Apprenticeship scheme ‘goes from strength- to-strength’

THE Carpet & Flooring apprenticeship scheme is reportedly going from strength-to-strength following the appointment of three of their four business administration apprentices into permanent roles at Redditch head office.

Elisha Warren accepted a position as warehouse operations administrator, Ben Bailey joined the commercial team as commercial, data & pricing administrator, and Melissa Gadsby joined the finance department as finance...

Confessions of a carpet fitter (1)

Our carpet-fitter says he doesn’t know how he got away with some of the work he did in the past. But he would’ve done it better if the company had made it possible.

ABOUT seven years ago now I was fitting for one of the big companies. No names, but their fitters get a lot of flak, some of it they deserve, but a lot is down to the way the company works and isn’t the fitters’ fault at all.

We used to be given a minimum of 120m a day including at ...

HOW DO YOU MAKE THOSE SALES?

Sales and marketing are often tied together, yet they’re two completely different things.

II REGULARLY write about a wide range of contractual, commercial and marketing matters, which are based on my 30 years providing consultancy services for all types of specialist contractors, including flooring contractors.

What I don’t cover very often is sales. Sales and marketing are often tied together, yet they are two completely different things.

Make your marketing budget stretch

When it comes to investing your PR and marketing budget, it can be difficult to decide how best to approach the challenge, especially if you have limited funds at your disposal, says Matthew Long.

A BUDGET is only considered small in relation to the size of the company, so there can be some exceptions when it comes to prioritising tasks or investing money into a specific project.

Founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, once said: ‘If I was down to...