The Electrical Show

Thomas Nagy and Paul Meenan look into plans to try and incentivise routes into teaching the trade, specifically for the aging workforce and discuss why there's not attractive enough benefits for those willing to teach but not prepared to sacrifice most of their income in the process. Kay Allen from Age Irrelevance talks about ConstructED which aims to try to incentivise pathways into teaching and help those still on the tools make a role in education work for them. Tom talks about what it would take for him to teach and Paul explains why roadblocks in industry are creating problems.

Paul and Tom talk about the way things were and how the trade has changed around them for better or worse. They cover things like cash vs. digital, robot electricians in China, the requirement for NVQs, Power tools, value, morals and more.

Thomas Nagy is joined again by Danny Webb & Mike Toulson about approach to pricing jobs and calculating your profit. Danny & Mike have put so much thought into getting this right for their business (Alpha Tech Group) that they've literally written the book on it. They talk about how you can do better at protecting your profit, how you can avoid the race to the bottom, work smarter not harder and also touch on how to check out their book!

Thomas Nagy is joined in the studio by Danny Webb (Sparky Milan) and Mike Toulson to discuss 'Alpha Tech Group', their business partnership which first began in April 2025. Mike and Danny explain how this partnership came together and why it made sense. They talk about the work they're able to take on together, that would have been to difficult solo. They discuss delegation and playing to each other strengths, how they deal with disagreements and why domestic has become less worthwhile.

Thomas Nagy explains how he has got his business to the point where he can be more ambitious with regards to the area he covers and therefore takes on work across the country.

Thomas Nagy looks at the approach to insurance for your business and how to protect your livliehood in event of the worst possible situation. Rob Driscoll from the ECA provides an overview on the essential steps to getting the correct cover and ammending the cover as your business grows. Richard Egan from Sentio, a commercial insurance broker, shares some hard hitting case studies of what the consequences can be if you're not suffciently covered.

Thomas Nagy and Paul Meenan look again into data centres. They react to some listener comments from the last show or two and are joined by Jay Newman, who has first hand experience working in a data centre.

Paul Meenan and Thomas Nagy look into the rise of data centres and discuss what the rollout might look like across the UK in the near future. They invite John Ward to share his thoughts on what this means for the Electrical trade and towards the end there's a chat about Tom's office expansion.

Paul Meenan and Thomas Nagy talk about the rise of AI in the Electrical sector. Tom and Paul talk about the current good uses of AI, touch on what the future might looks like with AI implemented in a variety of ways and also where we might be heading down the wrong road...

Thomas Nagy and Paul Meenan talk about how to be a good apprentice and make the most of your opportunity. Tom and Paul discuss their all-time worst and best apprentices and what made them so bad or good. They reflect on their own experiences as apprentices and also give insight into how they work with apprentices and help them find success and a career path in Electrical. Hugo Helms, a former apprentice who qualified in 2023 joins the discussion to give a perspective on the life lessons around conduct that were lacking when he was on his journey to become qualified. Hugo also discusses the current generational divide on site and how to bridge the gap and find some common ground.