I've used PCB-Pool a lot over the past few years. They are a very friendly and competent company, and if for no other reason than Celtic solidarity, it's good to do business with a Company just the other side of the Irish Sea from Wales!
Previously, when I used Protel exclusively, I submitted the usual package of Gerbers and Excel drill files, and back came what I ordered. When I started using Kicad, I initially did the same thing. But after a conversation at a well known UK PCB software distributor's training day (where I was lecturing on aspects of RF PCB layout) with PCB-Pool's Sales Director, I've started submitting my files for manufacture in GCPREVUE *.GWK format. That saves the 25euro charge PCB-Pool make to process Gerbers. As I've routinely used GCPREVUE to check my Gerbers before sending them to manufacture, that's 25euro saved for the energy expended in a couple of mouse clicks! Cheers/Hwyl Chris Bartram
