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• Tradesmen 'Need to Know': Employers' Liability Insurance - a guide for tradesmen about Employers' Liability insurance covering its purpose, when it is required, display of certificates and consequences if not obtained.
• Keeping Your Finances on Track: Tips for Tradesmen - a guide for tradesmen as to how they can reduce business expenses, keep their finances in order and maximise profit.
• Going Green: Tips for Becoming an Eco-Friendly Tradesman - a guide for tradesmen outlining steps that can be taken for adopting environmentally friendly working practices in order to protect the environment, increase workload and reduce business expenses.
• Market Research for Tradesmen - a market research guide for tradesmen and what they need to research on their customers, competitors, suppliers and their market.
• Tradesmen 'Need to Know': Public Liability Insurance - a guide outlining the purpose and benefits of public liability insurance that all tradesmen need to know.
• Safety First: Tips for Tradesmen - accidents are all too common in the workplace, an outline of steps tradesmen can take to ensure their work is conducted as safely as possible.
• Keeping Track of Time: Tips for Tradesmen - time is money, a guide outlining steps for busy tradesmen to take to improve their time management skills.
• Protecting Your Work Tools and Equipment - a guide for tradesmen outlining steps that can be taken to ensure work tools and equipment are kept safe and secure.
• Books for Tradesmen Covering Business, Sales and Marketing, and Tax - a list of useful book titles for tradesmen to read on starting up and running a business, sales and marketing, as well as tax.
• Useful Links for Tradesmen - a list of useful websites for tradesmen that offer advice or services on everything from accounting to fair trading.
• Raring to Go: Business Planning Checklist for Tradesmen - a business planning checklist for tradesmen to create an effective business plan whether you're a one man and a van or a small team.
• A Tradesman's Guide to TrustMark - an overview of Trustmark, the government-backed scheme for tradesmen.
• Career Change: Ten Steps to Becoming a Tradesman - an article outlining ten issues to be considered when changing career and becoming a tradesman.
• The Good Boss Guide for Tradesmen - an article outlining the common traits of good and bad bosses and reasons for changing behaviour.
• The Perils of Paperwork: Tips for Tradesmen to get a Handle on Admin - an article outlining ways in which tradesmen can organise their paperwork online and in their 'office' environment.
• Tips for Tradesmen: Recruiting New Staff - an article for tradesmen outlining how to recruit new staff and a look at the associated issues of Employers' Liability insurance, tax, national insurance, and equality and diversity legislation.
• Trade Associations - useful links to trade association websites by trade area covering bricklayers, builders, carpenters/joiners, contract cleaners, electricians, gardeners, painters/decorators, plasters and plumbers.
• Tradesman Insurance Checklist - a checklist of items tradesmen should ask insurance providers before taking out insurance covering trade-related issues, the policy itself and the claims procedure.
• Tradesman Insurance: Have You Got What You Need? - an overview of tradesman insurance products covering public liability, Employers' Liability, and tools and equipment cover.
• Training for Tradesmen - an article outlining the benefits of training for tradesmen and employees.
• What Customers want from their Tradesman - a guide for tradesmen outlining what customers look for in a tradesman and how to stand out from rogue traders.

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