Released on: April 30, 2008, 11:35 pm

Press Release Author: Mr Skill Ltd

Industry: Small Business

Press Release Summary: A web based platform to search contractors online to get
housing and related job done

Press Release Body: Mr-skill.co.uk is set to revolutionize the service sector. It is
the first ever UK-based internet service platform, launched by a group of Law and
International relations students from the University of London. The inauguration of
Mr-Skill took place at the 'National Homebuilding and Renovating' show, held at the
NEC in Birmingham from the 10th to 13th of April.

Mr-Skill is a web-based service that operates similarly to the Ebay online goods
platform. It works in a straight-forward manner: imagine a couple needing the floor
of their 15-year old house retiled; picture a keen botanist wanting to keep her
garden's flowers, bushes and hedges trimmed and maintained, envisage a plumbing
problem that needs immediate attention; consider an overwhelmed hostess struggling
to find a catering team on time for her 30-head party. each of these situations -
and many more - can be effortlessly resolved thanks to the Mr-Skill online platform.
Clients who need a job done - ranging from house-painting, home removal, cleaning
services, to dog-walking, website design and even tutoring, can benefit from using
Mr-Skill.

The process is quick and simple: members of the public describe their required
service on the user-friendly website, after which contractors, suppliers and
businesses view the jobs and place bids to perform the service. The bidding
mechanism enables customers to obtain the most competitive price with the best
contractor in their category. Once the bidding has ended, the customer is free to
select, depending on price and qualification, the contractor that he sees fit for
the job. Advantageously, the service is entirely non-binding for the customer. For
instance, if customers are dissatisfied with the offers resulting from the bidding
process, they are free not to opt for any of the contractors who have placed a bid.

Other perks for clients include excellent value for money as a result of the
competitive bidding process: customers can achieve up to 30% savings, compared to
the price quoted by their local contractor. The benefits for contractors are also
substantial: by registering on the Mr-Skill platform, contractors can expand their
client base, as well as fill in vacant time slots in their day.
In essence, Mr-Skill appeals to clients and service professional alike by providing
an online platform which circumvents tedious telephone-registry browsing and
tiresome negotiations.

Mr-Skill addresses clients' concern for high quality service professionals: the
website is designed to make the contractors' credentials appear online in order to
help clients make an informed decision on which contractor to choose. As a result,
contractor's public liability insurances, qualifications and Government-sponsored
approval schemes (such as TrustMark) are viewable by the customer. Moreover, the
website includes a mutual review section, where customers give feedback and issue
ratings on contractors they have previously hired, and vice versa. This means there
is no compromise to be made on quality service and reliability.

Mr-Skill is entirely free of charge for customers. For contractors, the introductory
offer consists of granting free lifetime membership to the first 1,000 contractors
who register on the Mr-Skill website (www.mr-skill.co.uk).

Manning the 'Mr-Skill' stand together with his fellow lawyers-to-be colleagues on
the first day of the 'National Homebuilding and Renovating' show, Managing Director
of Mr-Skill Ltd., Henning Thole, explained: "Mr-Skill is a new concept which we have
today begun to introduce to the public in the UK. Our primary goal at this stage of
the project is to increase awareness with a particular emphasis on recruiting more
contractors. Quality service professionals are a prerequisite for the competitive
bidding process; therefore by engaging more contractors, we will establish the
foundation of our system." Thus, amid the biggest names in the house-building
industry in the larger-than-life Hall No.5 of the nation's main exhibition centre; a
dynamic team of students were proactively informing passers-by about Mr-Skill,
raising awareness, and encouraging potential clients and contractors to spread the
word.




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