7th November 2013, 02:08 PM
P Prentice Wrote:but they have - they gave us standards and even you have acknowledged you abide by them.
He does, I does, we does................shame everyone else doesn't in the race to undercut.
I'm in three minds over this. Tool's observations from other industries seem relevant, registration or chartered status does little to improve standards and conditions, these are maintained by individuals who fight for them from within or through independent vigilance and reporting of malpractice and companies caring about reputation vs profits.
Look at the building trade and small companies.........it's really easy to get accreditation, do shocking work, get away with it until you finally get caught, settle or go bankrupt, then start the cycle again under a different company name.........The big ones do too............not naming names..........but companies change name often....Balfor Beaty/Birse, Tarmac/Carnellion etc etc.
It seems in this profit-is-all world the only checks and balances are the public, small claims court, the press and tv shows like 'rogue traders' Odin preserve us!