New website now live
If , like me , you love to shop online, check out my latest business venture on
www.UK.shop.com/onlineheaven sign in with your email address to qualify for cashback on all the best UK stores on one website.
If you are looking for another way to make money for yourself and have any entrepreneurial spirit , get in touch.
This is a fantastic opportunity to get into a new wave of social shopping and get paid.
Nine to fivers do not apply!
AWR
The Agency Workers Regulations come into effect on October 1st 2011. This entitles temporary workers to pay equal to a permanent employee doing the same job after three months and the same benefits as any permanent employee immediately. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation fought long and hard against this ruling , but ultimately lost earlier this year and we now have to ensure we have everything in place to be compliant.
This will involve more record keeping as well as more cost in some cases. Employers will need to keep a track of who works on their projects and for how long as the three month period is cumulative. The Employment Business will certainly be doing this too , but to ensure no errors , it is wiser to keep your own records.
If you are unaware of this regulation ,please feel free to contact us for more inforamtion.
Additional Income Streams
Many of you who know me will know of my American business connections. I have been actively involved with a company called Market America, a mega online retailer. The company launches over here in the early part of next year , and I am now actively recruiting sales reps, who will start immediately earning retail profit. If you are interested call 07799 595091 for further information .
Peter Bullen
It is with enormous sadness I have to tell you that Peter , my friend and accountant for 18 years , passed away suddenly last week . His help will be soorly missed. Rest in peace Peter.
Social events
New Sites launching
With the advent of spring , we have seen a resurgence of developers launching sites from 1 bed apartments to multi-million pound houses. Antler Homes new site at Waltham St. Lawrence is well worth a visit to see a top of the range family home in an excellent location.
We urgently need experienced negotiators!!
The current market for new homes is extremely buoyant and we are experiencing high demand for experienced new homes negotiators to run sites for our clients. Highflyers has established a reputation for top flight , reliable and proactive team players , ensuring they are rarely out of work! If you think you have what it takes , or know somebody who fits the bill , contact us now!!
Accounts /Yolande Miles
Marilyn is delighted to announce the return of Yolande to help out in accounts. Friends and colleagues since Highflyers first started at Heathrow , Yo became one of the first Highflyers in the property side, and stayed with us until moving to the Isle of Wight .
Since then Yo has assisted in the accounts for two large airport based agencies and is experienced in dealing with both clients and agency staff.
Welcome back!
Kent Get together
Please note the venue for the 20th has changed tp
Pizza Express
32 Earl street,
Maidstone
. Tables are booked for 7.30pm.
you can currently download vouchers will give you 2 for 1 on pizzas
Well done
Well done to Fran and Curchods for their success at Danesfield !
Consumer Code for Home Builders 2010
On April 1st the new Consumer Code for Home Builders will go into affect.
What is the Consumer Code for Home Builders? According to the consumer code website:
As a result of the Barker Review of 2004 and the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) Market Study into the house building industry dated October 2008, a group of stakeholders within the industry joined forces to develop a voluntary Code of Conduct for home builders to address the issues raised relating to customer service and satisfaction.The Consumer Code was formed by agreement between NHBC and MD Insurance Services Ltd (trading as Premier Guarantee and LABC New Home Warranty). These organisations have agreed that builders and developers registered with them will adopt the Consumer Code.
The Code sets mandatory requirements that all home builders must meet in their marketing and selling of homes and their after-sales customer service and has been created to ensure that home buyers are:
- Treated fairly
- Know what service levels to expect
- Are given reliable information upon which to make their decisions
- Know how to access speedy, low-cost dispute resolution arrangements if they are dissatisfied.
In the forthcoming weeks I will take each item outlined in the Consumer Code for Home Builders and address each one. The Highflyers has always endeavored to ensure that purchasers are treatly fairly, and the code will take this further in rfeal terms.
If you have not already read the code, you can find it in the link above.
KIVA update
In line with our commitment to donate $50 to Kiva for every new long term booking we have today made two donations, one to the fund for Folake Joyeoba in Nigeria who needs to buy new stock for her food market , and is associated with the Lift above Poverty Organisation.
Highflyers also made a loan to Rin Pach in Cambodia, who works as a porter in a fish market for $5 a day. Her children help out whenever they can , so Rin and her husband can finish building their house. You can follow their progress on Kiva.
Lottery win home
Whilst out and about at the weekend , I finally went to Chalfont St. Peter to see Covina, a 5 bedroom house built by Shanly Homes. As I spend many hours behind the wheel of a car , I often fantasise about what I spend the money on if I had a big win (I don’t think I’m alone in this) and top of the list would be a new house. But finding one that I would actually want to buy is always the hard part, and with Covina , they go a long way to ticking all the boxes .
The huge kitchen/family room has bi-fold doors that open on to an established south facing garden , with woods at the end of it. The downstairs layout is impressive and they have actually put an external door into the utility room (why do so many developers overlook this?) , which also contains a shower , perfect for the dog walkers of Chalfont. With plenty of space , and located on a private estate , this one would be a contender on my wish list. See this house at Shanly Homes
Tell your friends!
WE have an expansion programme going on and we need experienced sales people , whether in New Homes or estate agency, we need administrators and lettings people , we need part exchange specialists and market researchers! We may not have a job for them immediately , but if they don’t know where to find us , we can’t help them.
Tell your friends about this site- get them to contact us or upload their CV’s and help us all bring professionalism to the masses!
Thank you
Carlton Villas, Windsor
Well done to Campsies and Shanly Homes for their very well attended launch on Saturday!
KIVA
I was introduced to KIVA just over a year ago by Tad Brundage , who is not only our finance director, but President of Meridian Consulting Group and very interested in micro-finance. I was immediately interested. We all want to help people less well off than ourselves and our instinct when there is another catastrophe somewhere in the world is to dig into our pockets and donate cash. Some of us then stop and think Ah! but how much of my cash will reach those that need it and how much will be wasted for admin etc?
KIVA raises funds from donations from individuals or organisations and enables small businesses around the world, which otherwise would struggle to get funding, to start up or expand. Those small businesses repay the loan in the normal way and hopefully have gone some way to becoming self-sufficient for life.
As the owner of an employment business in a country where jobs are readily available, I particularly wanted to help women in poorer countries to have a better future. So my first donation of $50 went to a lady who borrowed $1150 funded by myself and 35 others to buy cosmetics to sell and who has already paid 84% of the money she borrowed. Mother of three, Aissatou Mamoudou of Togo is working hard to grow her business and support her children. I applaud her and KIVA’s efforts! More later
The Highflyers will donate $50 for every permanent placement or long term booking throughout 2010.
Marilyn Nelson
Reminder: We have current job openings
Just an update on our vacancies. Highflyers currently has both temporary and permanent positions available for
- Sales Negotiators
- Lettings Negotiator
- Lettings Administrators
These positions are located in Estate Agents in Staines, Windsor, Slough and West Drayton, New homes negotiator vacancies in Oxon, Kent. We have an ongoing requirement for experienced negotiators throughout the Home Counties. If you are not looking yourself, tell your colleagues!
Check our current vacancies page for complete details. If you are a High Flyer and are qualified for any of these positions please use our convenient C.V upload form. We look forward to hearing from you today!
New launch Carlton Villas, Windsor
We are delighted to be working again with Campsie estate agents in Windsor to sell the forthcoming development Carlton Villas , built by Shanly Homes. Sales negotiator Tracey will be on site for the launch on 6th March.
Happy Valentine’s Day: Bringing in Chinese New Year with fine Indian cuisine
15th Feb Last night’s 2nd annual Valentine’s singles night coincided with Chinese New Year and where better to celebrate the romance of the night than in an excellent Indian restaurant. If you weren’t there this year , I hope it’s because you had much better things to do!