Don't Get Left Out In The Cold

From Gas Engineer to Building A Successful Business with Lewis Ward

This week on Don't Get Left Out In The Cold, host Mick Norris is joined by Lewis Ward - owner of Swift Heating. They talk about the challenges and triumphs of owning a plumbing and heating business.
 
Don’t Get Left Out In The Cold is a show for tradespeople, by tradespeople. This is the podcast that gives tradesmen and tradeswomen a voice, where the real talk of life as a tradesperson can be heard and it's a place for like-minded experts of their craft to hear about how to really scale their trade-based business. Let's be honest, most people don't understand the challenges of being in a trade - one minute you're on the tools and the next you are required to become a business person. It is a tough journey and this podcast is designed to help you understand that transition, from the perspective of people who are out there doing this every day.

Plumbing Problems In The Internet Age

This week on Don’t Get Left Out In The Cold host Mick Norris discusses the problems with the plumbing and gas industry in the age of the internet.    He highlights the problems for smaller tradesmen when bigger companies offer boiler fitting services. Bigger companies are able to supply services much cheaper and sometimes even at a loss which allows them to quickly take over the market.   Mick explains the solution to combating these big companies is for engineers to find work independently and not through the internet-based companies as well as using services like Trade Mastermind to fill in the gaps in their own business school knowledge.   In this episode you will hear:    The problems faced by tradesmen in the age of internet The power of coaching to help tradesmen build business skills How the big companies are able to offer such low prices and gain market share   To connect with Mick or for more information on M & R Plumbing and Heating head to ​​https://www.mr-group.co.uk/    Don’t Get Left Out In The Cold - brought to you by M & R Plumbing and Heating - is a show for tradespeople, by tradespeople. This is the podcast that gives tradesmen and tradeswomen a voice, where the real talk of life as a tradesperson can be heard and it's a place for like-minded experts of their craft to hear about how to really scale their trade-based business. Let's be honest, most people don't understand the challenges of being in a trade - one minute you're on the tools and the next you are required to become a business person. It is a tough journey and this podcast is designed to help you understand that transition, from the perspective of people who are out there doing this every day.  

Scaling Trade-Based Businesses with The Apprentice Winner Joseph Valente

This week on Don’t Get Left Out In The Cold host Mick Norris is joined by Joseph Valente, winner of BBC show The Apprentice, best selling author and entrepreneur. Joseph speaks on being expelled from school at 15 and how this led him to start working as a tradesman. He also shares the impact reading Alan Sugar’s Biography had on his mindset and how it had a hand in convincing him to set up his company ‘Impragas’ at 22; which was turning over 600k a year by the time he was 25 years old.   Joseph also talks about his experience on Alan Sugar’s business-focused reality game show The Apprentice and how he was able to run his business while being on the show for 9 weeks. He details the aftermath of winning the competition and what impact that had on Impragas.   Joseph built Trade Mastermind after realising that trade workers needed help to go from construction workers to business people. He gives countless stories and lessons in business most of note being on the power of persistence.   In this episode you will hear:   Joseph’s entrepreneurial journey Building his 600K a year business ImpraGas The experience of winning the apprentice Helping construction workers gain business skills using Trade Mastermind The importance of persistence   To connect with Mick or for more information on M & R Plumbing and Heating head to ​​https://www.mr-group.co.uk/    Don’t Get Left Out In The Cold - brought to you by M & R Plumbing and Heating - is a show for tradespeople, by tradespeople. This is the podcast that gives tradesmen and tradeswomen a voice, where the real talk of life as a tradesperson can be heard and it's a place for like  gh journey and this podcast is designed to help you understand that transition, from the perspective of people who are out there doing this every day.  

PILOT: Welcome To Don’t Get Left Out In The Cold

Don’t Get Left Out In The Cold - brought to you by M & R Plumbing and Heating - is a show for tradespeople, by tradespeople. This is the podcast that gives tradesmen and tradeswomen a voice, where the real talk of life as a tradesperson can be heard and it's a place for like-minded experts of their craft to hear about how to really scale their trade-based business. Let's be honest, most people don't understand the challenges of being in a trade - one minute you're on the tools and the next you are required to become a business person. It is a tough journey and this podcast is designed to help you understand that transition, from the perspective of people who are out there doing this every day. 

Don’t Get Left Out In The Cold

Don’t Get Left Out In The Cold is a show for tradespeople, by tradespeople. This is the podcast that gives tradesmen and tradeswomen a voice, where the real talk of life as a tradesperson can be heard and it's a place for like-minded experts of their craft to hear about how to really scale their trade-based business. Let's be honest, most people don't understand the challenges of being in a trade - one minute you're on the tools and the next you are required to become a business person. It is a tough journey and this podcast is designed to help you understand that transition, from the perspective of people who are out there doing this every day.