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Builders vote whether to cancel Christmas tunes on Fix Radio
The Builders Station encourages its audience of tradespeople to text Fix-mas for Christmas tunes, or Fix-off, if they want to ban festive music
How should money be spent to solve the skills shortage?
Clive Holland, TV superstar Laura Jane Clark and Master Plumber and lecturer Jimmy Hendry discuss best ways of spending to address the skills shortage in the country
What made you go out on your own?
Clive Holland and guests share experiences on how they started their own businesses.
AUDIO NEWS: Working for family costs the trades £1.2 billion and construction output drops in November
Working for friends and family costs tradespeople £1,400 a year, construction output continues to fall in November and bricky who left school at 16 rakes in the cash
BESA backs 'new and improved' degree apprenticeship
A new single-degree level ‘Building Services Engineer’ (BSE) apprenticeship is to be launched in 2025
UK tradies losing out on £1.2bn on mate rates
Tradespeople lose on average over £1,400 each year doing work for free or at reduced rates, more than the average cost of a Premier League season ticket
Dating clients, not getting an apprenticeship and day rates
Thomas Nagy and Paul Meenan discuss whether it's OK to do certain things in the trade - from not getting an apprenticeships, skipping college, dating clients and chatting about day rates
What would you do to improve housebuilding in the country?
Clive Holland is joined by Home Builders Federation’s executive director Steve Turner and Tony Humphries from A&D Brickwork to understand why we're seeing so many issues in the housebuilding sector
AUDIO NEWS: UK tradespeople get offered £6k and higher wages and homeowners prioritise energy efficiency
UK tradespeople are seduced £6,000 relocation fee and higher wages, SME builders sit on the fence about artificial intelligence and homeowners prioritise energy efficiency
Russell Roof Tiles raises £80,000 for charity this year
A "record-breaking" £80,000 has been raised by Russell Roof Tiles after its Big Charity Quiz Night boosted the final fundraising amount by £15,000
Edinburgh handyman named amongst the best tradesmen in the UK
‘Doug The Handyman’, a jack-of-all-trades, does everything from wall mounting TVs to installing washing machines, and even building bespoke pizza oven stations
EUA disappointed by Clean Heat Market Mechanism move
The industry is distraught that ministers have failed to reflect upon the extremely challenging market conditions and the new reality
SNIPEF voices frustration over delay in phasing out gas boilers
Chief executive questions the government's unrealistic targets for phasing out fossil fuel boilers
Switching careers, joining the trades late and the best ways to learn plumbing
Andy Cam and Todd Glister are joined by RJ Fenton and Matt O'Gorman who discuss switching careers and the best approach to learning the heating and plumbing trade
AUDIO NEWS: Gen Z don't realise the earning potential of the trades and scaffolder publishes book
Gen Z clueless about the earning potential of a career in the trades, EUA moans about the Clean Heat Mechanism and scaffolder publishes book detailing absurd excuses used by scaffs to skip work
Church in need of tradespeople for homeless shelter project
They are particularly seeking those with experience in carpentry, electricians, gas engineers, plumbers, and general contractors who can volunteer their services for the project.
CIOB reveals impact of new legislation on training courses
Demand for building conservation learning soared between 2018 and 2021 given the rising prominence of conservation and retrofit
Construction sector facing weakness across the supply chain
The Construction Products Association (CPA) recently stated that the sector experienced a decrease in activity during the third quarter of the year
Tributes pour in for Burnley painter and decorator
Much-loved family man and former painter and decorator Geoffrey Barras has died at the age of 90 in Pendleside Hospice
Joel Bardall, TVJ and guests talk about mad customers and terrible colour schemes
Fellow decorators Nick Sammut, Bryan Dennett and Peter Clark join Joel Bardall and Todd Von Joel to discuss unfavourable elements in the trade, from bad customers to horrid colour schemes they've come across