justifying becoming AAAC in 2020

[deezyboy]

Morning all,

Rainy day means a day sat behind the laptop again.
I have been pondering for a while now (light halfheartedly) with regards to becoming arb approved, the pros and cons, and always assumed it was miles out of my reach, however after a mediocre local company (no names mentioned) passed it recently it shows that quite clearly the practical and quality of work side of the assessment isn't out of my reach, just possibly the paperwork and handing them over my money side! 

My question, with some companies now not 'bothering' to renew when their approval expires, apart from those who use it to aid commercial tenders etc, how useful is it to have in 2020? 

A couple of big companies where I am have every council gig tied up nicely on an un-matchable price basis so I don't think that is a future possibility, either. 

I'm not mocking the AA scheme or trying to undervalue it either, I'm always looking to achieve new goals and purely looking for whether it is a big step worth taking for a small company?

[treevolution]

I'm a small business and did attend a really useful workshop with Paul on becoming aa approved which if you are thinking then this is a must as you will have a very good place to start. 

 

Paper work rise the aa are only asking for you to have everything that you should already have in place to make a successful insurance claim if you needed to. 

 

The assessment should be straightforward for any competent firm and again they just want to see that you are complying with good practices in the industry. 

 

If you become approved then I think it will bring in addition work and if you're looking to expand then its a positive way to move forward. 

 

It's not a great cost per year to join and I honestly don't think they make any money from the scheme, the cost is only there to cover their costs. 

 

The only thing that I feel that let's the whole thing down is there are a few firms that are aa approved that if a spot check was done they would lose their status overnight but unfortunately this never happens. 

 

 

Edited August 19, 2020 by treevolution