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This week on Clive's Little Bit Extra, Clive Holland takes on that LBC interview about cargo bikes and takes a look at mental health support across construction. 🧠 Trevor Steven, former footballer and CEO of the mental health charity Mindflow, joins Clive to break down their brand-new 10-principle charter designed to give trade businesses a clear roadmap for site wellbeing. 🚲 Plus, Aaron from Cycling Sparks explains how his team of electricians uses e-cargo bikes to navigate city traffic, high fuel costs, and daily site logistics. Finally, test your knowledge alongside the show with the Pod Lunch Quiz! 👉 Subscribe to Clive's Little Bit Extra for more conversations about life in the trades, financial advice, wellbeing, construction industry issues, and the topics that matter most to tradespeople across the UK. Catch Clive weekdays from 12–3 on Fix Radio! Catch Clive On Fix Radio Monday - Thursday 12 PM - 3 PM Across The UK On DAB Radio And Online At https://www.fixradio.co.uk/

This week on Clive's Little Bit Extra, Chance Litchfield steps into the hotseat to break down national identity, patriotism, and the future of vocational education in schools. 🇬🇧 Academic Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange, Dr. Rakib Ehsan, joins Chance to discuss what national pride really means from a diverse perspective, challenging the hesitation around standard symbols like the St George's Cross and Union Jack. 🛠️ Plus, Chief Executive of the Sixth Form Colleges Association, Bill Watkins CBE, breaks down the government’s plans to introduce vocational GCSEs. Finally, test your knowledge alongside the show with the Pod Lunch Quiz! 👉 Subscribe to Clive's Little Bit Extra for more conversations about life in the trades, financial advice, wellbeing, construction industry issues, and the topics that matter most to tradespeople across the UK. Catch Chance weekdays from 12–3 on Fix Radio—the builder station across the nation! Catch Clive On Fix Radio Monday - Thursday 12 PM - 3 PM Across The UK On DAB Radio And Online At https://www.fixradio.co.uk/

This week on Clive's Little Bit Extra, Chance Litchfield steps into the hotseat to break down two huge issues affecting tradespeople across the nation: navigating the rising cost of living and the unseen realities of balancing work as an unpaid carer. 💰 Head of Consumer Finance at Moneyfacts, Adam French, joins Chance to break down inflation, rising energy bills, and fuel squeezes. ❤️ Plus, self-employed double glazing business owner Bob Best shares his moving personal story of caring for his daughter Abby over a 26-year health battle.  Finally, test your knowledge alongside the show with the Pod Lunch Quiz! 👉 Subscribe to Clive's Little Bit Extra for more conversations about life in the trades, financial advice, wellbeing, construction industry issues, and the topics that matter most to tradespeople across the UK. Catch Chance weekdays from 12–3 on Fix Radio—the builder station across the nation! Catch Clive On Fix Radio Monday - Thursday 12 PM - 3 PM Across The UK On DAB Radio And Online At https://www.fixradio.co.uk/

This week on Clive's Little Bit Extra, Clive takes a deep dive into the world of heritage crafts with two absolute masters of the trade! 📜 Third-generation master pargeter Bill Sargeant joins Clive to reveal the ancient art of decorative plastering, from sourcing bovine hair in Glastonbury to using straw in lime mixes, and why young women are now spearheading the revival of this endangered craft. 🌾 Plus, Master Thatcher Phil Campbell stops by to share how he swapped a 10-year desk job as an insurance loss adjuster for the tools, what it was like building the thatched roof on London's iconic Globe Theatre, and the bizarre historic treasures hidden inside centuries-old roofs! 👉 Subscribe to Clive's Little Bit Extra for more conversations about life in the trades, mental health, wellbeing, construction industry issues, and the topics that matter most to tradespeople across the UK. Catch Clive on Fix Radio weekdays from 12–3. Catch Clive On Fix Radio Monday - Thursday 12 PM - 3 PM Across The UK On DAB Radio And Online At https://www.fixradio.co.uk/

This week on Clive's Little Bit Extra, we've got a great topics for the show - Clive tells a personal story on how to get properly paid and discusees how to avoid cowboy cosmetic procedures in the UK and abroad! 💰 Producer Will heads into the hotseat and flips the script to interview Clive! After receiving a message on World Suicide Prevention Day, Clive stepped into to help a new start in business retrieve £21,500 he was owed by a cowboy customer.  💉 Plus, Director of Save Face, Ashton Collins, joined Clive to discuss the phenomenon of 'looksmaxxing' on site and how social media is literally changing the face of the construction industry - and not always for the better! Finally, Mark Goddard joins Clive for the Pod Lunch Quiz!  👉 Subscribe to Clive's Little Bit Extra for more conversations about life in the trades, mental health, wellbeing, construction industry issues, and the topics that matter most to tradespeople across the UK. Catch Clive on Fix Radio weekdays from 12–3. Catch Clive On Fix Radio Monday - Thursday 12 PM - 3 PM Across The UK On DAB Radio And Online At https://www.fixradio.co.uk/

This week on Clive's Little Bit Extra, we've got a proper double-header tackling politics, cash flow, and the link between football and mental health! 🏗️ Apprentice winner Dean Franklin from ADL Air Conditioning joins Clive to break down Andy Burnham’s proposed trade fund scheme, explaining why holding back funds from legitimate trades is a complete non-starter that will only penalise honest businesses. ⚽ Plus, former England football legend and Mindflow CEO Trevor Steven drops by to discuss the mental health crisis in construction, breaking site stigma, and how football is helping tradies open up to save lives. Finally, Clive speaks with Mark in an impromptu phone call about a fundraiser he's organised for a friend, Adam Potter, who recently took his own life.  👉 Subscribe to Clive's Little Bit Extra for more conversations about life in the trades, mental health, wellbeing, construction industry issues, and the topics that matter most to tradespeople across the UK. Catch Clive on Fix Radio weekdays from 12–3. Catch Clive On Fix Radio Monday - Thursday 12 PM - 3 PM Across The UK On DAB Radio And Online At https://www.fixradio.co.uk/

This week on Clive's Little Bit Extra, we're diving into weight-loss jabs and how new-generation medications could transform the health, safety, and longevity of the entire construction industry! 💉 Nick Smy from That's My Plumber joins Clive to share how Mounjaro helped him shed four stone and regain mobility after a career-altering back injury. As well as how  NHS red tape and soaring private costs are leaving self-employed tradies priced out of life-changing care. 🩺 Plus, Professor Naveed Sattar from the University of Glasgow breaks down the science behind these gut-mimicking jabs, why site-based obesity is a complex medical issue rather than a lack of willpower, and the future of triple-molecule drugs coming down the line. 👉 Subscribe to Clive's Little Bit Extra for more conversations about life in the trades, mental health, wellbeing, construction industry issues, and the topics that matter most to tradespeople across the UK. Catch Clive on Fix Radio weekdays from 12–3. Catch Clive On Fix Radio Monday - Thursday 12 PM - 3 PM Across The UK On DAB Radio And Online At https://www.fixradio.co.uk/

This week on Clive's Little Bit Extra, we're talking all about expanding your business and what happens when red tape threatens to tear down everything you’ve worked for! 📈 Jason Savage from Novitas Decorators joins Clive to reveal why relying on word-of-mouth is a trap keeping you in low-paying jobs, and how building a digital "shop window" with Google Ads and job photos can transform your work. 🏗️ Plus, Andy Owens from Bowden Builders opens up about remortgaging his family home, launching a viral YouTube channel that reunited a homeless worker with his family, and the devastating council enforcement nightmare threatening to make his land completely worthless. 👉 Subscribe to Clive's Little Bit Extra for more conversations about life in the trades, mental health, wellbeing, construction industry issues, and the topics that matter most to tradespeople across the UK. Catch Clive on Fix Radio weekdays from 12–3. Catch Clive On Fix Radio Monday - Thursday 12 PM - 3 PM Across The UK On DAB Radio And Online At https://www.fixradio.co.uk/

This week on Clive's Little Bit Extra, we're taking a deep dive into health, nutrition, and physical recovery on site. Chris White, Romford’s best tiler and one half of the Clocking Off podcast, reveals his Sunday prep secrets—including his hot sauce cheat codes and why he keeps a £30 Tesco microwave in his van with an extension lead so he never has to compromise on site. Mike Hoare from Visage Bathrooms opens up about his five-year battle with a slipped disc, overcoming heavy medication, and how targeted physical rehab, nutrition, and modern recovery science helped him avoid surgery and save his livelihood. Plus, Clive kicks things off with the  Pod Lunch Quiz! Subscribe to Clive's Little Bit Extra for more conversations about life in the trades, mental health, wellbeing, construction industry issues, and the topics that matter most to tradespeople across the UK. Catch Clive on Fix Radio weekdays from 12–3. Catch Clive On Fix Radio Monday - Thursday 12 PM - 3 PM Across The UK On DAB Radio And Online At https://www.fixradio.co.uk/

This week on Clive's Little Bit Extra, we're talking about self-improvement! From pushing your personal limits, to modernising your business image to earn client trust. ⭐️ Connie Pawsey joins Clive as one of the industry’s brightest young stars. She breaks down how she’s constantly upskilling and why stepping out of your comfort zone is the key to carving out your niche. 💅 Clive talks fashion with Michael Walker, founder of RLR Leadwork and Roofing Limited. He shares his journey from a scruffy one-man band to building a fully branded, highly professional team, proving how setting higher standards for your appearance can completely transform your business and reputation. 👉 Subscribe to Clive's Little Bit Extra for more conversations about life in the trades, mental health, wellbeing, construction industry issues, and the topics that matter most to tradespeople across the UK. Catch Clive on Fix Radio weekdays from 12–3. Catch Clive On Fix Radio Monday - Thursday 12 PM - 3 PM Across The UK On DAB Radio And Online At https://www.fixradio.co.uk/

This week on Clive's Little Bit Extra, we're looking at how the construction industry is modernising-from bringing real-world trade experience into the classroom, to rethinking work-life balance and building client trust in a changing market. 🛠️ Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), breaks down the latest market stats, why a third of homeowners hold back on jobs due to trust, and how smart builders are modernising their business models to focus on quality, mental health, and family time. 🌱 Carly Sidebottom, Assistant Principal at Leeds College of Building, dives into a £6.7m funding boost for trade education, why modern teaching relies on ex-tradespeople on the tools, and how early technical training for 14-year-olds can help future-proof the sector. 👉 Subscribe to Clive's Little Bit Extra for more conversations about life in the trades, mental health, wellbeing, construction industry issues, and the topics that matter most to tradespeople across the UK.Catch Clive on Fix Radio weekdays from 12–3. Catch Clive On Fix Radio Monday - Thursday 12 PM - 3 PM Across The UK On DAB Radio And Online At https://www.fixradio.co.uk/

This week on Clive's Little Bit Extra, we're tackling the skillsgap and asking if people who have served their time could join the trade and help us build more houses! 🔨 Ian Cowie joins the show to share his inspirational story of how he went from time inside to owning a large porperty portfolio in the north east which he uses to prioritise local families!  🏠 Plus, Sophie Baker - Director of Prisoner’s Building Homes - explains the scheme, how it all works and gives her verdict on whether initiatives likes this could hold the key to unlocking the massive housing targets that have been set! 👉 Subscribe to Clive's Little Bit Extra for more conversations about life in the trades, mental health, wellbeing, construction industry issues and the topics that matter most to tradespeople across the UK. Catch Clive on Fix Radio weekdays from 12–3. Catch Clive On Fix Radio Monday - Thursday 12 PM - 3 PM Across The UK On DAB Radio And Online At https://www.fixradio.co.uk/

This week on Clive's Little Bit Extra, we're looking towards the future and asking a crucial question - is the future of UK small businesses in safe hands? From navigating a new Prime Minister in Number 10 to protecting your hard-earned kit from the scum of the earth, we're diving into what it takes for trades to survive and thrive. 🔒 Jack Roberts, the 20-year-old director of Evergreen Grounds, shares his incredible story of starting out at age 14, surviving a devastating workshop burglary that wiped out his tools overnight, how community generosity kept his business afloat, and a crucial warning about insurance fine print every trade needs to hear. 🎨 Plus, award-winning decorator Ashley Woodcock (A. Woodcock Decorators) drops in to give his honest take on living and working under Andy Burnham in Greater Manchester, what trades desperately need from the government right now, and why he's keeping an open mind about the political future. 👉 Subscribe to Clive's Little Bit Extra for more conversations about life in the trades, mental health, wellbeing, construction industry issues and the topics that matter most to tradespeople across the UK. Catch Clive on Fix Radio weekdays from 12–3. Catch Clive On Fix Radio Monday - Thursday 12 PM - 3 PM Across The UK On DAB Radio And Online At https://www.fixradio.co.uk/

This week on Clive's Little Bit Extra, we're tackling the heat - from surviving the blistering sun on the job site to keeping your cool when the schools shut down for the summer. 🎨 Heather Isherwood (AKA She Paints Berkshire) joins the show to share her top-tier strategies for juggling full-time trade work with parenting during the chaotic six-week holiday block, why you need to stop comparing yourself to Instagram, and the truth about teacher training days. 😴 Plus, chartered psychologist, and neuroscientist Dr. Lindsay Browning explains the science behind why this sticky summer weather is wrecking your sleep, how it's hitting site productivity, and a genius hot water bottle hack to help you cool down tonight. 👉 Subscribe to Clive's Little Bit Extra for more conversations about life in the trades, mental health, wellbeing, construction industry issues and the topics that matter most to tradespeople across the UK. Catch Clive on Fix Radio weekdays from 12–3. Catch Clive On Fix Radio Monday - Thursday 12 PM - 3 PM Across The UK On DAB Radio And Online At https://www.fixradio.co.uk/

Britain needs more homes, but what's really stopping us from building them? This week on Clive's Little Bit Extra, we unpack the UK's housing crisis and ask whether the government's ambitions can become reality. Following Andy Burnham's announcement to unveil the biggest council housebuilding programme since the postwar period about the future of housebuilding, we hear from Chris Carr of Carr & Carr Builders, who argues that SME builders must play a bigger role if Britain is serious about delivering the next generation of council homes. Plus, architect Andrew Waugh explains how engineered timber and modern methods of construction could transform the way we build - speeding up delivery while reducing environmental impact!  Subscribe to Clive's Little Bit Extra and catch Clive Holland weekdays from 12–3pm on Fix Radio. Catch Clive On Fix Radio Monday - Thursday 12 PM - 3 PM Across The UK On DAB Radio And Online At https://www.fixradio.co.uk/