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£180 million is up for grabs, is any of it yours?

Kirsten GautreyMar 2, 2017

www.constructionreclaims.co.uk/employed-tax-refund/ According to research, you could be owed up to £2,500! This is because every year, £180 million goes u...

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Tradesmen needed to help family in need!

Kirsten GautreyMar 2, 2017

Having a young child that is suffering through an aggressive illness is never easy. Day in and day out in hospital takes a toll on an entire family. Especially,...

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Plumber’s e-cigarette explodes in pocket!

Kirsten GautreyMar 1, 2017

Recently, a plumber has suffered serious burns after his e-cigarette battery exploded within his pocket. The plumber was out at a restaurant with his wife wh...

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Decorator wakes up unable to walk or remember night before!

Kirsten GautreyMar 1, 2017

A painter and decorator from Throckley has recently spent a month in hospital, recovering from an incident he cannot remember. Apparently, it took place afte...

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Cowboy roofers con £900,000 from elderly couple!

Kirsten GautreyFeb 28, 2017

Recently, conmen roofers have fleeced an elderly couple out of hundreds of thousands of pounds. They did this by initially quoting the victims £300,000 for a jo...

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Tradesman fails the simplest of questions!

Kirsten GautreyFeb 27, 2017

For more videos like this, click here. "When I was six, my sister was half my age. Now I'm 70, how old is my sister?" The answer to this question is of co...

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Electrician confesses all!

Kirsten GautreyFeb 27, 2017

"It's not illegal to do basic electrical work yourself, but it should be." This is the belief of one electrician. He also feels that older customers are the ...

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Construction workers needed!

Kirsten GautreyFeb 24, 2017

Apparently, 400,000 more construction workers are needed within the next five years. This averages out that a new worker will need to be hired every 77 secon...

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Construction industry to suffer at the loss of foreign workers!

Kirsten GautreyFeb 24, 2017

Apparently, 40% of the construction industry's labour force comes from eastern Europe. Now, as a result of Brexit, migration has dropped by 59,000. For those...

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Construction workers vs Storm Doris!

Kirsten GautreyFeb 24, 2017

Storm Doris tore through the UK on Friday with winds reaching 100 mph. Debris was flying through the streets, trains were cancelled and hard hats were flying of...

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Construction giant to compensate buyers over shoddy homes!

Kirsten GautreyFeb 23, 2017

Bovis Homes, one of Britain's biggest house builders, have recently received thousands of complaints about hundreds of their new homes. From leaking pipes to sh...

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Real or fake? Cyclist gets revenge on catcallers!

Kirsten GautreyFeb 23, 2017

Recently, a female cyclist was captured being verbally abused by a tradesman sitting in a van at a red light. Apparently, when she rejected him, he retaliated a...

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