Did you know that 25 new trade businesses are started every day? With that kind of competition, it’s worthwhile knowing where in the country you should be to make the most success of your trade.
If your dream is to build your own construction company, or if you’re a carpenter who’d like to up sticks and move elsewhere, now you have the ability to find out where you should go. IronmongeryDirect have produced a tool for exploring the best UK cities to be a tradesman based on local trade company competition, advertising costs, start-up survival rate and more.
The Top 5 are as follows and may surprise you:
1. Brighton – best for builders, carpenters, and gardeners, job availability is quite high across the board, and start-ups tend to survive for more than a year.
2. Chester – Chester is the best option for plumbers, with high start-up survival rates, low advertising costs, and a significant number of jobs available.
3. Leicester – ideal for gardeners, there are few competing companies in the area, but high start-up survival rate, making it prime turf for new gardening companies.
4. Coventry – the top location for electricians, there’s a high number of jobs available in the area, and advertising costs for electricians are low.
5. Newcastle upon Tyne – one of the best places to build a construction career, there’s a low amount of competition, with minimal advertising costs.
You might think London would be top of the list but in contrast to Brighton, England’s capital ranked only 14th overall on the list of 20 due to high advertising rates and competition. Likewise, if you feel where you live is getting overcrowded with competition you can check out the list and see where your hometown ranks. A move might be on the cards.
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