Partners
Help bring better tools to the trades.
We want to work with the organisations tradespeople already trust. These are partnerships we are looking to build; none are in place yet.
Merchants and wholesalers
Plumbing merchants, electrical wholesalers and builders' merchants who already serve tradespeople every day.
Trade associations and unions
Organisations that support their members with practical tools and advice.
Colleges and apprenticeship providers
Helping young people leave training with business tools as well as trade skills.
Councils and skills programmes
Local and national initiatives that support small businesses and the skilled workforce.
What a pilot could look like
01
Pick a group
A set of your customers, members or learners who want to try the agents.
02
Run a pilot
They use the agents on real jobs and tell us what helps and what does not.
03
Decide together
We share what we learned and agree whether and how to go further.
Longer term, we want to explore free or discounted access for eligible young people entering the trades. Any such scheme would depend on partners and funding; nothing is promised yet.