On Tue, 16 May 2006 20:52:59 +0100, Chris Styles wrote:

Anyone know of any other tradesmen recommendation services?

Word of mouth.

There are other formal schemes such as the one you mention but many good
tradespeople have no need or wish to bother with them since they
invariably have enough work and don't need to drum up more. So you need to
ask around friends, neighbours etc.