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MAY 2014 PRO INSTALLER
PRO NEWS
www.proinstaller.co.uk
TIME & TRAVEL
CHALLENGES FOR
UK TRADESPEOPLE
New research from Direct Line for
Business that suggests tradespeople in the UK spend a working week
away from home per month and cover the equivalent of a return trip to
New York each.
British tradespeople are spending on average a working week (around five nights),
away from home per month, according to
new research1 by Direct Line for Business
(DL4B). Builders are most likely to spend
a night away from home, stopping out on
average nine nights per month.
The research also reveals tradespeople are
travelling on average 355 miles a month to
get to jobs the length and breadth of the
country; the equivalent of travelling to New
York2 and back every year.
The distance travelled by British tradesp V