Tag: trades

Lockdown for trades

112,000 UK trade businesses have been set up since the first lockdown

Since the first coronavirus lockdown was announced on 23 March 2020, over 112,000 trade ...

click and collect

More Click & Collect points for IronmongeryDirect and ElectricalDirect customers

IronmongeryDirect and ElectricalDirect have expanded their Click & Collect service, offering tradespeople more flexibility ...

Study reveals SMES could be losing up to 54% of online revenue

Yell has released new research into how businesses in the trades sector are approaching ...

Toolstation opens 500th store in New Malden

Toolstation, one of the UK’s fastest growing and largest suppliers of tools and more, ...

School leavers

JTL encourages school leavers to ‘Think Ahead’

JTL has launched a campaign to encourage school leavers to think ahead and consider ...

Tradey tunes: the most listened-to songs by UK electricians revealed

IronmongeryDirect analysed thousands of Spotify playlists containing trade-related words in their titles, such as ...

Access training UK unveils most popular trades by region

The construction and manual trade industry is one of a few that has remained ...

New trades

Over a quarter of Brits opt for new trades post-pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a number of lifestyle changes for many, from a ...

Trade disputes

New app aims to end payment disputes for trades

A UK-based tech start-up has launched a new mobile and desktop app designed to ...

Digital tax for small businesses in the trades made easy

Ben Dyer, CEO of Powered Now, provides a beginner’s guide for tradespeople to start ...