Viva Lewes Issue #134 November 2017

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Mark and Dick, Just Williams
Mark: We’ve been going for two
years now. We worked together
before for a different company, and
decided to go it alone. We offer
the full package, including packing
and unpacking.
Dick: We’re equal partners in the
company. Together, we’ve got
over 35 years’ experience in the industry.
Mark: We’re the only proper removal company
in Lewes. We have two vans, and are getting a
third one in January, and we’ll then hire our first
full-time employee.
Dick: We travel all over the country – we’ve
done seven or eight Cornwalls – and abroad, too.
We’ve moved people to France… and there’s an
Italian job on the cards. But we’re just as happy
doing Lewes to Lewes.
Mark: The job is good for your stamina, especially
when you’re moving pianos around. We did
a move in Hove that was on the
fifth floor: we worked out that with
all the stairs we went up, it was the
equivalent of climbing the Empire
State Building.
Mark: Packing everything in the
van is like making a Jenga block.
There’s no school that teaches you.
It comes with experience.
Dick: We’ve learnt that the most important
thing is customer rapport: it’s important that we
know exactly what they want, and that they know
exactly how we work.
Mark: Why Just Williams? My wife’s a teacher,
she thought of the name, after the Richmal
Crompton series. Plus my surname’s Williams.
Everyone says they like it, because it’s quirky,
very Lewes. As told to Alex Leith
jw-removals.com / 01273 985240 /
info@jw-removals.com
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