Business Struggles

Ricky Howell is back with Neil and Mark for the Part Pee series to tell us what he has been up to in the world of electrical contracting.

Neil and Mark continue to talk about Neil's home re-wire and this time talk about current carrying capacity of cables and AFDDs.

In the latest episode, amongst other things we discuss battery storage in lofts and should you??

Neil Bridgeman is starting a home re-wire and will discuss with Mark Alison the challenges of doing this when he has not been on the tools for quite some time.

In today's episode, Neil and Mark discuss the challenges of running an electrical contracting business and how sometimes we fear the dreaded VAT man a little too much.

After a long break Neil bridgeman and Mark Allison return to have a catch up and cover topics such as electric vehicle charging, solar and the seemingly insanly busy contracting market.

In this episode, Andrew Eldred, Director of Workforce and Public Affairs at the Electrical Contractors' Association joins Neil Bridgeman and Mark Alison to discusses the history of the ECA and how it feeds into the electrical industry and other organisations.

In this episode Mark tells us about how he has been shadowing a solar contractor on the roofs of Sussex trying to learn with a hands on approach to solar installations. Neil talks about a trailblazers event he was involved in for the Railway Industry Association and we also cover professional registration issues for the IET.

Neil Bridgeman and Mark Allison discuss quantity surveyors and the pain they seem to relish causing electrical contractors.

Neil Bridgeman and Mark Allison discuss the real life challenges of EV installations when you maybe have to use an earth electrode for protection and if the OPEN devices are actually suitable if they are not built to any product standard.  We also discuss the new EV charging course that is imminent.