The Tradie Avant Garde Podcast

In this show Ash & JW are joined by Jeremy Thornton, Director of Trade Business Training. Innovative Tradies Club is very fortunate to have Jeremy leading the business training focus for our members and brings a rich history of working with Tradies and Tradie businesses.

If you are a Construction Tradie or Tradie business owner, then this could well be the Tradie insight you’ve been searching for as Ash & JW take you through a journey in their world of transforming tradieology and inviting you to join them at Innovative Tradies Club.

In this show Ash & JW are joined by the Director and Founder of ePlumbing Estimators, Lynton May. Lynton began his Tradie career as an apprentice plumber in South Australia back in 1972 and spent time with several Plumbing businesses before developing his passion for estimating and spent a lot of his time estimating for those businesses and picking up on their systems and processes.

In this show Ash & JW are joined by Cameron Marsden, the Director and Founder of Bulletproof my Business.
Cameron shares his story and experiences in business that found him losing $140K in a non payment of his business and the impact that this event had on him personally that also coincided with a life changing health issue when he was diagnosed with cancer. Cameron shares the transformation that these 2 events had on his life and his perspective on business.

In this show Ash & JW are joined by Fiona McDonald, Executive Director and Founder of Trades Women Australia. Fiona takes us through her experience and observations as a light vehicle apprentice and shares insights as a young women working in a male dominant industry and the inspiration that came from that experience.

In this show Ash & JW are joined by the Directors and Founders of Amber Electrical Mark Cossor & Scott Jones. Mark and Scott have been business partners in Amber Electrical for over 20 years and share their stories from apprentices, starting out and the growth over time as successful Tradie business owners.

In this show Ash & JW are joined by Anthony Igra the Director and Founder of Contractors Debt Recovery. In essence Anthony and his team specialise in helping Tradies secure payments and are experts in their understanding and actioning of the “Security of Payments” Act and work with Tradie businesses who find themselves in the position of needing help in securing payments and debt recovery.

In this show Ash & JW are joined by Chloe McLeod the Co-Owner of Health and Performance Collective. Chloe and Health and Performance Collective have a proven track record in working with high performance teams and athletes to ensure their health and nutrition decisions put them in peak condition to perform at their best.

In this show Ash & JW are joined by Alex Dunlop, an intellectual property lawyer at Corrs Chambers Westgarth. Alex shares his vast experience and real insights that Tradies need to consider when it comes to Intellectual Property (IP).

In this show Ash & JW take a break from the business focus to explore a better understanding into the world of Motorsport in Australia and the exciting 2021 Supercars and support series.

In this show Ash & JW are joined by Cian Brennan, the Managing Director of Quantum Contract Solutions. The reality of the construction industry is that 99% of the contracts are either client written “hostile” contracts or highly amended standard contracts.