Start An Electrical Business: How to Start Up and Run an Electrical Business

You'll find everything you need to transform your electrical skills into a thriving business right here. Our expert advice covers all the essentials from choosing your perfect setup whether that's working from home, a workshop, or high street shop to building your customer base, hiring staff, and managing finances. Start An Electrical Business is here to help.

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Your Workshop Fixtures and Fittings

When starting your electrical business it is important that your workshop is fitted out correctly in order to optimise your time and work potential. What to...

Charging Customers a Deposit

When starting your electrical repair business you must decide whether you wish to charge customers a deposit when they leave an item for repair. Charge Depos...

Alarms and Safety at Your Workshop

When setting up your electrical repair business in your workshop you must make sure that you have a good alarm system and that your property and its contents...

Employing Casual staff

When starting an electrical repair business you have to remember it is no longer possible to pay a person as a casual worker. There are rules to follow and p...

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Will Your Electrical Business Survive If You Work from Home?

There may come a time, when it is no longer viable to rent a workshop or high street shop for your electrical repair business. The only option left is to wor...

Following a Loss Leader

Sometimes things go wrong and a repair costs more than originally estimated. How does the owner of an electrical repair business recover from such a disaster...

Parts and Spares for your Electrical Business

Parts and spares are an important part of an electrical business. Knowing where to find them and what to pay can make the difference between a profit and los...

Repairs from a Shop: How to Charge

When repairing items from a workshop or shop the business owner needs to know what to charge his customer in order to remain competitive but to also make a p...

Selling and Repairing Sewing Machines

Diversifying within the electrical trade could save the business of many electricians. One choice is to move into the repair of sewing machines and the suppl...

Electrical Business Trade Associations and Clubs

Being part of trade associations and clubs can help your electrical business. Shared knowledge, meeting colleagues and enjoying discounts on goods and materi...

Supermarkets Ruined My Business: Case Study

Dave Green’s small repair business was floundering due to cut price electrical goods being sold in high street supermarkets. He could not compete with knoc...

For any electrician visiting customers in their home to carry out installations or repairs is a normal part of the daily routine. How about the charges for v...

PAT Testing Saved My Life: Case Study

Mike Evans dreaded the future, like many people his business was not doing as well as he wanted it to. He’d tried several ways to introduce new customers t...

Staff Safety and Your Business

Staff safety in any business should be of paramount importance but within the electrical repair business there are other considerations to think about. Keepi...

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