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Great Advice to Start a Business in Electrics...

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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Female Staff in a Male Environment
In these days of equal opportunities you must interview women as well as men for all positions in your electrical repair business. These days you are as like...
Relevant Qualifications for Aerial installers
The days have long gone when anyone could climb onto a roof or into a loft space and install an aerial to receive television and radio signals. Although it i...
Advertising Your Electrical Business
So, you’ve set up your new electrical business and the doors are open and phone lines ready – but where are the customers? Advertising is a very importan...
Dividing Work and Home Life
When starting your own electrical repair business you may find yourself working all the hours under the sun. At first finding the right work life balance can...
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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...
Call Out Fees
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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