Self employed Electrician set up query

I have to say, first class piece Tattyengland, very insightful indeed. I will have 38 years under my belt come October this year. I announced my intention to go self-employed at my wedding reception. I think my new father-in-law almost went into apocalyptic shock with my own father not far behind! Much in your piece gels with my own experience, however, I didn’t have a road map and just went as and when opportunities arose. I went to my first job on a push bike and as things picked up I used the wife’s car until I bought my first van, a second hand Fiat Fiorino. Eventually forced over the VAT threshold it spurred me on to become a real business. At one stage I had 20 lads and even more on a casual basis. I loved motor control but it just didn’t happen. Everything steered me towards the hospitality industry. We undertook M and E for a large fit-out company which failed owing me a ton of money. I took them over and was the main contractor on fit outs for twenty years. Never ever intended that but there you go! 

should also say that all through those years, I kept my hand in by teaching part time. That definitely helped me keep close to the electrical installation industry and I am very glad about that!

I have to say, first class piece Tattyengland, very insightful indeed. I will have 38 years under my belt come October this year. I announced my intention to go self-employed at my wedding reception. I think my new father-in-law almost went into apocalyptic shock with my own father not far behind! Much in your piece gels with my own experience, however, I didn’t have a road map and just went as and when opportunities arose. I went to my first job on a push bike and as things picked up I used the wife’s car until I bought my first van, a second hand Fiat Fiorino. Eventually forced over the VAT threshold it spurred me on to become a real business. At one stage I had 20 lads and even more on a casual basis. I loved motor control but it just didn’t happen. Everything steered me towards the hospitality industry. We undertook M and E for a large fit-out company which failed owing me a ton of money. I took them over and was the main contractor on fit outs for twenty years. Never ever intended that but there you go! 

should also say that all through those years, I kept my hand in by teaching part time. That definitely helped me keep close to the electrical installation industry and I am very glad about that!