The Electrical Show

Thomas Nagy talks through some of the options available to you if you've built up too much debt with your business and need to hit re-set. Should you declare bankruptcy? What happens if you do? How can you deal with debts to wholesalers & news of an upcoming online event that you won't want to miss

Paul Hopton, Deputy Managing Director of Electrical Safety UK joins Thomas Nagy to discuss why HSE is such a large aspect of training courses and NVQs, How you can factor HSE training costs into your business, Below par work on-site and how to report it

Simon Lazarus from The Better Business Group talks through his six business lessons for contractors, Taking a more customer centric approach, Marketing, Winning better paid work and creating a more profitable business

Thomas Nagy talks to Sparky Ninja about his mission to improve the standards of training and offer free and invaluable tools for Electricians to learn from

Thomas Nagy answers your questions that have been sent into the show

Thomas Nagy is joined in-studio by Paul Meenan from The e5 Group. Paul has his say on short courses and talks through his recent experiences with NVQs

Thomas Nagy talks through five lessons he's learnt as a business owner and gives tips to entrepreneurs in the electrical sector

Pete Arrow from Arrow & Son Ltd joins Thomas Nagy to discuss a reported rise in earnings for electrical contractors, rising costs of cables & how to manage a large business

Thomas is joined by Ray Taylor from Stingray Alarm Systems. Ray was tired of having thieves breaking into his van on his driveway so he created an alarm system that also gives would be thieves a 1000 volt shock. Ray discusses how you can affordably protect your van, what the police think about his system and why van manufacturers should be doing more to protect your livelihood

Alan Wilson returns to talk to Thomas Nagy about regulation in the electrical sector and construction in general. What SELECT have lobbied for and why it's important to make changes now rather than later

Thomas Nagy has experienced first hand the inherent flaws and issues with retention payments in the UK. On this episode Thomas is joined by Alan Wilson, The MD of SELECT to get his views on retention payments and discuss how SELECT would like to reform the current situation

A listener asks Thomas Nagy whether he would hire someone with a criminal record, Thomas ponders the pros and cons as well as why depending on the crime, people deserve a second chance

Thomas Nagy ponders why rogue customers aren't held to the same standards as rogue tradespeople. How to avoid these customers before you quote for work, why time constraints set by your customer should be a red flag and more

Thomas Nagy takes a look at some of the different electric vans coming onto the market in the year ahead. Thomas discusses pros and cons for each and more

Thomas carries on the topic from last week about trade vans, this time covering van break ins and how they can be prevented

Thomas Nagy covers some recent messages into the show about last week's topic and gives his latest opinions on new electric vans on the market in 2021

Thomas Nagy talks about something from his past week that has really got on his nerves. Why are clients so cheap when it comes to this and whose pocket shout this come out of?

Thomas Nagy talks all about in-house disagreements, the pressures of being the boss and how that can affect your relationship with your staff

Thomas Nagy discusses the short comings of short courses as well as a little bit on electric scooters

Thomas Nagy on his new unit space & breaks down how to cover the costs, Buying in bulk & spreading the savings. Re-training in Electrical: more listeners get their questions answered.

Thomas Nagy reads through some listener response to his opinion that clients are much more likely to quibble over the pricing over safety repairs and maintenance than they would be over some cosmetic improvements or installations. Also how to give clients what they want without quoting a load of work they won't want.

Thomas Nagy receives an email from a listener that's re-trained in their 40s but are struggling to get any paid work and even unpaid work experience. Thomas ponders what some of the challenges are and how you might be able to overcome them and force your way into the industry.

Thomas Nagy discusses digital home security installation. How to build up security in layers. How to spot less secure set ups. Can the public install systems effectively without a tradesperson?

Thomas Nagy discusses a recent message sent into the show and experience he had on-site that made him question how you balance your work life with your personal life and keep both on the right track. Thomas also touches briefly on the Electrical licence concept from a few weeks ago and the recent online reaction to his concept.

Thomas Nagy talks through the pressures and pitfalls of being the boss. Where do you draw the line between friend and boss. Where do you find new employees. Do you hire based on sub-contract or PAYE and what are the positives and negatives of hiring certain personality types. All this is discussed and pondered on this episode of the show.