The earthing arrangements are irrelevent, the rest of your post I agree with, these plug in testers confirm polarity not readings between conductors, they are like volt sticks, handy but not reliable.
A doddle, fire can be a bit awkward unless you only install and know someone who can use a lap top and program points etc, there are however courses you can go on, intruder alarms are just plain simple, nothing complecated at all about these, most CCTV have apps you can upload which is school...
One nuclear bomb is enough to make them think, they may have 6000 or more but one of ours on moscow would be a disaster, as long as we have this capability we will not be walked over
Plenty of hero's have raced to the bottom, and the winners always end up losing out, de skilling the job is not the answer by charging cowboys rates, if your a professional time served Electrician and good at your job you will always get work by word of mouth, I kind of get your point, but you...
I think most sensible people would expect a 50 quid bill for an hours labour at least, try calling a plumber out if you have a burst pipe, you will be lucky to get away with less than 200 quid for them to stop the leak, in fact 50 quid is cheap IMO.
it is 2018, the race to the bottom should have passed by now, 50 quid plus vat for the 1st hour and 35-40 per hour plus vat after that at least, a MFT costs 800 quid these days, well for a good one, lets not forget liability insurance, 6-7 k a year running a van and the stress of working for the...
yep true, I go to cribs causway now in Bristol for shopping or the internet, the internet usually, gloucester is a shambles, expensive and just pound shops, charity shops and mobile phone shops lol, a complete shambles
a horrible time at the moment, Carillion started the slide south, I liked Maplins, but internet shopping is killing the high street, amazon prime has transformed shopping, next day delivery and so easy as well. A shame though