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Trade Legends

Trade Legends is the UK's number one weekly construction podcast, hosted by Alex and Mark Tiff. Every week we sit down with tradespeople from across the industry, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, bricklayers, plasterers, builders, apprentices and more, for honest conversations about life on the tools. No filter, no fluff. Just real stories about skills, money, mental health, apprenticeships, business, and everything else that comes with working in the trades.

  1. Britain's Hidden Electrician Crisis Is About to Explode | Trade Legends Podcast

    1 DAY AGO

    Britain's Hidden Electrician Crisis Is About to Explode | Trade Legends Podcast

    On this Episode of Trade Legends, we talk about how Britain needs 25,000 new electricians a year. We're producing maybe 5,000. Mark Allison has spent 20 years in the electrical industry and is now on a mission to fix the training crisis from the inside, hands-on, accredited, no shortcuts. We get into the £12k course scams robbing people blind, why employers have stopped taking apprentices, what the government keeps getting wrong, and why the next decade is going to make electricians seriously wealthy, if they're ready for it.

    1hr 9min
  2. The CRAZY Side of the Electrical Industry | Trade Legends Podcast

    17 MAY

    The CRAZY Side of the Electrical Industry | Trade Legends Podcast

    Luke Freeman joins the Trade Legends podcast to talk about life as a self-employed electrician for two years. We cover the apprenticeship journey, going self-employed with no domestic experience, cash-flow realities, toxic trades on social media, pricing wars, and why building your reputation matters more than your follower count.

    49 min
  3. Apprentice Electrician EXPOSES the Electrical Industry | Trade Legends Podcast

    10 MAY

    Apprentice Electrician EXPOSES the Electrical Industry | Trade Legends Podcast

    This week on Trade Legends, Sophie McGee is a third-year electrical apprentice, and she's had the full experience, good employers, bad ones, and everything in between. We talk about leaving nursing mid-COVID, getting into the trades with zero background, the apprenticeship system that's quietly falling apart, and why more women in trades is good for everyone. Honest, straight-talking, and worth your time whether you're an apprentice, an employer, or just thinking about making a change.

    49 min
  4. WHY your Trades Business is WORTH NOTHING | Trade Legends Podcast | Trade Legends Podcast

    3 MAY

    WHY your Trades Business is WORTH NOTHING | Trade Legends Podcast | Trade Legends Podcast

    Two Trade Legends return. Dom and Reiss are back on the podcast. Both businesses have grown, the jobs are bigger, the money's bigger, and so are the headaches. In this episode, we get into how having kids changes everything when you're running a business, why most tradesmen are leaving serious money on the table with their accountant, the real reason growing your team too fast will bury you in admin, and how Dom is building a multi-business group with a clean exit/business sale in mind.

    1hr 31min
  5. I became a GAS ENGINEER in 2 WEEKS | Trade Legends Podcast

    26 APR

    I became a GAS ENGINEER in 2 WEEKS | Trade Legends Podcast

    Chirag is back on Trade Legends, and this time he's revealing all, including how he went from recruitment and estate agency to qualifying as a gas engineer in just two weeks. We get into whether that's actually enough to be safe on the job, the real cowboys in the industry, growing a YouTube channel to 16K subscribers, why long-form content beats shorts every time, the customer comments that make every tradesperson's blood boil, and why consistency is the only thing that actually builds a career.

    1hr 23min
  6. NO DEPOSIT NO JOB — How I STOPPED Time Wasters | Trade Legends Podcast

    12 APR

    NO DEPOSIT NO JOB — How I STOPPED Time Wasters | Trade Legends Podcast

    Bespoke furniture maker Josh from Emerald & Grace returns to the Trade Legends podcast 3 years on, and a lot has changed. Josh opens up about growing his workshop, investing in machinery, taking on the biggest project of his career and the realities of running a one-man trade business. We also get into social media, brand deals, comparing yourself to others and why the long game is the only game worth playing.

    59 min
  7. How ROTHENBERGER became a £2 BILLION Trade Brand | Trade Legends Podcast

    29 MAR

    How ROTHENBERGER became a £2 BILLION Trade Brand | Trade Legends Podcast

    Anthony from Rothenberger joins us to talk about how a 75-year-old titan of the industry is staying ahead of the curve. From Lee’s start as an engineer in '97 to Rothenberger’s massive €2 Billion global presence, we dive deep into the tech that’s making tradespeople faster, more efficient, and more profitable.

    1hr 2min
  8. Your PRICING is KILLING your Business — Here's Why | Trade Legends Podcast

    22 MAR

    Your PRICING is KILLING your Business — Here's Why | Trade Legends Podcast

    Sam from Oval Renewables launched a solar business during Covid with just £3k and no guarantees, and lived to tell the tale. Mark from Power Sonic Ltd and Adam from Nerrad Tools hold nothing back on big energy companies undercutting independent electricians, the apprenticeship system failing the trades, and what building a business from nothing actually looks like.

    1hr 30min
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Trade Legends is the UK's number one weekly construction podcast, hosted by Alex and Mark Tiff. Every week we sit down with tradespeople from across the industry, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, bricklayers, plasterers, builders, apprentices and more, for honest conversations about life on the tools. No filter, no fluff. Just real stories about skills, money, mental health, apprenticeships, business, and everything else that comes with working in the trades.

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