My daughter wants to start a business, I don't know how to help her.

No I put my finger in the socket ?

You're such a bright spark, Bluebelle!

My tight-fisted neighbor doesn’t want to pay for an electrician to re-wire his house so he’s going to try and do it himself.

“How hard can it be?” he said.

I think he’s in for a shock.

Sorry for the late replies everyone, didn't intend to be gone so long but I went for a long weekend camping trip with my son. Thank you all for the quick and helpful replies, to answer a few questions: we are UK based currently, she has done her apprenticeship, fully qualified. Has been working for the most part with that same company as an overseer on construction sights. She is feeling quite nervous about the prospect of going out on her own so she wants to start with doing small electrics work, mainly for households. I believe she has booked an appointment to see an accountant and told me this morning she was going to be sifting through the government sites for all the helpful information. I suppose at this point I should sit back and let her work things out and stick to fatherly advice (monetary support as well I'm sure).

Well that is very different information from what was in the original post.

Is there much of a future, or a living, in just doing small household jobs? Might she be better off working for a firm which does mainly domestic work, such as rewiring houses rather than working on construction sites, in order to build confidence in that area before going it alone?

Germanshepherdsmum

Is there much of a future, or a living, in just doing small household jobs? Might she be better off working for a firm which does mainly domestic work, such as rewiring houses rather than working on construction sites, in order to build confidence in that area before going it alone?

Oh, I would think so - try getting hold of a trades person these days!

However, your suggestion of working for a firm which does mainly domestic work or even a medium sized building firm is a sensible one, learning the practicalities.
She will need to learn the business side of running a small firm too.

Whatever niche in the Electrical installation field a qualification is needed, that is everything, a home owner can change a plug or a lightbulb a third party doing it is liable for any problems.

There are several occupations that a “ home handy person” can do, plumbing, carpentry, gardening, without any formal qualifications, electrical and gas are illegal.

I missed the “qualified” post

As she has been doing supervision, a mixture of small jobs and inspection will work well, all new installations have to be tested so so rented and industrial equipment.

To cover the overheads she will need to charge around £30 an hour, insurance a travel costs are high.

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