technology

After a successful trial with 50 tradespeople, the Solving Tech for Small Builders online course is officially launching on 29 September on Installer’s webinar channel, as part of InstallerBUILD Week. Funded by CITB, the course is free for 1,000 SME construction and trade businesses to join, aiming to help small businesses in the construction sector […]

1,000 builders are invited to join a free IT training course – Solving tech for small builders – following a successful pilot involving 50 tradespeople. Maria Coulter said: “Understanding IT and how it can help your small business can be the difference between success and failure. “This is about helping builders stand out through professionalism, […]

In his exclusive Installer column, Tim Pollard looks at how the rapidly-evolving world of technology is affecting the working lives of heating and plumbing engineers: The march of technology seems relentless and rapid so that it touches almost every aspect of our lives. How does it affect you? Well, there are some obvious aspects as far as […]

Scott Chesworth is operations director at RAM Tracking, looks at the how installers can use technology to boost their businesses: With strong practical know-how, the ability to problem-solve and the communication skills necessary to liaise effectively with customers, plumbers have little reason to fear replacement by robots in the near future. However, within a competitive […]

Franco Miceli, Franchise Operations Director at HomeServe Alliance, looks at how technology is impacting the heating industry: I often hear the generation before me complain about how technology has destroyed the job market, and how things were better before. Computers, mobile phones and the Internet are just a few of the technological wonders created over […]