Fix Radio's Toolbox Show

Charlie Mullins founder of Pimlico Plumbers joins Andy in the studio and gives his thoughts on the new Supreme Court ruling regarding 'workers'. Plus he will be giving advice on turning your company from a one man band into a multi-million pound firm.

11/07/18 Join Andy Stevens for the Fix Radio Toolbox Show. Andy's guest this week was Stuart Barr from TRAKD, a cloud based business management software tool. They discussed ways to make sure you have taken the right steps to getting paid, organising your staff, and live monitoring of your jobs. Andy's rant of the week was about fat cats earning too much, give it to us skilled trades!

27/08/18 Join Andy Stevens for the Fix Radio Toolbox Show. This week, Andy opened up the phone lines for tradesmen to get in touch and discuss the pros and cons of the building trade.

20/08/18 Join Andy Stevens for the Fix Radio Toolbox Show. Focusing on the recent verdict from The Supreme Court in the case 'Pimlico Plumbers v Smith', Andy was joined by employment law expert, Damian McCarthy. They spoke about what the verdict means to employers and employees in our sector and what changes will be taking place across the industry.

06/08/18 Join Andy Stevens for the Fix Radio Toolbox Show. Andy had two guests on the show this week! Sue McKinney from Chandlers Building Supplies talked about how they are helping with mental health in the construction industry. Gina Webster from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) spoke about how the CITB are looking to find new apprentices.

16/05/18 Join Andy Stevens for the Fix Radio Toolbox Show. This week is #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek. Andy's guest was Martin Coyd OBE, who is Head of Health, Safety & Wellbeing at Mace Construction. They discussed the increasingly significant issue of mental health in the construction industry.

09/05/18 Join Andy Stevens for the Fix Radio Toolbox Show. This week Andy was joined by osteopath David Langdon. They discussed the injury signs to look out for, the cost of treatments, and all your options.

25/04/18 Join Andy Stevens for the Fix Radio Toolbox Show. This week Andy was joined by social media expert Sally Brockway, from Wow PR. They discussed the ways you can use social media platforms to promote your business.

18/04/18 Join Andy Stevens for the Fix Radio Toolbox Show. This week Andy was joined by Lee Watts, who has started a campaign to take a petition to Parliament, to try and get stronger sentences for tool and van theft.

11/04/18 Join Andy Stevens for the Fix Radio Toolbox Show. This week Andy was joined by the founder of Band of Builders, Addam Smith, who announced their upcoming projects and spoke about the media coverage they're getting and the imminence of charity status.

04/04/18 Join Andy Stevens for the Fix Radio Toolbox Show. This week features advice from property expert Emily Evans. Andy and Emily share advice on the stamp duty threshold, property investment as your pension, banks or brokers for your mortgage, and the next "hot spot" areas to invest in.

23/03/18 Join Andy Stevens for the Fix Radio Toolbox Show. This week sees a tax return! Actually the return of our tax expert, Jacquetta Brown from HMRC. With the end of the tax year coming up next week, she explains the essential things you need to know if you're self-employed or indeed an employer.

21/03/18 Join Andy Stevens for the Fix Radio Toolbox Show. The "Beast from the East" was back this week and it caused every outside trade chaos! The snow is due to come back over Easter and this week, Andy discussed how it will affect us in the trade, and what we can do about it.

07/03/18 Join Andy Stevens for the Fix Radio Toolbox Show. This week, Andy discussed the problem of tool thefts from vans - and we revisited the Band of Builders to hear the latest on Sadie's Project, including an interview with her Dad.