Tag Archives: advice

With rogue tradespeople damaging the sector's image, Andrew Dark from Custom Planet shares some tips for projecting a professional image.

Before you sell your home, it’s a good idea to do all you can to increase its value. Learn tips and tricks to raise your asking price, on any budget.

Roger and Robin, fresh back from their summer holidays, jump back into podcast action and tackle the subject of having the right attitude and work ethics.

What is off-site construction? Off-site construction is the completion of elements or components for a structure at another location in a factory environment. Sometimes these components are assembled before being delivered to site. The off-site construction factories can either be permanent factories or ‘flying’ factories. ‘Flying’ factories are temporary facilities set up for a specific project and then moved once …

You’ve probably heard of the Modern Slavery Act but you might be unsure about whether or not it affects your organisation.

Caroline Pegden from TempaGoGo, an online temporary recruitment marketplace helping construction companies and builders find temporary staff easily, describes five ways builders can boost their visibility online. What distinguishes the construction sector from other UK industries? Its sheer number of workers who are self-employed. According to a 2018 Briefing Paper from the House of Commons, self-employed jobs in construction account for …

Robin & Roger are back with another podcast episode to help you in your everyday work life and we're looking at getting organised and keeping track of materials, time and even 'people'.

The podcast is back and we're tackling mental health, depression and anxiety. The building industry has a huge problem with mental health issues and its workforce suffers more than average.

So far in the podcast, we've talked about how wonderful and clever Roger and Robin are so it's time to embrace the power of vulnerability.

It's hard to track down a good builder, in this episode, we offer some solutions beyond the usual first port of call for most people which are the trades recommendation websites.

Another subject that fires-up Roger and Robin is fly-tipping and the irresponsible disposal of waste material from the building site.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 35:10 — 24.2MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSSDealing with customer complaints can be the hardest part of any job, so it’s time for Roger and Robin to share their experiences and tips on how to handle customer complaints.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 49:09 — 33.8MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSSRobin is back with Roger to discuss the all-important issue of getting paid and taking every measure in avoiding bad debts so you’ll escape being knocked by cowboy customers.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 39:53 — 54.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSSRoger and Dylan discuss fault finding and troubleshooting in the third episode of the Skill Builder podcast. Roger has developed a taste and knack for solving problems over the years and loves a challenge. In this episode, he talks about …

It takes courage to leap from the security and comfort of your job, but the fact that you're here tells us that you're thinking of making the leap into the world of being the master of your own destiny.

The tips and techniques developed by Roger and Robin during the course of their long careers will help you avoid the misery of pricing yourself out of, or into certain projects.