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News, offers and availability from tradespeople and businesses on the platform.
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Portsmouth RCD fault-finding and ring-main repair
A customer in Portsmouth reported frequent RCD tripping, even when everything was unplugged. Our engineer found a short-circuited wire on the ring main.The damaged wire was replaced with a new section at a separately boo...
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New to FixaTrader? Here’s How to Get Started
Welcome to FixaTrader 👋FixaTrader is built around you, your work, your professional identity and your opportunities.There are two main parts of the platform: your Feed and Trader Dashboard.1. Start with your professiona...
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More Opportunities. One Platform.
We’re continuing to build FixaTrader around the things that actually matter to tradespeople: your work, your reputation and your opportunities.Alongside business profiles, projects and the growing FixaTrader network, we’...
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We're making it easier to discover new contract opportunities on FixaTrader.
We've recently introduced Job Opportunities, bringing relevant opportunities from Contracts Finder onto the platform.That means tradespeople and businesses can discover public-sector contract opportunities alongside ever...
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Not every job is a good job.
One of the hardest lessons when you're building a trade business is learning that winning every job isn't necessarily the same as growing a good business.Some jobs are outside your usual area.Some customers have expectat...
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For the tradespeople here: what qualification, certification or registration has been most valuable to your career?
There are a lot of different routes into the trades apprenticeships, NVQs, City & Guilds, manufacturer training, specialist certifications and industry registration schemes.But I'm interested in something slightly differ...
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Are Customers Choosing Tradespeople on Price or Reputation?
A question for the tradespeople here:When a customer is choosing between three quotes, how much do you think reputation actually influences the decision?Is the cheapest quote still usually the winner, or are customers in...
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🚀 A big milestone for FixaTrader
Over the past few months we've been quietly building some of the biggest improvements the platform has seen since launch, and today they're finally live.Here's what's new:✅ Discover now has dedicated sections for discus...
