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Why the trades industry is entering a new era of connection, visibility and collaboration
LivePro Expert will be part of the popular INVENT feature at this year’s InstallerSHOW – the company’s Richard McIntyre explains how the platform can help tradespeople connect with potential customers and the wider industry.
Platforms such as Checkatrade, MyBuilder and Bark helped move the trades industry further into the digital world by improving how homeowners connect with tradespeople online.
But today’s trade businesses face wider pressures and opportunities than ever before. Skills shortages, apprenticeship challenges, increasing compliance expectations, renewable transition demands, customer expectations, recruitment difficulties and growing admin workloads are all reshaping the industry at pace.
At the same time, the sector itself is becoming more connected. Events such as InstallerSHOW continue to highlight a major shift across the industry, one focused not only on products, but on collaboration, training, professionalism, support, technology and stronger infrastructure around the people working within the trades every day.
Manufacturers are investing more heavily into installer support and loyalty. Training providers are working harder to inspire the next generation.
Industry leaders are discussing standards, visibility and professionalism more openly than ever before. And installers themselves increasingly want more than visibility alone.
Modern trade businesses now need:
• Better credibility
• Better communication
• Better access to opportunity
• Better support systems
• Better long-term visibility
That wider shift is one of the reasons LivePro is currently being developed.
LivePro is a UK platform focused on verification, visibility and connection across heating, plumbing, electrical, renewables and wider property services.
The platform is being designed to help connect:
• Tradespeople and apprentices
• Manufacturers and merchants
• Recruiters and training providers
• Industry organisations
• Homeowners and businesses
The ambition is not simply to create another directory. The ambition is to help support a more connected and forward-moving infrastructure around the trades industry itself.
Planned features within the LivePro ecosystem include:
✔ Verified trade profiles
✔ Real-time installer visibility
✔ Communication and booking tools
✔ Training and recruitment support
✔ Manufacturer collaboration opportunities
✔ Business growth functionality
✔ UK-wide trade discovery
Ahead of InstallerSHOW 2026, LivePro will be inviting installers, apprentices, manufacturers, merchants, recruiters, training providers and wider industry professionals to become part of the early community as development continues.
If you’re visiting InstallerSHOW 2026, you’ll also find LivePro within the InstallerINVENT area, where we’ll be connecting with installers, apprentices, manufacturers, training providers and wider industry partners throughout the event.
To celebrate the journey so far, LivePro will also be offering:
🎮 A PS5 giveaway
🛠 A branded tool giveaway
✅ Free early-access trade profiles
✅ Exclusive launch membership offers for early supporters
Selected memberships are expected to launch from £29.99, alongside a free profile option designed to help tradespeople begin building visibility within the platform early.
Because the future of the trades industry will not be built by one company alone. It will be built through stronger collaboration, smarter infrastructure and better-connected opportunities across the industry as a whole.
If you’re attending InstallerSHOW 2026, come and meet the LivePro team within the InstallerINVENT area.