Robin Clevett Talks To Award Winning Carpenters & Joiners About Their Road To Success
The Carpentry ShowShow Notes
Robin Clevett chats to award winning Carpentry & Joinery business owners about their road to winning their awards and whether it makes a difference to the business. New guest, Ben Naylor talks about how winning awards with his company (Jack Badger) has helped with proving credibility to protential clients and helps with regards to motivating the team.
Trade Apprentice 2020 Award winner, Chris Keel talks about his experiences more than half a decade on, What he's doing now with college students and why you should be careful about the kind of awards you go in for.
Robin shouts out some tradespeople he thinks would be worthy of winning an award.
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