Episode #3: The BUILD system - Business Planning – Part 2
The Evolve and Grow Podcast Show - Builders-Construction-Plumbers-Electricians
Release Date: 04/29/2020
Episode #29: A new way to recruit in the construction and trade industries
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In this podcast show Alison is joined by Tony Donovan, Founder of UK Protrades and Director of UK Tradesmen, a network of contractors, developers and professional tradespeople nationwide. As a contractor Tony always found it difficult to source professional reliable trades people and as a problem solver he went about changing this. His skills in digital marketing, web design, branding and socials enabled him to create a platform for trades to network free of charge. UK Tradesmen on Facebook now has over 2000 Followers. UKProTrades has a group for every trade and the groups are made up of...
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Episode #28: How powerful is your brand?
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In this podcast show Alison is joined by Joy Zarine brand and business strategist, investor, speaker and bestselling author based in London, UK. For over eighteen years, Joy has worked with industry leaders to design, build and market profitable and award- winning businesses. Believing that life is too short for basic, boring or bad branding - Joy has gone on to build her own branding and marketing agency - launching UK-wide companies and consulting with global billion-pound brands. A popular guest on the Build and Grow Academy, Joy always has some great practical advice for...
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Episode #27: Interview with solicitor James Sargeant of Quigg Golden
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In this podcast show Alison is joined by James Sargeant a construction law solicitor with Quigg Golden. James began his career in construction before transferring into the legal world, which gives him a unique understanding of the industry. James shares the common mistakes he sees business owners make, from having a lack of the necessary documentation in place to burying one’s head into the sand. They discuss the most common disputes that arise between client and contractor and how best to avoid them. James provides no-nonsense advice around the simple things to ensure are in place to...
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Episode #26: Ian Hodgkinson, BBC Brickies
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In this podcast show Alison is joined by Ian Hodgkinson, Founder of Hodgkinson Builders, the Bricklayers Academy and the builder behind the BBC series Brickies. Ian shares how he started out on the tools at 16, going on to build a successful business and then on to helping solve the skills shortage by creating the Bricklayers Academy. This provides the training to budding bricklayers, giving them not only the practical skill, but also the discipline required to have a very rewarding and lucrative career. Ian has built his organisations on the basis of strong principles and vision – they...
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Episode #25: Adam Chapman, Founder of Heat Geek
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In this podcast show Alison is joined by Adam Chapman, Founder of Heat Geek a company that provides training on heating design for heating engineers. As a self-confessed Geek, Adam has an insatiable thirst for knowledge in the heating industry and has quickly risen to become a well-respected thought leader in the field. He began his career in within a commercial installation company in 2005 before moving to domestic heating installation, repair and servicing, and later starting his own business. Adam founded the heating resource Heatgeek.com in 2016, and later the associated system...
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Episode #24: Houzz – The world's largest community for home renovation and design
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In this podcast show Alison is joined by Andrew Small the Industry Solutions Managing Director of Houzz, the world's largest community for home renovation and design providing people with everything they need to improve their homes from start to finish. On Houzz, people can find design inspiration, research and hire home professionals and get advice for their projects. Andrew joined Houzz in 2015 and now leads the expansion of Houzz internationally. Prior to Houzz Andrew was in an executive leadership position in a UK venture-backed business in the home and property space having...
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Episode #23: Enhancing your reputation as a trade business
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In this podcast show Alison is joined by Lorraine Bridges, Founder and Director of Bare PR. As one of only 200 Chartered PR professionals in the UK, Lorraine is extremely well qualified to share advice to owners of trade businesses who really care about their reputation. Lorraine shares her good, bad and ugly experiences using the services of trades and valuable tips on how to ensure you are providing a service that stands out to your customers. And guess what? Often they don’t cost anything! Sadly, we know that it is all too easy to let things slip and in the process gain a less than...
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Episode #22: Getting recruitment right in construction and trades
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In this podcast Alison shares her thoughts and experience on how to crack the issue of finding and hiring great people in a small construction or trade business. In a previous life Alison headed up resourcing for one of the UK and Ireland’s global chain of coffee shops, so she knew all about getting the process right within this field. Taking this best practice into the world of construction and trades, she found that it didn’t always go to plan, and in this industry it is even more of a challenge. In this podcast she shares what she has learnt by tweaking the process to fit the industry,...
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Episode #21: Interview with Jordan Farley, Founder of Artisan Electrics
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In this podcast Alison welcomes Jordan Farley, Founder of Artisan Electrics on to the show. With 125,000 YouTube followers and 23k on Instagram, what started as a casual interest, ended up solving two of the biggest challenges trades face – attracting the ideal customer and the ideal employee. Jordan took over the family electrical business from his Dad before selling it to go travelling and volunteering. Returning to the UK to start a new electrical business, in 2016 he posted his first video on YouTube to help his customers solve a common challenge, and it went viral. Today he has 2...
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Episode #20: Interview with Kerry and Wayne O’Connor, Founders of Get Stowed
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In this podcast Alison welcomes Kerry and Wayne O’Connor, Founders of Get Stowed on to the show. This entrepreneurial couple who had a business making exhibition stands for conferences, quickly decided to pivot their business when the industry fell off a cliff during COVID, transferring their skills to making secure storage facilities for trades tools. Get Stowed was born off the back of Wayne having the painful experience of having his tools stolen from his van a few years previous. The business manufacturers bespoke storage solutions for trade businesses, so that the tools are not visible...
info_outlineIn this podcast Alison takes us through the four elements of any business; Sales and Marketing, Customer Service, Team and Finance/Systems. All successful businesses will measure these closely and keep them ‘in balance’.
Alison give examples of Construction and Trade businesses that had one or more of the areas out of balance, how this showed up and what they did to put this right so that they could grow.
Do you get back to everyone that enquires? Do your customers all have a really good experience? Are you investing in the right areas? And lots more questions to get you thinking!
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