Sponsored thread - Williams & Co 2014 state-of-the-trade and labour rates survey

[Ray Stafford]

Hi All

We are in the process of gathering data for our 2014 "state of the trade" survey, in conjunction with Heating & plumbing magazine.

We have run this for many years now, and publish the results in the mag and online - including on this forum. Our aim is to provide plumbing and heating engineers and firms with market information to enable them to make better informed decisions about their own business.

Obviously the more tradesmen and companies that participate in the survey, the more useful the survey becomes, so please take a few minutes to complete the survey and get the chance to win one an iPhone 5.

If you choose to complete the name and address data at the end (and thus enter the draw for the iPhone) we may use your data for marketing purposes, but will never pass it on to any 3rd party, and we will never disclose your individual responses to anyone. All data is anonymised before analysis and publication.

Just for clarity, in the labour rate questions, the figure we are after is how much you/your company charge the customer, not how much you personally get paid if you happen to be an employee or contractor.

Thanks for your help.

Best regards

Ray

 

[Roger Welton]

Done.

 

[Chalked]

Done....

 

[rpm]

Done. As always, I am looking forward to seeing the results. I have a rough idea of prices around my area, but finding out price averages further away is always interesting to see.

I`ve no idea where you live but there is a Paul Williams (plumber) in Marlow, Buckinghamshire who has his fixed price`s on his webpage.

 

[Phil]

When do I get my iphone Ray? I read something briefly this morning about an iphone if i do this.

I'll be a slave to the front door when I wait in tomorrow in anticipation for my delivery.

:lol:

 

[Ermintrude]

Done.

 

[villa_tom]

Done

 

[REDSAW]

sorted innit @:~

 

[erpkid]

Done Ray.

 

[Atouchofgas]

All done ray

 

[Rich8]

Done sorted

 

[leethegasman]

All done Ray

 

[plumber0808]

Painless, all done

 

[PhoenixServices]

Done, look forward to seeing the results.

 

[lame plumber]

oil prices info would help if possible, otherwise done again

 

[Ray Stafford]

Thanks to everyone who contributed data.

Responses were well down on last year, which is disappointing, but here's the final results and analysis.

View attachment Williams & Co 2014 State of Trade Survey.pdf

I hope its helpful. It certainly made me think.

Please keep it private to the Arms until it has been published in HPM Magazine.