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23/03/2026

Most landscaping business owners have a dirty secret.

They’re working harder than ever. Revenue is climbing. And yet somehow... they’re still lying awake at 2am wondering how they’re going to make wages this week.

knows that feeling better than most.

He started .tree.landscape doing odd jobs for neighbours. No business plan. No safety net. Just a young guy who backed himself when most his age were still figuring out what they wanted to do with their life.

What came next was not a highlight reel.

Hiring headaches. Cashflow nightmares. The brutal reality of trying to maintain sky-high standards when it is no longer just you doing the work. The kind of stuff most business owners keep well away from social media.

Ben puts it all on camera.

69 YouTube vlogs. 6,000 Instagram followers. 2,700 YouTube subscribers and growing. Not built on polished content and fake lifestyle flexing. Built on radical honesty. Real numbers. Real struggles. Real lessons from someone actively in the trenches building towards £700k and beyond.

And now other trade business owners are coming to him for advice.

In this episode Ben breaks down exactly what it takes. Hiring without destroying your standards. Managing cashflow when the pressure is on. Why content is your most powerful business tool right now. And the one investment that will return more than any piece of equipment you will ever buy.

This is not theory. This is a young man in the middle of building something serious, showing you every step of the way.

If you’re actively scaling your home improvement company, you need to watch this.

Watch/Listen on Spotify by heading to the link in my bio 🔗

Toolbox Talks with from is now live 🎙️From spiralling debt and thinking the business was going under to turning it all...
06/03/2026

Toolbox Talks with from is now live 🎙️

From spiralling debt and thinking the business was going under to turning it all around and smashing through the £1m mark in 2025.

Brutally transparent episode with a tonne of value if you’re a home improvement and trade business owner actively scaling 🚀

Head to the link in my bio to access it on Spotify 🔗

05/03/2026

This is the story of , co-founder of in Pudsey. From working with his childhood friend and a belief he was built to build something of his own, to crossing £1M in 2025 and now gunning for £1.75M in 2026 with that very friend by his side.

But there were months in between where it nearly did not happen at all.
Loans at 40% interest. £1,300 a week in repayments. The agency he trusted went quiet overnight and the pipeline vanished.

He was raking through old contact lists just to pull them out of the fire, rolling debt from one month into the next with no end in sight.

The turning point did not come from a spreadsheet. It came from a decision. A gamble on himself.

He found The Uncommon, walked into a retreat at Loch Lomond, and left with something he had not had in a long time. Clarity. Direction. And the commitment to finally fix what was bleeding the business dry.

Since then, T&G has not looked back.

In this episode, Steven holds nothing back. The debt. The spiral. And the moment he realised that who you surround yourself with as an entrepreneur is not a nice-to-have. It is everything.

If you have ever stared at your bank account wondering how a business with real work coming in can still feel one bad month away from collapse, this one will hit differently.

Head to the link in my bio to listen/watch on Spotify 🔗🎙️

25/02/2026

This is the story of Shaun Dunn, founder of SD Plumbing & Heating in Edinburgh.

From working seven days a week and nearly living out of his van, to building a £1.4M business now pushing towards £2.4M in 2026.

But it did not start with structure or stability.

In the early days, Shaun was stuck in the chaos so many trade business owners face.

No proper systems. Constant cashflow pressure.

At one point, over £100k sitting in unpaid invoices. Busy on site, but with no real control behind the scenes.

Shaun built the company from nothing. Just long days, hard lessons, and the realisation that what gets you to £300k will not get you to £1M and what gets you to £1M will not get you to £2M.

In this episode, he breaks down what actually has to change at each stage of growth. The mindset shifts needed to break the £1M ceiling, the operational fixes that remove the chaos, and what he wishes he had implemented far sooner.

If you are wearing every hat, chasing payments, and feeling stretched despite growing revenue, this episode will resonate.

A straight-talking masterclass for plumbing, heating, and home improvement business owners serious about building a structured, profitable multi-million pound company.

Head to the link in my bio to watch/listen 🔗

28/01/2026

This is the story of Marc Murray, founder of Murray Landscapes based in Motherwell, Scotland.

From £5 grass cuts for family at just 14 years old, to building a £750,000 per year landscaping business organically without spending a single pound on paid advertising.

Marc’s journey is the definition of long-term thinking and craftsmanship. What started as cutting grass for neighbours slowly evolved into a business that was voted the UK’s Best Landscaping Company in 2024, built entirely on reputation, brand, and exceptional service.

Through a relentless focus on culture, personal development, and brand positioning, Marc has become one of the most respected authorities in the landscaping space. His expertise and leadership led to him being selected to speak at FutureScape, where he shared his insights on building winning company culture, something he is a huge advocate and champion of within Murray Landscapes.

Marc has invested over £100,000 into personal development, much of it through education with Daniel Priestley, sharpening his understanding of brand, value, and how to position a trade business at the top of the market. The result is an oversubscription of organic leads so strong that Marc was forced to start saying no and really think about the direction he wanted to take the business.

Now firmly on the path to seven figures, Marc is gunning for the next level of growth, but only once the right systems are in place. He is an extremely savvy businessman who understands that aggressive growth is not always the answer, and that sustainable, well-structured scaling wins long term.

In this episode, expect to learn how building a powerful brand allows you to charge higher prices, escape the race to the bottom, do less work for the same money, and gain far more peace of mind. Marc’s growth has been slower than many by design, with a deep focus on sustainability rather than shortcuts.

This episode is a literal masterclass for trade and home improvement business owners who want to build a respected brand, grow sustainably, and create a business that works for them, not the other way around.

Head to the link in my bio to listen/watch on Spotify 🔗

Built a brand so strong he’s oversubscribed, turning away leads every week and cherry picking the projects he WANTS to w...
23/01/2026

Built a brand so strong he’s oversubscribed, turning away leads every week and cherry picking the projects he WANTS to work on WITHOUT paid advertising 👏

Great to have from in the content studio for ToolBox Talks episode yesterday.

A true authority in his space with multiple, multiple awards won.

Super interesting guy who truly understands what it takes to position a business head and shoulders above the rest in every single area.

Unsurprsingly, self development and heavy investment into it has been at the core of everything he’s done.

Buzzing to get this LIVE🔴

14/01/2026

This is the story of , founder of AJ Renewables and the Uncommon Trades Coach.

From coming from nothing, to building a £4m business in 2025, but not without losing everything first.

After running a successful company that collapsed during Covid, Ally was forced back to zero. No safety net. No shortcuts. Just hard lessons, resilience, and a relentless drive to rebuild stronger than before.

Ally’s journey is one of humility, perspective, and true leverage, stepping completely out of the day-to-day operations while scaling a highly profitable renewables business.

In this episode, expect to learn the must-have customer acquisition channels required to reach multi-7 figures, the mistakes Ally made so you don’t have to, how to buy back your time so you can grow instead of staying stuck in the weeds, and why having a massive team isn’t the flex most people think it is.

This episode is a literal cheat code for home improvement and trade business owners struggling to break into 7 and multiple 7 figures in revenue, and a masterclass from one of the most humble operators I’ve had the chance to speak with.

Head to the link in my bio to watch/listen on Spotify 🔗

2026: Life Changing Highs & Lows That Nearly Broke Me 📆All Part Of The Journey 🗺️
31/12/2025

2026: Life Changing Highs & Lows That Nearly Broke Me 📆

All Part Of The Journey 🗺️

2026: Life Changing Highs & Some Dark Lows 📆All Part Of The Journey 🗺️
31/12/2025

2026: Life Changing Highs & Some Dark Lows 📆

All Part Of The Journey 🗺️

LIVE: Toolbox Talks Episode 0002 🛑🎥This is the story of Scott Marshall, serial salesman and owner of Wave Group based in...
08/12/2025

LIVE: Toolbox Talks Episode 0002 🛑🎥

This is the story of Scott Marshall, serial salesman and owner of Wave Group based in Dundee.

From difficult beginnings to proving himself at a national window company outselling everyone in sight.

Scott’s story is one of resilience and relentlessness.

An unwavering belief that he can do whatever he sets his mind to.

Expect to find out why most people struggle with sales and simple strategies to close more, the mindset it takes to go from nothing to an entire sales team asking you for advice and the raw struggles Scott has experienced rapidly scaling into 7-figures and beyond in just 12 months.

Watch or listen to the Toolbox Talks episode now on Spotify or YouTube using the link in my bio 🔗

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