According to the latest TrustMark on-line database statistics for January 2013, details show 265,988 tradesmen were interrogated. This was across all trades and represented a reduction of 15%, compared with the same month in 2012. This drop is thought to have been...
TrustMark has launched an important Green Deal advice guide for householders on what to do when home improvements or repairs are not covered by the Government’s new initiative. It’s a available to download free from www.trustmark.org.uk/green-deal/. Liz Male,...
TrustMark’s website viewings went up by 32% compared with this time last year. In fact, the latest statistics for tradesmen’s details viewed during November through TrustMark’s on-line data search facility was 385,882. This brings total TrustMark viewings for the...
This is the month - October 2012 - when the government’s Green Deal initiative is due to rollout its important energy saving financial proposals for every UK homeowner to start making their homes carbon clean. Despite the huge amount of manpower and industry expertise...
The refurbished basement of a late Georgian, early Victorian town house in North London has won the prestigious National Home Improvement Show (NHIS) award. It was the first time the award had been made and was so successful that it’s to be repeated in future years....
Virtually everything you need to know about refurbishing or renovating your home – indoors or outdoors – can be seen at London’s Olympia this weekend 28 – 30 September. Also there are lots of things to consider if you are thinking of building a new place to live. So...
One of the special highlights at the National Home Improvement Show from 28–30 September 2012 at Olympia London, will be the important new Award sponsored jointly by the National Home Improvement Council’s Educational Trust and TrustMark, in conjunction with the...
DIY Doctor, a member of the National Home Improvement Council, has expanded it operations and introduced the new, subsidiary company - Home Improvement Doctor Ltd. This will 'overlay' DIY Doctor, which will remain the core member of the group. As it has grown over the...
A new smartphone app, developed by TrustMark, will help tradesmen and their customers to ask all the right questions and to have more confident conversations before agreeing work to be done in or around the home. Launched by Vince Cable, Secretary of State for...
With more and more householders investing in important home improvement schemes there could be around £4bn worth of home repairs and maintenance in serious jeopardy of poor, slapdash workmanship. DIY Doctor, however, has launched its very special new version of...
Launched at a recent National Homebuilding and Renovating Show is TrustMark's Mini Form of Contract, developed in association with the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). It aims to protect both homeowners and tradesman carrying out repairs, maintenance and...
As winter turns into spring and the weather brightens up, we get that special urge to do some important home improvements, whether or not it’s for energy efficiency savings or just for aesthetic reasons? TrustMark, the government endorsed quality mark for tradesmen,...