Trade businesses are growing between five and eight times faster than the UK average, new home delivery forecast to drop and bricklayer heads to Shanghai for Worldskills
Trade businesses are growing between five and eight times faster than the average small firm — that’s according to Tradify.
Data collected by the job management software indicates that carpentry and renovation companies have experienced 25% revenue growth over the past year.
Electrical and landscaping SMEs have also enjoyed year-on-year revenue growth of over 18%.
The recent Sage SME Pulse report suggested that revenue for UK SMEs rose by just 3% in 2025.
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New home completions in England are expected to fall to 167,500 units a year, claims a report from Savills Research.
Housing completions have fallen by over 10% in the last two years since the Help to Buy scheme was rolled up.
Savills predicts a further drop in the next two years as a lack of planning consent and affordability issues hold back demand.
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A bricklaying apprentice from Shrewsbury is heading to Shanghai in September to compete in the Worldskills competition.
Joe Shingler, who has been laying bricks since he was 15, told the BBC that he was aiming for gold at this year’s event.
The 21-year-old brickie will have 22 hours over three days to complete a build, in front of 250,000 spectators.
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