With the skills shortage affecting our industry and leading to some dodgy work – I turned my focus today to training in our industry and whether or not you would do extra training…

To talk through this we were joined by Steve Butcher from the Home Builders Federation & our great friend John Cruickshank!

There’s also the pub lunch quiz as you can attempt to grab 6 points – as well as the very best messages we received!

A study from LoPay has claimed HALF of all builders have struggled to pay for materials due to late paying customers – and 30% have been unable to take on any new business because of late payers. So today we wanted to ask - how do you deal with late payments & how much does it affect your cashflow?

To talk through this we were joined by James Butcher from the Federation of Master Builders as well as great friend of the show Dan Brown from the Job & Knock Podcast!

There’s also the pub lunch quiz as you can attempt to grab 6 points – as well as the very best messages we received!

With lots of reports of seeing some shoddy domestic work – and a story about a new build house being 35 degrees out of plumb – today we wanted to delve into why that was – so we asked what is causing this lack of quality in our industry?

To talk through this we were joined by Damien Walters from the British Institute of Kitchen, Bedroom & Bathroom Installation as well as great friend of the show Danny Madden!

There’s also the pub lunch quiz as you can attempt to grab 6 points – as well as the very best messages we received!

It’s light-hearted Thursday and I was asking the big question today… Let’s imagine you’re hosting a dinner party – you can invite four people, dead or alive to come… we wanted to know who are you inviting & why?

We had great contributions from good friends Dan Brown, Dave Finnagan and Liam McGinley – and there’s also the pub lunch quiz as you can attempt to grab 6 points – as well as the very best messages we received!

With work staying steady and lots of our brilliant trades booked up months in advance – today we wanted to look at working for family & friends… so we asked, do you offer mates rates? How do you feel about working for family?

To talk through this we were joined by Fix Radio’s very own Joel Bardell and Alex Burman from Errioc Carpentry!

There’s also the pub lunch quiz as you can attempt to grab 6 points – as well as the very best messages we received!

Slacking off in our industry used to be all about going for a smoke break – but people are now starting to suggest the new epidemic may be going on your phone on the job – so today, we wanted to ask, how do you feel about phones on site?

To talk through this we were joined by Construction Manager Ian Hodgkinson on his rules for site, and social media influencer Dave Finnagan – and they had some fairly different opinions…

There’s also the pub lunch quiz as you can attempt to grab 6 points – as well as the very best messages we received!

It’s light-hearted Thursday and with this month having so many bank holidays – we were asking if you’ve worked through them all & if you’re maybe even getting a bit sick of them!

We had great voice notes from good friends Dan from the Job & Knock Podcast & George from GM Joinery – and there’s also the pub lunch quiz as you can attempt to grab 6 points – as well as the very best messages we received!

With domestic work seeming to stay a huge part of our industry & retrofitting and work on older buildings being part of that… so we asked if work did slow down – would you consider moving into working on retrofitting and working on historical buildings?

To talk through this was a man who knows a thing or two about this – working on some amazing castles, Sean Matthews from SM Carpentry Capherilly & Royal Warrant Holder Jon Joy!

There’s also the pub lunch quiz as you can attempt to grab 6 points – as well as the very best messages we received!

With one in four of us in the trade affected by tool theft in the industry – today we wanted to look at a genuine solution to it – by proposing an official second hand market to stop the sellers at car boot sales & down the pub.

To talk through this and the affects of tool theft was industry legend Billy Bryne and great friend of the show Liam McGinley!

There’s also the pub lunch quiz as you can attempt to grab 6 points – as well as the very best messages we received!

With a lot of early year predictions claiming business would slow this year, we wanted to know what your experiences are with it…

To talk through this through and what we can expect going forward this year was Brian Berry from the Federation of Master Builders.

There’s also the pub lunch quiz as you can attempt to grab 6 points – as well as the very best messages we received!