KJW Services Ltd

23/04/2026

The spiralling and crippling cost of running a small business who relies on a vehicle to produce all the business income.

It’s wrong that we pay fuel duty and then VAT, double tax should be illegal.
But its not just about our business, this effects everyone who relies on any vehicle in day to day life.
It’s pushing up the prices of everything we consume or need on a daily basis, it’s also crippling for those who live rurally.

This petition highlights the true burden and unfairness, I’m calling for fuel duty to be halved & for fuel to be VAT exempt.

I started a similar petition 4 years ago and it recieved over 84,000 signatures.
I’m hoping this will draw a lot more attention and at least have the question pushed to the forefront of this government.

A Call for HM Treasury to Halve Fuel Duty or Grant Tax-Exempt Status

08/04/2026

Back when I made the tongue n’ cheek fuel flap sticker, I could fill the van from empty’ish for about £86.
This was just over the 1/4 tank…….😥

Never mind Hatton Garden or the great train robbery, wouldn’t be surprised if Tankers with fuel are the next high value targets to get robbed…….

02/04/2026

I started this journey of self employment 5 1/2years ago, I set out to do an honest and fair job for clients.
The company has absorbed the rising costs of Covid and then the subsequent rise in the costs of living incurred by the Ukraine conflict.

Now we have the effects of the Iran war, everything has been effected in our day today living: fuel, energy, food, produce to daily consumable’s.

As of next week the company unfortunately will be raising its prices for contractual services and domestic job work and our working week will be cut to 4 working days for the time being, commercial clients will still receive 24/7 cover.

Rising costs of living affects us all, but unfortunately it hits small businesses the most.

15/02/2026

Apologies if I have been unavailable, not returned calls but It’s been a difficult and stressful week and a half, and it’s put a lot of things into perspective, our dogs are our children and very much our family members.

So what started off as a suspected ear infection (vestibular disease) causing Indy’s balance issues, she was referred to Vet Scotland hospital last Tuesday, but unfortunately had to rush our wee girl back on Friday morning after Jaundice set in heavily during the night, poor wee soul was practically lifeless and couldn’t even get up.

Today we got the best phone call in the world, after CT scan MRI scan and extensive bloods, led to a diagnosis of IMHA.
This is an auto-immune disorder which is very often only discovered during an autopsy or when it’s too late.
We’re no stranger to this as our beloved Max (Doberman) suffered from the same.
So after strong course of steroids and Anti-blood clotting drugs, it’s believed the neurological balance issue was a blood clotting to the brain.
She was admitted with a red cell count of mid teens, yesterday her count was 19 and this morning it was 23.
Her liver was enlarged and her Biliruben levels were over 200 on admission, this morning they were just below 90 and normal levels should be 11-13z
So she’s not out the woods yet, but she’s home and comfortable and Jura was delighted to see her and has hardly left her side since she came home.

I can’t thank our friends for all the messages of concern and well wishes.
End of the day our dogs are our children and we will do anything to ensure their well being and longevity of the best possible life.

I won’t lie, I never thought I’d see her walk back out of the hospitals doors.
Huge thanks to the specialists team at Vet Specialist Scotland in Livingston, you’ve returned our Indy home, she is not out the woods yet and it’s going to be a slow recovery, but we have a plan and she has the strongest heart to get through it. 🐶👍🏻

02/02/2026

There will be a slight delay this week, the radiator decided to leak….. 🤦

And it good old French design, you need to strip the whole front end just get into replace it. So I feel it’s going to be a long week whilst we play catch-up.

06/01/2026

It’s sh*te being good at your job and being in high demand….:

We ended up working right through to hogmany, 30th December was a 2230 hr finish and 31st was 2030hr finish.
Wish everyone a happy new year, but a break is required to recharge the batteries.

Normal service will resume on the 19th of January for domestic call outs.
However as always we shall remain on 24hr call out for corporate clients during this holiday period.

15/12/2025

Due to high volume of callout’s the diary is closed until the start of next year for domestic work.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our customers who we have been able to help throughout 2025, it’s been another amazingly busy and exiting year of growth and unusual jobs.

We will be closed from the end of play on the 19th December and returning to normal service on Wednesday 7th January.
We will however be on call and maintaining emergency calls for contract customers during this period.

We will you all a Merry Christmas a Happy New Year & all the best for 2026.

05/12/2025

The curse of the DIY’er 🫣

So had a client contact us, she just wanted a second opinion as she hadn’t heard anything but all of a sudden the family dog was sniffing at the kickplates and trying to chew the unit…?

On removal of the screwed on kickplates, we were greeted with a jam packed rats nest 😳
So this is the loft insulation which has been dragged down from the attic, via the pipe box containing the waste and water mains.

Consider to investigate what was going on and we lifted some of the decking boards to discover the previous owner had removed the top step in order to fit the frame in for the decking, this then exposed a gap directly into the cavity directly where it was nesting.

The gap has now been blocked with welded mesh and pinned in with expanding foam to deny future ingress, decking boards put back down and screwed securely and traps deployed under the kitchen units to despatch these unwanted house guests.

26/11/2025

So against all the odds, information and evidence…….. ?
We got it wrong 🫣

So customer backs onto a wilderness of trees and fields, they were hearing noises in the walls and in the attic, but at first / last light and occasionally during the day and there was an abundance of squirrels outside, plus I was at a neighbours house this time last year for squirrel ingress.

So gets a call, think one of the traps may have gone off, goes to check and it’s a juvenile rat 🤦
So that back and side profile is completely surrounded by decking, which was installed when built.
So ripped up a few boards and a long with the old favourite gap underneath the patio doors, also found a 1/4 brick. Al down at foundation level and it was nicely polished and full of smear marks.

So we crafted a 5mm weld mesh box, fitting it snuggly into the hole, cracked a similar configuration into the 1” gap underneath the patio doors and pinned and sealed it all in with expanding foam.

Gotta love this job, sometimes when something appears to be so obvious, it’s not what it seems. But we got there in the end and with minimal disturbance to the client and I can assure you he wa just as surprised as ‘us’ 👍🏻

18/11/2025

Think your hearing noises, scratching, rustling and chewing…….!
Chances are you have an unwanted lodger who has moved in from the cold.
DONT IGNORE THE SIGNS…….

So had a call from a client today who had a boiler service and the technician commented that he saw droppings and chewed pipe insulation whilst in the attic & thought it might be mice.

Turns out it’s rats and they have been in before, we found the latrine, smear marks on trusses and cables, chewed power and alarm cables and of course the usual smell that goes with it.
So the bungalow is immaculate, it had a conservatory added by previous owners and is generally at first appearance in great order.

We managed to find a square hole for a round drainage pipe, tell tale signs were the indentation around the pipe where the stones had been dug out, and all the activity in the loft was leading to the front profile of the house, quick check under the kitchen units and bingo, they have been coming in through the 4” service pipe that the mains water comes into the property, making there way up the cavity and living in the attic.

So traps deployed, will monitor and proof up at the end to make it rodent proof once eliminated.