We’ve lost 27,700 plumbers and the government still doesn’t have a bloody clue
For 20 years I’ve been warning successive governments that Britain’s obsession with universities and contempt for apprenticeships would end in disaster. Well, congratulations Westminster. You’ve now run out of road! A devastating new report from national training provider JTL reveals that England has lost 25,700 plumbers since 2018. That’s 16% of the workforce gone, with […]
Stop clobbering employers and give young people a chance
You can’t keep clobbering employers and then ask why they’re not taking on more people. With the Budget coming, the Government needs to understand a basic fact of business: before you can give somebody a job, you have to be able to see a future where you can earn the money to pay them. Yet […]
Today is WEFIX’s Second Birthday and the Best Present Arrived at Midnight – A New All-time Sales Record!
Confidence high at WEFIX London as two-year-old company on target for £15 million result, as September sales rocket to all-time high! Revenue rockets 30% from previous high-water mark Total jobs soars to 10% above previous best Average job size up 25% on 2025 75th van launched, with WFIX 100 operational in 2027 It seems like […]
Labour’s flexible working revolution is a dogmatic political fiction where the tail wags the dog
Here’s a question Labour might want to answer: who runs a business — the bloke who started it, risked his house, borrowed the money and pays the wages, or the people he employs? Because sometimes you have to wonder. The Government wants to beef up flexible-working rights, making it harder for bosses to refuse requests […]
Labour’s Best Scam Yet – a Job Creation Scheme Where the Only Job Involved is a Con-Job!
This morning I was called up by The Jeremy Vine Show on Channel 5 to kick the tyres and give an opinion on Andy Burnham’s government’s attempt to get a million 18-24s off benefits and into work. On the face of things getting youngsters known as NEETs (Not in Education, Employment of Training) into jobs […]
WEFIX London is the Fastest Growing Service Co in the UK and the Reason is ‘on the tin’ – We Are Fixing London, One Job at a Time!
And it’s no surprise with sales projected to smash through the £10 million this year, fleet and engineer numbers up 500%, and new apprentices coming onboard every month WEFIX London will soon be the undisputed industry champion. Since one of our founding engineers arrived in his electric van to our first job in Culloden Square […]
Britain’s NEET epidemic needs a cure, not another sticking plaster
The latest figures showing a fall in the number of young people not in education, employment or training have been greeted as good news. Well, forgive me if I don’t crack open the champagne. Yes, the number of so-called NEETs fell from just over one million to 981,000 between April and June. But it was […]
OBEs for Sale – Get Yours for £36k Before it’s Worthless!
Last week we saw just how desperate Labour are to raise a bit of cash – Andy Burnham is shameless to even consider doling out OBEs to pensioners who can afford to hand back three years’ worth of their state pension! In what world would anyone find this an acceptable way to scrape together a […]
If a Company Won’t DBS Check the Stranger It’s Sending Into Your Home, Ask Yourself Why…
There are very few occasions in life when we willingly hand complete strangers the keys to our castle. Yet every day, millions of us do exactly that. We invite plumbers, electricians, builders, heating engineers and other tradespeople into our homes, often leaving them alone with our families, our possessions and everything we have worked a […]
More Than Half the Cabinet Have Never Had a Real Job!
Britain is a country bursting with entrepreneurial talent. Every day, millions of people risk their own money, employ staff, meet payroll, solve problems and compete in some of the toughest markets in the world. Yet the people running our country have, for the most part, never experienced any of it. More than half of Andy […]