CTC APPROVED BY THE BUY WITH CONFIDENCE SCHEME Connick Tree Care Reigate Ltd have been approved by the Buy With Confidence Scheme as an “Approved Member”. The Scheme is run by a partnership of local Trading Standards Services and Local Authority.  Along with all the usual tests, particularly important to this scheme is the checking of all staff for criminal records.

Connick Tree Care inform Trading Standards of Rogue Traders

Fake Tree Surgeon is Twigged by Resident

A conman ran off when he was rumbled by Trading Standards officers, abandoning his accomplice at the scene.

Early on Wednesday last week, a man persuaded a homeowner in Tadworth that he and his female companion were from Connick Tree Care, a Reigate based tree surgery company, and set about trimming her garden.

But even when it emerged that the duo were not from Connick, with Trading Standards officers primed to act, the woman was so pleased with the work they had done she insisted on paying the rouge trader £200.

And because she refused to give a statement to Trading Standards officers, no further action could be taken against the pair.

A neighbour had raised the alarm after visiting the victim, who told her that the man had showed her a photographic ID card.  He has also told her he had been in the area to cut someone else’s lawn, but the grass was too wet.

The neighbour, who did not want to be named because she was worried about reprisals, said: “It escalated this morning about half past nine.  This man appeared in her garden and I went round to speak to her about it.  She said he was from Connick and that’s what made me worry, because he was in an unmarked van and Connick don’t drive around in unmarked vans.  She also said he had made out he was going to a house nearby to cut the lawn, but I use Connick and I know they don’t cut grass”.

The concerned neighbour then phoned Connick, asking if they had staff working in the area.

The firm, based in Woodhatch Road, Reigate, sent out a van to the property to confirm that none of their tree surgeons was there, and alerted Trading Standards.

When officers arrived, the conman gave his name before jumping a fence and running off, leaving his female companion to face them.

But rather then being led away in disgrace, the accomplice found herself £200 better off.

A spokeswoman for Surrey County Council said: “The victim was fearful of possible reprisals and so even when advised she didn’t have to give the offenders any money legally she insisted on giving them £200”.

A spokesman from Connick Tree Care said: “We would like to point out to anybody in future that we never knock on doors to get work; its all pre-arranged with estimates”.

Surrey County Council recently announced a new fly-on-the-wall documentary series, The Scam Squad, which exposes rogue traders.

Surrey Mirror, Thursday, June 7, 2007

Area Manager, Dan Pennington, said: “The rogue trader was going to charge the victim £450.00, this is twice the price that Connick Tree Care would have charged”.

ISO Quality Assurance - ISO 9001   Connick Tree Care are given the certificate as a quality registered firm - ISO 9001

Greening The Games -  2012

We have been a key contractor in the first stages of preparation for the greenest games ever.  Contracted to Morrison Construction at Stratford, in London’s East End, Connick Tree Care has managed to recycle all of the bi-products produced by our intensive work. In early March 2007 we completed a six-week contract exactly on schedule and meeting the precise specifications required.

Michael Connick says, “We spent a great deal of time on organisation for this specific project and in developing an efficient and cost effective solution for recycling the waste produced by our tree care processes.  The new system has helped greatly reduce our carbon footprint, together with another useful bi-product (this time non-biological), namely a significant reduction in our own costs.”

Connick Tree Care gets approved as a contractor for Morrison

Morrison is one of the leading support services groups in the UK and Eire, serving clients in the utility sectors - gas, water, electricity and telecommunications - as well as providing repair and maintenance and capital investment services to local authorities.

Connick Tree Care donates free woodchip to local school for horticultural project.

Head Teacher Alan, is very pleased with Connick Tree Cares kind donation. Children are encouraged to get involved, and can be seen below filling bags of woodchip.

Connick Tree Care  encourages a culture of helping the local community where ever possible. This project was initiated by field staff and endorsed by mangement.

Connick Tree Care have been assessed and approved supplier status with Constructionline.

Constructionline is the UK's register of pre-qualified local and national construction and construction-related contractors and consultants. Owned and endorsed by the DTI, Constructionline is a contributor to the Rethinking Construction initiative.

The concept of a single national database was proposed by the 1994 Latham Report. Since then Constructionline has grown and been updated in line with the needs of modern procurement. The OGC Common Minimum Standards and The Local Government Task Force also recommend using Constructionline as part of the pre-qualification and tendering process.

We gather and assess pre-qualification information on behalf of public and private sector procurers and provide them with access to over 12,500 fully accredited suppliers free of charge. In addition, we also help contractors and consultants by reducing the need for them to fill-in pre-qualification forms for every tender and provide them with access to over 1,500 buyers.