Off The Tools with Wayne and Andy 🔥

New year. Fresh head. Big opportunities. 🚀 In this episode of the Off The Tools Podcast , Wayne and Andy kick off 2026 by diving into one of the most important — and most ignored — skills in business and life: 👉 Setting real targets… and actually hitting them. This isn’t fluffy “New Year, New Me” nonsense. This is about visualising, planning, and executing so you don’t end up in December thinkin...

Want to scale your trade business… but keep telling yourself “I make more on my own”? This episode is going to blow that story to pieces. 💣 Wayne and Andy dive into the real, practical side of scaling a trades business — not the Instagram version. We’re talking engineers, office staff, wages, vans, tools, hidden costs, pricing, risk and mindset … all the stuff most lads avoid until it bites them....

In this episode, Wayne and Andy tackle a brutally honest topic most tradesmen don’t want to hear: 👉 If you’re still answering your own phone… you’re holding your business back. Full stop. End of. This week’s conversation dives deep into why taking calls yourself destroys productivity, kills your pricing confidence, and keeps you trapped as the “local guy who does everything” instead of a real bus...

If you’re still saying “I’ve never advertised and I’m doing fine” — this episode is for you. 🔥 Wayne and Andy rip into one of the biggest myths in the trade game: that word of mouth alone is enough to grow a modern business, charge properly, and stay ahead of the competition. Spoiler: it isn’t. ❌ They break down the difference between primitive marketing (cards, mags, leaflets, vans, local prese...

AI isn’t coming. It’s already here. And the trades who ignore it are going to get smoked by the ones who adopt it. In this episode, Wayne & Andy dive into the truth about AI in the plumbing, heating, and electrical world — stripping out the sci-fi nonsense and showing exactly how real tradesmen can use AI TODAY to save time, win more work, and look more professional than 90% of their competito...

If systems are the engine of your business, automations are the turbocharger — and most tradesmen aren’t using ANY of it. In this episode, Wayne & Andy tear into one of the biggest growth multipliers in the trade industry: Automations that run your business in the background while you crack on with the job. No robots. No sci-fi nonsense. Just smart, simple processes that save you hours, make y...

Most tradesmen are still running their business like it’s 1998 — paper pads, handwritten diaries, random receipts stuffed in glove boxes, and customers slipping through the cracks. Meanwhile, the lads using proper systems are pulling ahead FAST… building better reputations, charging more, and scaling with half the stress. In this episode, Wayne & Andy rip into the truth: If you don’t have soli...

Stop dancing around it — most tradesmen are flat-out undercharging. And it’s killing their profit, their time, their confidence, and their business. In this hard-hitting episode, Wayne and Andy tear into the REAL pricing problem in the UK trade industry — why it keeps happening, how it screws your income, and what you must do TODAY to fix it. This isn’t theory. This isn’t “charge what you’re worth...

Most tradesmen say “yes” to every job… and then wonder why they’re stressed, skint, overwhelmed, and never actually growing their business. In this episode, Wayne and Andy dive deep into the reality most lads ignore: Not all work is good work. And some jobs are killing your business without you realising. This episode is a straight-talking breakdown of how to choose the RIGHT work — the jobs that...

Off The Tools is officially back — and we’re not messing about. After five years, hundreds of thousands of downloads, and coaching tradesmen all over the UK, it’s time for a full relaunch. A bigger mission. A stronger team. And a hell of a lot more impact. In this episode, Wayne brings the listeners up to speed on the evolution of Off The Tools — and then drops the big news: Andrew Jones (TwinSun...

In this straight-talking follow-up episode of the Off The Tools Podcast, Wayne Bettess is joined once again by Andrew Jones — back in the hot seat after their first chat ran well over two hours. This time, it’s not about what Andy’s done, but what’s changed inside him. They get brutally honest about personal development, pricing mindset, the trap of being "busy", and the real cost of sur...

Welcome back to the Off the Tools Podcast – where real trades talk real business. In this episode, I’m joined by a man who’s gone from burnout and 14-hour days to building a thriving, systemised heating business. Andy Jones, founder of Twin Sun Heating , finally joins me after two years of back and forth (life gets in the way, doesn’t it?). We unpack his full journey – from flipping a coin to choo...

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David shared his journey from bankruptcy to building a successful business in the heating market, emphasizing the importance of self-education, resilience, and the right team. He discussed the challenges and strategies of growing his company, Energy Energy Grant Scotland, and transitioning to renewable energy, including the acquisition of a new building and the rebranding of his company. The team...

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Wayne and Jono delve into the intricate world of business finance, shedding light on the popularity of one-year interest-free finance options that transition into three-year interest-bearing options. They emphasize the importance of seeking professional advice when making financial decisions and discuss the process of offering finance options to customers....