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Absolute has invested over £30,000 in its sales stock and hire fleet.
Typical fleet equipment comprises Youngman Boss towers, Bosch
• Cutting • Mixing • Flooring • Lifting
breakers, Makita disc cutters, Hilbor diamond core drills and blades
and a Yanmar 750kg mini excavator. However, according to Tracey
Curtis, “the best item - and the biggest investment - we have made
is in the Syrinx computer system from Higher Concept Software. www
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ect.com
We wanted to be fully computerised immediately. It is a brilliant
management tool and we know at the push of a button how much
each item has earned and how much it has cost us in repairs.”
UPLIFTING DEALS FOR JUNE
With Phil Curtis’ workshop experience, Absolute’s mechanical and
electrical repair service is a key ingredient in the business. Securpulley
Clearly, if you can offer a value added service like repair, it helps to
£89+VAT +Delivery
set you apart from other hirers. “I like a challenge and can fix
(List price £175)
almost anything. We offer a full repair service turnaround within a
Incorporating an automatic
week and the tool will operate like a new machine. We also offer a braking system which
locks the lifted load as
sharpening service, as well as PAT testing. I find it rewarding when soon as the rope is
released by the operator
a customer comes in with a problem to solve, that no-one else can
work out. Just recently, a customer was struggling to get a Makita
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0
drill fixed and we had it sorted after 10 minutes in the workshop.
The service we offer is second to none.”
Having opened for business last October, the Directors are
“thrilled with the way it has gone in the first six months. We are
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offering local customers and the community a friendly and reliable
service which is supported by excellent product knowledge.
Through our web site, we are supplying power tools as far afield as
ET 200
France, Scotland and Ireland. Hire enquiries continue to grow and
£635+VAT +Delivery
we see more customers coming through the door each day.”
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(List price £978)
www.absolutepowertools.co.uk
ET 300
£999+VAT +Delivery
(List price £1746)
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Hir
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Phil Curtis in his natural habitat – the Absolute workshops.
0121 5225930
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