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The Electrical Show
Join Thomas Nagy and Paul Meenan as they take a look at all the latest topics from the world of electricals, including product launches, top tips, and special guests.
Thomas will also be joined by some of the biggest names from across the industry giving their view on the latest news and developments.
The Electrical Show on Fix Radio is brought to you in partnership with Bosch Professional Power Tools.
Episodes
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72. Thomas Nagy On Domestic To Commercial
Thomas talks about the endless headaches and challenges that come with making the move into commercial work. Also ULEZ and how Thomas is making changes to his…
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71. Thomas Nagy On How To Hit Re-Set On Your Business
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…
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70. Thomas Nagy Talks To Paul Hopton From Electrical Safety UK
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…
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69. Thomas Nagy - Joined By Simon From The Better Business Group
Simon Lazarus from The Better Business Group talks through his six business lessons for contractors, Taking a more customer centric approach, Marketing…
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68. Thomas Nagy Talks To Sparky Ninja
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
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67. Quickfire Q&A
Thomas Nagy answers your questions that have been sent into the show
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66. Thomas Nagy & Paul Meenan Discuss Certification & Accreditation
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
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65. Five Lessons Thomas Nagy Has Learnt As A Business Owner
Thomas Nagy talks through five lessons he's learnt as a business owner and gives tips to entrepreneurs in the electrical sector
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64. Thomas Nagy Talks With Pete Arrow
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…
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63. Thomas Nagy Is Joined By Ray From Stingray Alarm Systems
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…
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62. Thomas Nagy Talks To Alan Wilson From SELECT About Regulation
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…
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61. Thomas Nagy Talks To Alan Wilson From SELECT About Retention Payments
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…
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60. Would You Employ Someone With A Criminal Record?
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…
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59. Rogue Customers
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…
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58. The Lowdown On Electric Vans Coming Onto The Market
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
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57. Van Break In Special
Thomas carries on the topic from last week about trade vans, this time covering van break ins and how they can be prevented
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56. Recent Messages Into The Show & Electric Vans
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
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55. Do Clients That Do This Deserve Everything They Get?
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…
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54. Work Disputes
Thomas Nagy talks all about in-house disagreements, the pressures of being the boss and how that can affect your relationship with your staff
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53. The Problem With Short Courses...
Thomas Nagy discusses the short comings of short courses as well as a little bit on electric scooters
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52. Thomas Nagy's New Unit, Buying In Bulk & More
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…
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51. Aesthetic vs. Safety
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…
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50. Is It Possible To Join The Electrical Industry Later In Life?
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…
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49. Digital Home Security Basics
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…
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48. Balancing Your Personal Life With Your Career
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…
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47. Hiring & Firing
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…
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46. How Do You Go About Fault Finding In Properties?
Thomas Nagy discusses fault finding in properties, the pitfalls of pricing, whether customers are more likely to argue a safety cost over an aesthetic cost and…
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45. Smart Lighting Systems
Thomas Nagy ponders whether it's worth fitting premium smart lighting systems with cheaper tech options available
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44. How Do You Fill These In?
Thomas Nagy talks EICR tickets - how do you fill these in? On-site or elsewhere? Also a bit on his presenting style and other quirks of life.
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43. Flat Earth Explained & Wrapping Up The Electrical License Topic
Thomas Nagy has been doing some research on flat earth since he was confronted over the topic by a customer last week. Thomas also reads some reaction to the…
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42. The Electrical Licence
Thomas Nagy talks through his Electrical licence idea and some of the positives and pitfalls of the concept.
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41. EICR Test Deadline Day
How long until something goes wrong and who will be held accountable when it does? Should estate agents take the bulk of the blame for EICR test backlogs as…
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40. Customers Who Want Cost Breakdowns...
Thomas Nagy discusses how to handle customers that want an itemised breakdown of costs on a quote, why you should never agree and some experiences he's had…
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39. First Aid Courses, EICR Tests & More
Thomas Nagy discusses a range of topics relating to his past week, The latest on the electrical van & more.
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38. Have You Had To Deal With Customers Like This?
Thomas Nagy rants about some would-be customers that really get under his skin and how to handle it. Also, an update on Thomas Nagy's new electric van - one…
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37. The Lowdown On Electric Vehicles
Thomas Nagy has added an electric vehicle to his fleet and has a lot to say about it!
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36. Callout Fees & Electric Vans
Thomas Nagy discusses callout fees, what to do when a customer isn't home or prepared for your arrival and electric vans.
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35. Why It's Worth Branching Out As A Spark & How Much Should You Pay Staff?
Thomas Nagy gives you some advice on how certain courses can help expand your business. Also, what you should pay your employees, how NOT to cut your hair…
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34. National Apprenticeship Week & Another Quickfire Q&A
Thomas continues the discussion around employment from last week with some tips on how to use indeed to find your next fantastic employee. Thomas also answers…
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33. How YOU Can Earn £35K a Year....
Thomas Nagy is desperate to hire someone to join his business... So why can't he find anyone? Is there a shortage of capable and reliable people in the…
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32. How Do You Manage The Spiralling Costs Of A Business?
Tomas Nagy rants about the insane costs and loops to jump through as a business owner which include, first aid training courses, fleet & specialist machinery…
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31. What Are Some Of The Positives Of Being A YouTuber & How Much Effort Is It?
Thomas Nagy follows up with more about social media after a huge response from the listeners last week. Thomas touches on some of the positives of social media…
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30. How Worthwhile Is Building Your Social Media Profile?
Thomas Nagy gives you a social media 101 crash course in what to do, how to do it right and what to avoid when it comes to managing your social media related…
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29. One Of The Biggest Challenges For Electrical Engineers Nowadays?
Thomas Nagy is back to discuss EICR faux pas, how much harder it's become to complete EICR Tests now so many more people are working at home and some of the…
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28. Have You Come Across This Issue?
Thomas keeps getting called out to different jobs with a similar root cause. He has his opinion on it and would love to hear yours too.
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27. Is It Worth Working In The Domestic Sector Anymore?
Thomas Nagy on whether he thinks it's still worth working in the domestic sector or not and how to price jobs accordingly if you do.
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26. Paul Meenan - E5 Group - Wages In The Electrical Sector
Paul Meenan from the E5 Group joins Thomas Nagy to discuss wages in the electrical sector.
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25. What's The Best route To Take As An Apprentice?
Thomas answers your questions on how to kick on as an apprentice, how to pack your toolkit smarter for each job and a little bit on how to price jobs…
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24. Ian from LINIAN
Thomas is joined by Ian Arbuckle from Linian. Ian's father invented the original Linian Fire Clip and from there, Ian alongside his sister Lynne have grown the…
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23. How Should You Manage Your Business In The Current Economic Climate?
Thomas Nagy talks business development towards the end of a turbulent year with uncertain months ahead. Should you spend now or later? Should you use your…
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22. Everything You Need To Know About LED Strips & Lighting
Thomas Nagy gives you the lowdown on LED strips and lighting. Everything you need to know, some tips and tricks when dealing with LED strips/lighting, some…
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21. Leaner Times Coming In The Winter Months?
Thomas Nagy speculates on what the coming months could look like for the industry, talks fuse boards and reforms to the regs that he would like to see happen.
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20. A Left Turn Down Controversial Road
Thomas has his say about a bit of recent news in trade. He gives his opinion, asks some questions and follows up on messages from last week's topic discussing…
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19 How do you manage clients who expect a premium job for peanuts?
Thomas Nagy takes you his experiences dealing with clients that expect more than they're paying for, how to manage their expectations and shares some of his…
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18. Rapid Fire Q&A - Everything You Want To Know!
Thomas takes you through all of the messages from listeners and gives some funny, insightful, surprising and revealing answers!
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17. Electrical vs. Fire Alarm Installation & Non-Payers
Thomas discusses the pros and cons of taking the electrical route vs. fire alarm installation and also tells a funny story about a recent non paying customer…
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16. Are fast courses a sham?
This week Thomas discusses Domestic, Installer and fast courses and whether they bring new talent or are just a sham.
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15. How much it costs to run my business..
This week Thomas talks us through how much it really is to run a business like his.
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14. i'm getting a second van
This week, after getting a new employee, Thomas goes on the hunt for the perfect van that can help him broaden out his business commercially!
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13. Could this app change how electricians do their bookings? / the new person joining my team!
This week Thomas lets us in on a new app he is involved with that can help sparks with their time management and bookings as well as telling us about a new…