1 October 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Don't Take Their Word for it
Published in Lincolnshire Pride 1st October 2011
SUMMARY
How can you be sure that your tradesman is reputable and reliable?
PRESS RELEASE
To take the gamble out of hiring a plumber, electrician or kitchen fitter, and avoid rogue trades, the website www.checkatrade.com aims to provide objective feedback to consumers free of charge.
The site allows you to search for a tradesperson in your area, and see how customers have rated their workmanship and honesty.
Feedback from customers can't be faked, though each tradesman does have the right to reply. Nearly half a million reports since 1998 has ensured objective feedback for local firms and has ensured that genuine tradespeople get the recognition they deserve - Dream Doors, for example, has a rating of 9.8/10 after reports by over 320 previous customers.
ENDS
NOTES TO EDITORS
Checkatrade helps combat the UK's rogue trader problem by continuously vetting and monitoring local traders such as builders, plumbers and electricians. The idea was born in 1998 after a tornado hit the small West Sussex town of Selsey. Traders poured in from as far away as Liverpool and Manchester. Unfortunately, some ripped off the inhabitants of the town. Local businessman, Kevin Byrne, realised there was nowhere to check out the traders’ credentials and the company that became Checkatrade was formed.
Since then, Checkatrade has grown to include over 6,300 genuine trade members, growing by an average 120 new members every month, and, via the Royal Mail, distributes 5.9 million directories a year into communities throughout Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, Dorset and Berkshire, while the website includes traders from across the UK.
CONTACT INFORMATION
PR / Marketing, Checkatrade
5 - 6 Sherrington Mews, Ellis Square, Selsey, West Sussex, PO20 0FJ
Tel: 01243 601234
Fax: 01243 601246
info@checkatrade.com
