Quote Originally Posted by blue matt View Post
of course they will have to go up, back to the building trade, The Labourer getting paid the same as a Chippy, the Time served Skilled Chippy is going to wonder why he is bringing in his 500 quid festool saw and his other power tools worth another few K when the labourer just brings in his lunch box with a pork pie in
So the Chippie blames the Labourer why he's not on more money for his skills, knowledge, tools etc. I don't think that we should look at it that way. A time served tradesman should be on £800 per week on day rate. That's £160 a day. Look how much work these contractors are getting for their money.