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Finding the right competent person scheme for your business

|Date: 6 June, 2019

Finding the right competent person scheme for your business

Competent person schemes are changing the face of the industry, according to Eurocell The construction in ...

Competent person schemes are changing the face of the industry, according to Eurocell The construction industry has an unfair reputation when it comes to public perception. Despite research showing th ...

6 June, 2019
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The pros and cons of family businesses

|Date: 5 June, 2019

The pros and cons of family businesses

There are lots of family-run building firms, and working with family was the topic of this week's #Trades ...

There are lots of family-run building firms, and working with family was the topic of this week's #TradesTalk discussion on Twitter. If you'd like to see what everyone had to say, simply follow @Trade ...

5 June, 2019
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The benefits of lime plaster

|Date: 5 June, 2019

The benefits of lime plaster

Professional Builder visits an Emmerson Critchley new build that’s seeing all of the advantages of an Ang ...

Professional Builder visits an Emmerson Critchley new build that’s seeing all of the advantages of an Anglia Lime solution. "The industry is definitely moving away from sand and cement as an external ...

5 June, 2019
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Greenstar 8000 Lifestyle range from Worcester

|Date: 4 June, 2019

Greenstar 8000 Lifestyle range from Worcester

Introducing the new range of design-led boilers from Worcester Bosch. Our sister website Professional Plu ...

Introducing the new range of design-led boilers from Worcester Bosch. Our sister website Professional Plumbing and Heating Installer might disagree with us but generally speaking it’s pretty hard to g ...

4 June, 2019
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The art of brickwork conservation

|Date: 3 June, 2019

The art of brickwork conservation

In a new series, Professional Builder is celebrating the tradespeople who are keeping traditional craft s ...

In a new series, Professional Builder is celebrating the tradespeople who are keeping traditional craft skills alive. This month we talk to brick masonry expert Charles Reilly of Georgian Brickwork. T ...

3 June, 2019
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The main causes of water ingress

|Date: 31 May, 2019

The main causes of water ingress

In the latest of our technical troubleshooting series, Mat Woodyatt, technical training manager of BMI UK ...

In the latest of our technical troubleshooting series, Mat Woodyatt, technical training manager of BMI UK & Ireland, looks at the causes of, and problems arising from, water tracking into roofs. O ...

31 May, 2019
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Advice on roofing efficiently

|Date: 30 May, 2019

Advice on roofing efficiently

Jamie Riddington, technical advisor at Marley explains how you can work more efficiently. When it comes t ...

Jamie Riddington, technical advisor at Marley explains how you can work more efficiently. When it comes to roofing, taking shortcuts isn't advisable – everything needs to be done correctly to be safe ...

30 May, 2019
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#TradesTalk discusses taking a holiday for the self-employed trades

|Date: 29 May, 2019

#TradesTalk discusses taking a holiday for the self-employed trades

Running your own business in the building trades can make it difficult to get a proper break from work, a ...

Running your own business in the building trades can make it difficult to get a proper break from work, and this was the topic discussed by #TradesTalk on Twitter this week. As usual, we have rounded- ...

29 May, 2019
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The history of Draper Tools

|Date: 29 May, 2019

The history of Draper Tools

Professional Builder discovers how iconic tool brand Draper has been helping tradespeople work more effic ...

Professional Builder discovers how iconic tool brand Draper has been helping tradespeople work more efficiently for exactly one hundred years. The horrors of World War I were thankfully behind them, b ...

29 May, 2019
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Sourcing traditional and heritage windows

|Date: 28 May, 2019

Sourcing traditional and heritage windows

Quickslide's Adrian Barraclough talks about the rise of heritage-style windows. Heritage windows are popu ...

Quickslide's Adrian Barraclough talks about the rise of heritage-style windows. Heritage windows are popular - those that accurately replicate the original styles installed in genuine period homes, or ...

28 May, 2019
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