(along with your carpet washer and maybe your lawnmower).

A family business can also be more innovative, offering unique products and services that larger companies cannot match.Whether you’re looking for better service, more product knowledge, or unique offerings, buying from a family business is often the best decision..

When the BBC want some vacuum expertise.When ex-cabinet ministers, TV and sports personalities want a Sebo vacuum cleaner, they often come to us..When ITV want a Sebo vacuum cleaner for Coronation St,.

they get it from us.When Gordon Burns from the.

wants his vacuum repaired,.

.. Here’s a typical review:.The reason some stores approach manufacturers of appliances and ask them to make an “exclusive” line for them is in order that nobody is able to make a like-for-like comparison with other appliances at other retailers.

This allows them to offer things like a “price match promise”..If nobody else sells the identical machine in all respects you don’t need to price match anybody.

All you need to do is give a wry smile and say,.“Ah, but that machine is not exactly the same as ours, let me explain why…………”.