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Skip Hire Gift Vouchers

The perfect present? Of course! Who do you know that doesn’t have a load of waste to get rid of?!
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Our Free Skip Hire vouchers can be delivered by post or by email – all you’ve got to do is tell us what sized skip is required and at which address – we’ll then send out a voucher containing a unique code that the recipient quotes when they contact us to redeem the voucher. It’s that simple!
The cost of our “Free Skip Hire” Vouchers depend on the postcode area in which the skip will be delivered and the size of the skip required. To get a good idea of sizes etc, go to Topskips TV here The prices vary from £39 to £300.
Call us for a quote on 0844 560 7710 today or send us an email enquiry here.
The Topskips Gift Voucher is valid for any sized skip in any area of the UK. It’s a great idea if you’re looking for a unique and unusual gift idea, or ideas for unusual christmas gifts, or just looking for gift vouchers that are different and original. You might be looking for unusual gifts for men, vouchers, christmas gift ideas for men, gift ideas for christmas, best christmas gift ideas, gift vouchers, corporate gift ideas for christmasgreat christmas gift ideas for your man, unusual xmas gifts, christmas gifts unusual, unusual gifts uk, cool unusual christmas gifts, gardening gifts uk, corporate business gifts uk, unusual garden gifts – whatever; the Topskips “Free Skip Hire” Voucher is exactly that!

November 28, 2006 at 3:23 pm | Topskips.com | No comment

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Skip Hire TV has Arrived!

Skip hire market innovators Topskips.com have launched another world first – Topskips TV.
For the first time ever, users can see and hear (rather than read) everything they need to know about skip hire across the UK in glorious video technicolour.
The videos show Managing Director of Topskips.com, Mark Attwood, demonstrate the sizes and uses of all the most popular skips as well as answering the most frequently asked questions about Topskips national skip hire service.
Topskips TV follows on from the world’s first Skip Hire Blog, and the world’s first fully online skip hire ordering system, all available at www.topskips.com.
These innovations are just part of why Topskips Ltd grew by a staggering 679% in 2005/6, and why growth is set to explode in 2007. Topskips servces hundreds of happy trade clients that need multiple skips organising in multiple areas with single-point invoicing, online order tracking and dedicated account managers offering world class service and cost savings due to bulk buying power.
For companies looking to get proof of recycling rates to show to their shareholders as the environmental issue gets even hotter next year, Topskips will also be launching an innovative recycling tracking system in the new year.
Topskips has been established since 2003 and is rapidly becoming a market leader in the provision of national skip hire and waste management services for the constuction industry and the public at large. The company also publishes the only trade magazine dedicated to the skip hire industry in the UK and Ireland – “The Skip” (www.theskip.net).
For further details, call 08000 19 24 10.

November 27, 2006 at 12:57 pm | Topskips.com | No comment

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What is a skip called in the US?

This was an interesting question posed to me the other day, and the answer simply is “dumpsters” – although these do not take the format we’re used to in the UK and Ireland. In fact, our skips really originate from Germany, whereas the word “skip” derives from the word “skep” which pertains to a basket used by beekeepers. See here for more details from an article we published in The Skip magazine in Feb 06.
I don’t know too much about dumpsters in the US, although I was on the look out for them on a recent trip to Chicago. I guess this link is the closest America has to topskips.com – when we enter that market, that’s who we’ll be competing against! (Once we’ve conquered Europe of course )

November 23, 2006 at 11:23 am | Topskips.com | No comment

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Flushed with Pride – Floating Skips!

Pondskater Limited has dropped a floater! But they’ve nothing to be ashamed of. Far from it in fact, as the floater they’ve dropped is a revolutionary floating platform system which means SKIPS CAN NOW FLOAT!
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The great new invention enables many types of cargo to be transported in skips and containers – on the water rather than on roads. The system is built to exacting engineering standards, and is a combination of rotary moulded flotation units and clip-lock frames, enabling multiple skip loads to be transported in the one shipment. The platforms are unique as the build cost is 85% cheaper and weigh 90% less than conventional barges.
The units are quite literally floating skips and each skip can carry approx. 22 tonnes or 22 yards of materials (they lock together in groups of up to 32 units).
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This enables large amounts of waste or building materials etc to be transported without the need to block the nation’s highways. It would also be an ideal solution to the waste transportation problems an event like the Olympics in London would cause.
There has already been substantial interest shown in the prototype system which has been widely demonstrated over the last two years, and the first production unit will be launched in London in late October. The initial emphasis will be on developing the U.K. market, on the basis that most major towns in the United Kingdom have long established but under utilised waterway networks. Pondskater Ltd will then be looking towards International markets such as the introduction of the system into Dubai to service the increasing number of water based resorts there, such as Palm Island and The World.
Speaking to The Skip recently, Les Balmer of Pondskater Limited told us:
“We firmly believe that this invention will bring substantial environmental benefits and will make the transition to multi modal transportation methods, with the focus on reducing road traffic, that much easier to achieve”.

November 22, 2006 at 4:15 pm | The Skip Magazine News Stories | No comment

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HotToBalTROTors

Ten years old and going from strength to strength, Baltroters, are the hot name on the lips of anyone interested in rotators.
Baltrotors Hydraulic Rotators exhibited at the APF show for the first this year.
Baltrotors now produce 10,000 units per year and over 80 different models of high quality rotators. The range is from 1 tonne to 16 tonne in both grapple and harvester options and has made the company’s brand well known throughout Europe and the rest of the world.

became the UK distributors recently and has been supplying the Baltrotors product as part of their range of hydraulic products and they are set to play a big part in the UK market.
Baltrotors are also are in the process of developing a range of piston rotators from 4 tonne upwards to offer the customer a height torque and precise operation rotator that can be used in vertical or horizontal orientation to use with, for example, pole erection, where positive manipulation is required.
A full range of standard links, single and double-braked links are also available to allow connection of the rotators to both logging cranes and excavators.
The APF show was a resounding success for both Approved Hydraulics and Baltrotors and is part of an ongoing marketing project to ensure that the product becomes as well known and used in the UK as in the rest of Europe.
Approved Hydraulics offers a wide range of hydraulic products for the construction and industrial industries and has recently been appointed as the UK agents for for BAKKER Hydraulic bv grab attachments offering a full package of logging – bucket – brick and many other grab attachments. Contact The Skip to find out more.

November 20, 2006 at 4:11 pm | Products and Services for Skip Hire Companies | No comment

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Help Paddy Save The Orangutans

Ace contributor to The Skip magazine and Topskips customer service front-line, Paddy-Jo Malpas, explaining how she will be saving Orangutans and the rain forest of Borneo when she joins Operation Raleigh on the trip to Borneo in February 07 and how you can help by sending donations to help Operation Raleigh.

You can donate to Paddy’s fund by Credit Card or Paypal on her blog here: www.paddy-jo.blogspot.com

November 20, 2006 at 2:42 pm | The Skip Magazine News Stories | No comment

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