It has also meant redefining the business: from offering a vast emporium of maintenance and repair products to providing e-commerce consulting and site maintenance to manufacturers of industrial supplies.

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We also consulted maintenance and repair-cost predictions from Intellichoice.com to ensure that any of the cars and trucks among our recommendations would not become unduly costly to keep running.

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The activities of these practitioners also extend to the maintenance, repair and reconstruction of historic buildings, ranging from traditional Korean houses to monumental wooden palaces and temples.

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The charity, which cares for 2, 000 miles of canals, rivers and docks in England and Wales, can pay for the repair bill from its contingency fund but this will divert money from other essential maintenance and improvement works.

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