xx badwolf xx Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 hi i use to work at abel may years ago and yes thewages where on the poor side they did have some nationals at the time shell, birthdays, fina, superdrug to name a few all bellboxes are where made in house they own there own electronics company, all cars where bought dircet as they owned a car dealership they also have alarm detection supplies, a lawnmower selling company not sure of thename a building maintanance firm plus the 15+ branches and two central stations to cover there alarms everything in house. With regard to kings the head office is just over a mile from mine and as mentioned over the last 5years have grown fast buying companies to increase market the company is very family run with most ofthe directors linked. Mark Smith, Director, S M Fire & Security Ltd, Bradford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hastings Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Did a couple of years at Abel (Tonbridge branch). They were a good company then but have got alot better lately. Had a recent offer of a job but they were a few grand short of what I'm on already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cerberus NI Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Kings are taking nationals off hex thick and fastWH smiths new look topps tiles and more How are they covering those nationals this side of the pond? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb-eye Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 hi i use to work at abel may years ago and yes thewages where on the poor side they did have some nationals at the time birthdays, .Couldnt resist answering this post. Birthdays was my first venture into alarms. We did 300 sites as an electrical contractor. I knew nothing about NACOSS at that time so gave them to ABLE, YES i said GAVE THEM, trouble was i didnt know you could sell contracts at the time. The revenue to us at the time was Customers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zak Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Couldnt resist answering this post. Birthdays was my first venture into alarms. We did 300 sites as an electrical contractor. I knew nothing about NACOSS at that time so gave them to ABLE, YES i said GAVE THEM, trouble was i didnt know you could sell contracts at the time. The revenue to us at the time was Zak Tankel - Managing Director - Security First (UK) - www.securityfirst.uk.com Disclaimer: Any comments or opinions expressed by me are my own as a member of the public and not of my employer or Company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secomandy Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 QUOTE(whistle @ Dec 14 2005, 10:41 PM) Kings are taking nationals off hex thick and fast WH smiths new look topps tiles and more Strike Topps Tiles off the list they are now Secom PLC Oh and New Look also!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 Well the reason i asked is because i saw that the local office in my town were looking for more engineers, and sent an email to them and they are going to send me an application form via post. Just wanted to know if anyone knew what they were like. Now im in 2 minds weather to proceed any further with the application. I was just wondering if they could offer me more. Regards, Ranger The above is my personal opinion and not that of my employer or anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Well the reason i asked is because i saw that the local office in my town were looking for more engineers, and sent an email to them and they are going to send me an application form via post.Just wanted to know if anyone knew what they were like. Now im in 2 minds weather to proceed any further with the application. I was just wondering if they could offer me more. Regards, Ranger it doesn't cost anything to ask more what you get now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zak Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Well the reason i asked is because i saw that the local office in my town were looking for more engineers, and sent an email to them and they are going to send me an application form via post.Just wanted to know if anyone knew what they were like. Now im in 2 minds weather to proceed any further with the application. I was just wondering if they could offer me more. Regards, Ranger I wouldn't base your decision on anyone's opinion apart from your own. Take on board what people have said and just bear it in mind. They are one of the biggest, if not the biggest, privately owned firms, and they are expanding consistently through acquisition. They must be doing something right. No harm in broadening your horizons by exploring further IMO. Zak Tankel - Managing Director - Security First (UK) - www.securityfirst.uk.com Disclaimer: Any comments or opinions expressed by me are my own as a member of the public and not of my employer or Company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 Thanks Zak. I may well do. Its just id rather be in a company that has jobs to do.. were as the lack of able bell boxes around make me wonder what the engineers do all day. But, as you say, they cant be doing to bad to be still going. Regards, Ranger The above is my personal opinion and not that of my employer or anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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