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  • 13% of UK tradespeople fear business could get worse

    |Date: 20 May, 2021
    13% of UK tradespeople fear business could get worse

    13% of UK tradespeople fear business could get worse

    Tradespeople in the UK are less optimistic about the year ahead than their antipodean counterparts, accor ...

    Tradespeople in the UK are less optimistic about the year ahead than their antipodean counterparts, according to recent research from Tradify.  While most UK tradespeople believe that general business ...

    20 May, 2021
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  • One in five UK tradespeople believe they’ll need to work beyond state pension age

    |Date: 14 May, 2021
    One in five UK tradespeople believe they’ll need to work beyond state pension age

    One in five UK tradespeople believe they’ll need to work beyond state pension age

    One in five UK tradespeople believe they’ll need to work beyond state pension age. Male tradespeople are ...

    One in five UK tradespeople believe they’ll need to work beyond state pension age. Male tradespeople are three times more likely than women to work past the age of 66 One in eight (13%) older tradespe ...

    14 May, 2021
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  • Half of UK tradespeople experience mental health problems due to work 

    |Date: 12 May, 2021
    Half of UK tradespeople experience mental health problems due to work 

    Half of UK tradespeople experience mental health problems due to work 

    HALF of UK tradespeople experience mental health problems due to work. Bricklayers (73%) are the most lik ...

    HALF of UK tradespeople experience mental health problems due to work. Bricklayers (73%) are the most likely tradespeople to experience work-related stress Finances are the most common cause of stress ...

    12 May, 2021
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  • Manufacturers will be legally obliged to make spare parts available to consumers

    |Date: 31 March, 2021
    Manufacturers will be legally obliged to make spare parts available to consumers

    Manufacturers will be legally obliged to make spare parts available to consumers

    Adrienne Minster, CEO of Rated People said: “The ‘Right to Repair’ law is brilliant news for tradespeople ...

    Adrienne Minster, CEO of Rated People said: “The ‘Right to Repair’ law is brilliant news for tradespeople. For the first time, manufacturers will be legally obliged to make spare parts available to co ...

    31 March, 2021
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  • Surge in Cowboy Customers: Duped tradespeople taken for up to 1.7 billion last year

    |Date: 16 February, 2021
    Surge in Cowboy Customers: Duped tradespeople taken for up to 1.7 billion last year

    Surge in Cowboy Customers: Duped tradespeople taken for up to 1.7 billion last year

    Home improvements customers withheld payments and threatened to destroy reputation of hardworking tradesp ...

    Home improvements customers withheld payments and threatened to destroy reputation of hardworking tradespeople to get discounts Over 5 million people in Britain have quoted a tradesperson for a projec ...

    16 February, 2021
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  • Tradespeople consider apprentices more important than ever despite Covid-19 decline

    |Date: 9 February, 2021
    Tradespeople consider apprentices more important than ever despite Covid-19 decline

    Tradespeople consider apprentices more important than ever despite Covid-19 decline

    Over a fifth of companies that regularly hire apprentices took on fewer in 2020 A quarter of tradespeople ...

    Over a fifth of companies that regularly hire apprentices took on fewer in 2020 A quarter of tradespeople and companies plan on hiring new apprentices in 2021 Percentage of female, BAME and apprentice ...

    9 February, 2021
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  • Using lockdown to bridge the skills gap: free training guide for tradespeople launched

    |Date: 4 February, 2021
    Using lockdown to bridge the skills gap: free training guide for tradespeople launched

    Using lockdown to bridge the skills gap: free training guide for tradespeople launched

    A new guide providing tradespeople with training tips and practical business advice has been created to h ...

    A new guide providing tradespeople with training tips and practical business advice has been created to help those who are out of work or are looking to develop their existing skill set over lockdown. ...

    4 February, 2021
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  • Hudson Contract: earnings for tradespeople recover to pre-Covid levels

    |Date: 7 January, 2021
    Hudson Contract: earnings for tradespeople recover to pre-Covid levels

    Hudson Contract: earnings for tradespeople recover to pre-Covid levels

    Earnings for freelance tradespeople have recovered to pre-Covid levels, according to the industry’s bigge ...

    Earnings for freelance tradespeople have recovered to pre-Covid levels, according to the industry’s biggest payer of subcontractors. Hudson Contract said average weekly pay rose by 1.2 per cent during ...

    7 January, 2021
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  • Most watched trades on TikTok revealed

    |Date: 18 December, 2020
    Most watched trades on TikTok revealed

    Most watched trades on TikTok revealed

    TikTok videos of tradespeople doing jobs are surprisingly popular on the video-sharing app, with many goi ...

    TikTok videos of tradespeople doing jobs are surprisingly popular on the video-sharing app, with many going viral with millions of views Rated People analysed TikTok data for 25 different trades to re ...

    18 December, 2020
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  • The 8 winning features every tradesperson should have on their website

    |Date: 14 January, 2019
    The 8 winning features every tradesperson should have on their website

    The 8 winning features every tradesperson should have on their website

    What does a tradesperson's website need? Find out with this guide to creating a winning website. You’ve d ...

    What does a tradesperson's website need? Find out with this guide to creating a winning website. You’ve decided to take the plunge and get a website, but you’re not sure where to start or what to have ...

    14 January, 2019
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  • Southeast Tradespeople Up To 25x More Expensive, Says Pricing Website HaMuch

    |Date: 6 September, 2018
    Southeast Tradespeople Up To 25x More Expensive, Says Pricing Website HaMuch

    Southeast Tradespeople Up To 25x More Expensive, Says Pricing Website HaMuch

    A new data survey by building work pricing site HaMuch.com has revealed the stark differences between the ...

    A new data survey by building work pricing site HaMuch.com has revealed the stark differences between the southeast and the rest of the UK when it comes to the cost of building work. The divide appear ...

    6 September, 2018
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