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

 

[rpm]

Did you see post 41 & 42?

 

[cr0ft]

Nope! 2015 survey will open in April or May next year. You know, in TWENTY FIFTEEN!

Try to keep up Keiran!

LOL I was being daft, didn't really expect them to be included

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

Did you see post 41 & 42?

i went back in time,mods have magic powers

 

[rpm]

Brilliant response lol

 

[Ray Stafford]

Totally agree but i seem to be in the bottom in terms of charging rates , yet seem to be frequently told my prices are too high.

Wait until the survey comes out in the magazine, and then carry a copy of that to illustrate to people where you are in the spectrum of pricing. And ask how close to the bottom they think they can get without compromising quality.

Of course it might just be the normal course of business. I spend a lot of time buying, and I often tell sellers that they are too expensive. Whether its true or not is irrelevant - its what buyers say. I'm hardly going to tell him he is too cheap, am I?

 

[Ermintrude]

Who got iPhone 5 or was it the chance some one won ?

 

[Ray Stafford]

Who got iPhone 5 or was it the chance some one won ?

Not drawn yet.