Demand for tradespeople surges by 58% after the Bank Holiday, tradesman punched by his client and plans approved for Oxford United's green ground
Demand for tradespeople is expected to surge by nearly 60% after the Bank Holiday — that’s according to a report from Joblogic.
The software firm claimed that job scheduling typically dropped by nearly half, and completed jobs fell by 54% ahead of the long weekend.
Plumbers and electricians are expected to witness the sharpest ‘scheduling surge’ with a jump in demand of nearly 80%!
Paul Webb, head of learning strategy & customer education, at Loblogic, said it sees the same pattern every Bank Holiday. “New jobs fall away… engineers focus on clearing backlogs, and then demand spikes sharply afterwards.”
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A tradesman was punched when he came to fix a job at a client’s house, a court heard last week.
Paul Smitham hit the tradesman who had arrived to rectify a job that had caused a flood.
In a statement 52-year-old Smitham said he had felt threatened at the time and had lashed out. He later conceded that his actions were inappropriate.
Smitham was fined by the Magistrates Court.
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Oxford United’s new stadium will be powered entirely by renewable energy.
The Championship side’s plan to build the UK’s most sustainable mid-sized sports venue was approved earlier this month.
The 16,000-capacity ground will integrate 3,500 square metres of solar panels, energy efficient building materials and an air source heat pump.
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