Pro Installer May 2014 - Issue 14 | Page 26

26 MAY 2014 PRO INSTALLER PRO NEWS www.proinstaller.co.uk TIME & TRAVEL CHALLENGES FOR UK TRADESPEOPLE New research from Direct Line for Business that suggests tradespeople in the UK spend a working week away from home per month and cover the equivalent of a return trip to New York each. British tradespeople are spending on average a working week (around five nights), away from home per month, according to new research1 by Direct Line for Business (DL4B). Builders are most likely to spend a night away from home, stopping out on average nine nights per month. The research also reveals tradespeople are travelling on average 355 miles a month to get to jobs the length and breadth of the country; the equivalent of travelling to New York2 and back every year. The distance travelled by British tradesp V