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Tom Reynolds – We have an urgent need for skilled tradespeople

Tom Reynolds, chief executive of the BMA, highlights recent survey results confirming that the future of industries like plumbing and installation han...

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Thu 19th Sep 2024

New Houzz research shows what's influencing clients’ hiring decisions

New research from home renovation and design platform Houzz reveals the most important factors that are affecting clients’ decisions to hire for renov...

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Mon 4th Sep 2023

UK in danger of losing tradespeople to jobs abroad, reveals new study

New research from find-a-tradesperson platform Rated People has revealed that UK tradespeople are looking to leave the country to find work abroad whi...

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Mon 7th Aug 2023

Zoë Tanner: We need promotion of the trades as a rewarding career path

Zoë Tanner, MD of SNG Publishing – the home of the HIP, SPARKS and Concept Hair skills competitions – reveals why she believes more can be done to add...

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Fri 12th May 2023

Amy Nicholson: Women going into trades could earn more than £50k by 25

Amy Nicholson, owner of Amy’s Electrics, has worked with electricians who are women for 12 years and has owned her own company for the last five years...

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Wed 14th Sep 2022

Rated People campaigns for a more diverse trades industry

Ahead of ‘National Tradesmen Day’ on 16th September 2022, the find-a-tradesperson platform Rated People is highlighting the need for more inclusive la...

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Wed 14th Sep 2022

Study finds that 39% of tradeswomen experience gender discrimination

A new study has found that over one-third (39%) of tradeswomen in the UK believe that they're "not taken seriously" – because of their gender. The re...

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Wed 23rd Feb 2022

Trades News

Tom Reynolds – We have an urgent need for skilled tradespeople

New Houzz research shows what's influencing clients’ hiring decisions

UK in danger of losing tradespeople to jobs abroad, reveals new study

Zoë Tanner: We need promotion of the trades as a rewarding career path

Amy Nicholson: Women going into trades could earn more than £50k by 25

Rated People campaigns for a more diverse trades industry

Study finds that 39% of tradeswomen experience gender discrimination

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