17th April 2010, 12:29 PM
Admittedly the company I work for is reasonably large and well-established, but I'm not aware that we've ever had any trouble working in areas where we're not on the approved lists, and we've never been on the IFA list either. If the client say's they're using us it's up to the county to come up with a reason why they can't and no one has yet! Although centred in one area of England we do odd jobs anywhere in Britain, so breaking into new counties isn't unusual, and it just hasn't ever been an issue. Can't help feeling someone's been picking on the little guy.....
All the counties I have direct dealings with have a standard Spec/Brief, usually a bit vague but useful in an emergency, that they can just dole-out, and we've got equally vague 'standard' WSIs that we can respond with when there's an urgent situation (like it's 5pm and someone has to be on site at 8am the following morning), but two weeks???!!! - that's an eternity.....
All the counties I have direct dealings with have a standard Spec/Brief, usually a bit vague but useful in an emergency, that they can just dole-out, and we've got equally vague 'standard' WSIs that we can respond with when there's an urgent situation (like it's 5pm and someone has to be on site at 8am the following morning), but two weeks???!!! - that's an eternity.....