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#30 Off The Tools With HIBER

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Want to be able to compete with the big guys in the Plumbing & Heating industry... Well, Wayne Bettess spent the afternoon down in London with the Founder & CEO of Hiber, Killian Pender.

Wayne Bettess & Killian Pender discuss What Hiber can help Small Businesses offer and achieve. One of the major things Hiber offers is an easy route to be able to offer finance to our customers.

Wayne Bettess also unearthed where Hiber is heading and how Hiber set out to make Tradespeople Thrive across the UK.

Find out more about Hiber here - https://www.hiber.com

TAKE ON THE LIKES OF BOXT & BRITISH GAS by partnering with HIBER

Below is an article I wrote recently 

Mind YOUR own business… How you can counter the BOXT effect.

You can’t stop BOXT, but YOU can drive your own business forward, WB GAS LTD Owner Wayne Bettess explains.

I have wanted to write this article for a while but just couldn’t find the words to get my point across, that said here goes…

Who are BOXT

For those unaware of BOXT, they are, in all sense of purpose a tech startup. They offer homeowners a way to buy a new boiler online, for fixed-price boiler installations across the UK, utilizing a network of self-employed small business owners. 

When BOXT first came on the scene there were a few murmurs and a bit of intrigue but, that was about it. Then they, in a rather dramatic turn got investment from Robert Bosch Holdings who bought a large stake in the company! Yes, that’s the same Bosch that owns the UK biggest boiler brand, Worcester Bosch

This made a big wave across the industry and quite frankly were they really starting to take off in a positive and negative manner! Many people quickly demonized Worcester Bosch and the whole BOXT model but this did not stop BOXT, who has seen explosive growth across the UK’s boiler Installation market!

What they offer is a unique, modern and restriction-free way for homeowners/landlords to buy a new boiler. At very competitive prices, delivered quickly and efficiently across the country. I feel it has had a similar effect as to what UBER had on the London black cab industry… At first, people didn’t pay much attention, then as they got traction, people were caught off guard and subsequently lost a huge chunk of their industry from under their noses.


Read the rest here - https://waynebettess.co.uk/2019/11/27/mind-your-own-business-how-you-can-counter-the-boxt-effect/

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