become our Operations Manager for the Midlands; and our move down the country has proved fruitful already securing some high profile industrial cleaning and painting in December. A big welcome to Lee, we hope he continues his positive start for many years to come!!

Power Washing New York Style and CEI News

Take a look at this fantastic photo of a pressure cleaning company in New York getting high and dirty in Manhattan, New York City. Having spent quite a lot of time in the USA the CEI team is envious of this cleaning companies potential future work, as a large percentage of the cities buildings are in the condition of the left side of this photo! If New York decides to really clean itself up then we may have to think about immigration!

CEI Services planned expansion has gone well and we now have an established base in the Midlands with our Midland Operations Manager Lee Parr very proud and excited about the potential ahead. A big congratulations to him on securing the role and on behalf of everyone at CEI Services, we wish him all the best for the future!

We are now ideally positioned to service current and new clients throughout the whole of the UK on a contractual or one off basis. We hope to be able to provide our customers with added value for money, quicker response times and of course we hope to reduce fuel costs which is good for us and the environment!

Would you believe we are still working on restoring flood damaged houses in Cockermouth? Thats right, approaching10 months on from the awful floods the town is still very much recovering although it appears as if it will bounce back stronger than ever! The Cumbrian way! We are helping to restore block paved driveways, patio's, decking which all had to be ripped up and relayed after the floods tore through.

We have also recently completed a lovely job in Liverpool on a terraced house. The job involved pressure cleaning the building, preparing some surfaces for painting, relaying some external floor tiles, capping the perimiter brick wall with decorative bricks and painting the perimiter walls and the window sills and columns. The property looks fantastic and there will soon be a short case study from the job available to view at http://www.ceiservices.co.uk/ but for now, here's what the owner had to say about our work:

"CEI made every attempt to meet our needs and were excellent not only in the standard of the final completion of the job they undertook, but also in the positive and responsive manner they conducted supportive communication from 3,500 miles for us here living overseas. A very professional outfit that give high quality value for your money. We would have no hesitation re-hiring them again for similar work."

Always nice to hear positive feedback and we are very glad he and his wife were happy with the end results!