Ben Dyer, CEO of trade software Powered Now, has stated that tradespeople are playing catch up from lockdown-fuelled demand, and has predicted that growth in demand will be sustained in the short term. His comments are made against a backdrop of ongoing shortages of materials and tradespeople, while large numbers of EU workers from the UK have left the industry, and sky-high demand throughout the sector continues.
Ben said: “With shortages of supplies and labour, the whole industry is still in catch up mode, and the various projects that were delayed by sequential lockdowns, are now taking priority. This has helped to spike demand and we expect it to continue in the short term. Our research has entirely confirmed that tradespeople and consumers alike are very much eager to sustain this growth.
“Our SME customers are also talking about the pressure to complete jobs, as they don’t have enough boots on the ground.” Ben went on to say that the sentiments expressed in [our] research showed that “a new wave of tradespeople are more motivated to work and are commencing their work on home improvements even sooner”. He inferred that this would “help the sector bounce back even quicker, as people will rush to hire a tradesperson for their desired work”.
