Protection Dogs

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What is a protection dog?

A protection dog can also be known as a personal/ family protection dog.  These dogs are trained to be a loving companion as well as be able to protect an individual, family and/ or assets if a threat was to occur. They are trained to notice and understand the difference in situations that occur, knowing when to protect their owner and act with protection work, they have been taught.

The benefits of protection dogs

Everyone will have there own reasoning as to why they want to invest in a trained protection dog. However, some of the benefits include:

  • The amount of training the dogs have in obedience and well as protection will ensure the dog is well trained and obedient.
  • Protection dogs will disable any threats that arise and if necessary, hold the culprit in a position until you shout ‘release’ so that you can take the necessary precautions.
  • As well as being able to offer you, your family and your assets protection, they are also a loving companion.
  • No matter where you need to, the time or who with, your dog can always be by your side.
  • They offer added protection for all.

Types of protection dogs

Personal protection dogs can vary in breed depending on the supplier you are purchasing your protection dog from. However, the popular breeds from protection dogs include:

  • German Shepherds
  • Malinois
  • Dobermans
  • Rottweilers
  • Giant Schnauzers
  • Cane Corso’s

Protection dogs can be trained to different levels of protection depending on their capabilities including:

  • Executive level of protection
  • Standard level of protection

Pallet Racking

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Choosing the right Pallet Racking when you are opening a new warehouse is one of the most important factors. It will be crucial to the operational success of your business. Below are the most important factors of consideration when selecting your pallet racking installation type.

Understand Your Pallet Racking Storage Requirements

Firstly, you need to confirm exactly what needs to be stored and of what quantities as that will help you decide what type of systems you need. Pallet racking is used for holding pallets and heavy materials, whereas cantilever systems are more for long, slim items. It’s important to consider the racking type to maximise space.

Utilise the Available Floor & Ceiling Space

Many companies make the mistake of making the use of outward floor space and forget about the vertical. Safely making use of vertical space in a safe way is one of the smartest investments you can make.

Installation Times & Disruption

It’s best if possible, to have a pallet racking installation completed when the business is not operational out of the space. This avoids any disruption to your current setup and means you can continue with business as usual. A slow migration to the new warehouse is best, ensuring you remain efficient and order times don’t suffer.

Accessibility

Stock placement needs to be carefully considered to ensure staff have ease of access throughout the order process so goods can be replenished and rotated. If the movement of stock is not safe and efficient, you will incur additional costs for time wasted having to eventually fix.

Future Considerations and Growth

You should always be mindful of future growth plans, ensuring there is room in the current space to expand your pallet racking set up as the business grows.

 

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Buy a car online

Buy a car online

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How to buy a car online

In today’s market to buy a car online could not be easier. You can browse through a collection of cars, viewing the exterior and interior all from the comfort of your home, here we explain…

 

How to buy a car online

Are you looking to buy a new car but can’t get to the showroom?

As technology is improving daily more and more people are using the web to advertise or sell their business, including the motor trade. The web now has thousands of cars for sale in different locations around the world. Are you searching for a specific model or simply just wish to browse?

In today’s market to buy a car online could not be easier. You can browse through a collection of cars, viewing the exterior and interior all from the comfort of your home. The majority of car showrooms now also offer a walk around a video clip of each vehicle, allowing you to take a closer look whilst giving you the feeling you are viewing it in person.

Buy a car online

 

There are a few things you may wish to consider when searching for a car online:

  • Do you want a new car or pre-owned?
  • What is your budget?
  • How far do you want to travel to view and collect your new vehicle? Some larger garages offer a delivery service therefore, this is something you may wish to ask.
  • Is there a certain model you are looking for?
  • What is your budget?
  • How many miles do you want your new vehicle to have done?
  • Do you want your new vehicle to be an automatic or manual transmission?
  • And lastly, are you looking for a petrol engine, diesel or electric car?

 

When you are searching to buy a car online all of the above can be filtered to remove the specific items you do not wish to browse, leaving you with only the vehicles you are interested in, this saves a lot of time when searching through thousands of vehicles. Once you have selected the vehicle you are interested in you can either contact the company to view this in person or simply go ahead and purchase the vehicle. However, It is always advised to view the vehicle before handing over any cash to make sure you are completely satisfied with your new vehicle before committing. Viewing a vehicle is normally arranged by appointment only, therefore it is advised to either email or call the car salesroom to arrange this, they may even put a reserve on the vehicle until you arrive. Buying a car could not be any easier, no longer visiting multiple showrooms, searching for hours on foot to find a vehicle you love, when you can buy a car online it takes the hassle out of the entirety.

 

What MOT or Service Is Best for Me?

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What MOT or Service Is Best for Me?

People for some reason seem to be cautious and tentative in the modern day when it comes to spending money on maintenance and repairs for their car. A mentality of if it isn’t broken don’t fix it is trending, but this could have detrimental effects on your vehicle and to your wallet in the long run. One way to ensure the safety and reliability of your vehicle is to make sure your vehicle has a regular mot and full service history.

Arranging regular vehicle service checks conducted by an expert and professional team can identify potential problems with your vehicle that may need care or attention before your mot is due. A regular service includes all the essential checks are carried out to critical vehicle components. These checks include testing and examining your braking system, suspension, oil and other components to make sure that these vital parts don’t become a serious problem. During your mot service pre-check the specialist engineers will highly recommend on the spot repairs where the mechanic has noticed a problem or hazardous fault with your vehicle and suggest they need immediate attention.

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When It comes to your service itself there are different options to decide between. These options are the fixed service and long life service. Choosing which option is ideal for you depends on how you are as a driver. For example, it would be recommended that for mainly city drivers to consider the Fixed service and for long distance drivers the long-life service is considered the better option.

Fixed Service

This service is recommended for drivers who are likely to drive less than 10,000 miles in a year. The fixed service option depends on the type of driving that you do and will be this service option will be suggested if you tend to drive in the following way:

  • Mainly city centre driving, short journeys with frequent cold starts
  • High engine loading activities, e.g. frequent hill climbs, driving with your vehicle fully loaded and towing
  • Uneconomical driving using high RPMs with heavy acceleration and heavy braking

Long Life Service

This service is recommended for drivers who are likely to drive more than 25 miles a day. This service is also suggested if you drive TO have the following driving style:

  • Long distance driving
  • Driving at a continuous speed with minimum vehicle and engine loading
  • Economical driving

Whichever service is chosen it is highly recommended that one of these is taken as when your MOT is due to arise it may stop a delay or extra costing when your mot service is carried out.

 

Innovative Birmingham Floor Screeding

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Finding the Perfect Floor Screeding Mix

The task of screeding a given floor often requires the involvement of highly skilled workers. Floor screeding is thus considered a specialised job that not all workers can easily and quickly master. For one, the typical screed mix is known to be quite strong, but when prepared by a generally inexperienced screed worker, can prove to be ineffective and may even damage the flooring consequently.

 

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Find Professional Birmingham Floor Screeding

Birmingham Floor Screeding experts are aware that many floors onto which a prepared screed mix will be poured are seldom laid out perfectly. For this reason, a screed needs to be mixed well to help produce level flooring. This can be a problem at times for many Birmingham floor screeding companies, especially these days when concrete slabs are being eased out in favour of precast concrete models.

Indeed, precast concrete flooring has become a preferred choice among a growing number of housebuilders. But unfortunately, these flooring systems have been found to contain cambers which often prove to be problematic especially when floor finishes have to be made. As a result, builders have to resort to the use of floor screeds even as this can be quite expensive.

Birmingham Floor Screeding

In this regard, it is interesting to note that despite the costs, coming up with the perfect screed mix is seldom achieved. The traditional way of producing screed is by mixing cement with sand through a designated machine. This process has gone through several changes with the latest trend geared towards screed production delivered by pumping. If you are unsure of the correct preparation and protocol of screeding a floor contact an expert Birmingham floor screeding company.

A screed mix produced by pumping commonly relies on gypsum as its binding component. Birmingham Floor Screeding experts refer to this type of mixture as anhydrite screeds. Compared to the standard cement mix, pumped screeds cost two times higher. However, they can be laid out successfully as a flooring finisher at a much faster rate even if the depth is a mere 50 millimetres. For more information about floor screeding and the companies that offer this service view our blogs.

Mezzanine Flooring

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If you need more space, then a mezzanine floor is the perfect solution. A mezzanine floor is also known as a ‘second floor’ which is partly open to the double-height ceilinged floor below or which does not extend over the whole floor space of the building. Installing mezzanine flooring will not only help you get the extra space you need with minimum disruption to your business  but you will not need to move premises to expand your stock or business area.

However before installing a mezzanine floor, you should do your research and find the answers to any questions you may have. Below we have the answers to the frequently asked questions we receive on mezzanine flooring.

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How much does a mezzanine floor cost?

The pricing of a mezzanine floor depends solely on how big you need and installers will usually charge you per square metre. However, if you compare the overall cost of a mezzanine floor to the cost of moving premises you will find a huge comparison and should save yourself and your business around 80%.

Do I need planning permission to install a mezzanine floor?

In most cases, thankfully you will not need planning permission. This is if it is fully demountable and the changes are made internally but you will need to have buildings regulations approval.

How high does a ceiling need to be for a mezzanine floor?

To install a mezzanine floor into a building there must be a ceiling height of 14 feet which is the equivalent of 4.2 metres. This will then allow you to have space to work and underneath the mezzanine flooring. However if the space below the mezzanine floor is lower than 12 feet (3.6 metres) the space underneath can only be used for storage. This is due to health and safety.

Mezzanine flooring as a storage solution

There are many companies who install mezzanine flooring to help improve the storage within your warehouse or building. So whether you require additional office storage or production space, follow these steps and afterwards contact your local storage solution specialists to install your mezzanine floor.