I was a member of the ECA for many many years, at the time I felt it was necessary to have some form of protection for my small one business which grew way faster than I could control. I was member for many years (back in the Chris Greager days), did it help my business, yeah sort, it helped with the labour issues as we grew. The free beers, snacks and banter was good at the meetings.
I then down scaled, and ventured into other fields so I couldn't really justify the extra costs.
In the past 2 years things have just got out of control again, as much as I tried to keep the turnover below the vat threshold, things have gone a little crazy.
There are a few reasons why I have decided to take that step again.
1/ Technical, keeping up to date wit the latest regs.
2/ Training, I want expand my knowledge about solar and backup systems, attend a few refresher courses, see if I can learn a few new things, I dont know if this is going to be a waste of time.
3/ Legal support, just in case I get one of those difficult customer who try bully you to get out of paying the bill and threaten you with legal action, knowing that you dont have the funds to go to to court.
4/ Support and advice in many aspects of the business, labour laws, contracts etc.
Lets see how it goes, I see the application forms where sent to me in May last year. I have responded to the email with a few questions.
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