COVID-19 and hand tools are a dangerous combination. Think how easily the virus could be spread from one person to the next and the next… Want to know how often you should clean hand tools during the COVID-19 crisis? Here we outline best recommendations for a responsible cleaning regime and why you should have one…More Info >>

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I’ve been talking to building firm mentor Simon Lazarus about using the re-start in a strange new world, as a trigger to think bigger and better. In other words, avoiding going back to the same-old…More Info

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This page is where you will find tips, advice and a series of ‘Action Plans’ on how to get your game face on, prepare for battle, and come back positively from the Covid-19 crisis. We’ll keep adding to the page so keep coming back! You’ll find our summary of the very latest financial…More Info

 

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Download your HBXL Covid-19 Quick Guide to site safety here >> Get the latest Health & Safety Xpert – with new Covid-19 documents >> Sign up to watch our ‘Power Hour’ video chat with a Health & Safety expert >> Take a look at our safety Q & A below. The government launched ‘Working safely…More Info

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Get the latest Health & Safety Xpert – with new Covid-19 documents >> Read our useful Q & A and download the HBXL Covid-19 quick guide here >> Sign up to watch our ‘Power Hour’ video chat with a Health & Safety expert >> We’ve broken down the government’s ‘Working safely during COVID-19 in construction…More Info

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HBXL have been helping building firms across the UK for 20 years and it’s never been more important during the Covid-19 crisis to lend our support in these difficult times. So we hope you find this summary of the Covid-19 small business financial support from the Government useful, together with Health &…More Info

 

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This is the third in a series of three articles on knowing your costs, for improved financial health and a better chance of winning good profitable work. You’ll find the other two articles here: Part I: How to reduce your overheads >> Part II: How to include all the costs in your estimates >> “Growing…More Info

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This is the second in a series of three articles on knowing your costs, for improved financial health and a better chance of winning good profitable work. You’ll find the other two articles here: Part I: How to reduce your overheads >> Part III: How to price for profit and not just to fill the…More Info

 

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This is the first in a series of three articles on knowing your costs, for improved financial health and a better chance of winning good profitable work. You’ll find the other two articles here: Part II: How to include all the costs in your estimates >> Part III: How to price for profit and not…More Info

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Before the pandemic of 2020, were you a profitable building firm? Or have you always known you could do better? This enforced slowdown-cum-shutdown could be viewed as an opportunity to regroup and re-start. And ‘knowing your costs’ is one of the goals in the HBXL Re-start Action Plan. If all your jobs never quite make the…More Info

 

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