AUDIO NEWS: Plasterer rescues children from crashed bus and tradespeople put up prices in Q3
Posted: Friday, October 11th, 2024
A plasterer helped save children from an overturned double-decker bus in Northern Ireland this week. Gary Smyth and his colleagues were travelling behind the bus before it crashed into a field 30 miles outside Belfast. Smyth and his unnamed workmate were one of the first on the scene and helped children out of the wreck, after they’d smashed the windscreen tools from the van. Smyth told the local radio station, the field looked like “something out of a movie”. Although no fatalities were reported, several people were seriously injured. --- The average cost of hiring a tradesperson increased by 2% in the third quarter – that’s according to the latest Trade Cost Index, from HaMuch.com. The average hourly rate for a tradesperson in Q3 was £32 an hour. Hourly rates for electricians increased the most during the quarter, jumping up by 9% over three months. Locksmiths were still the most expensive trade, increasing their rate by 7%, to £45 an hour. Founder and CEO of HaMuch.com, Tarquin Purdie said: “Tradespeople are facing the same economic challenges as the rest of us, and as such have had to increase their rates.” --- And finally, Ross Stewart has won SNIPEF’s ‘Best Apprentice Plumber Award for Glasgow Clyde College. 21-year-old Ross, who is in his final year of four-year apprenticeship with Arc-Tech said winning the award had given him a lot of confidence going into his final year. --- To listen to the construction news please click below
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