Scaling British Enterprise International Strategy for 2026

A handyperson uses a wide variety of home services, from repairs and upkeep to small enhancements. This kind of work is ideal if you take pleasure in range, are practical and take pride in doing a neat, expert job. One day you might be fitting shelves or hanging pictures, and the next assembling flat-pack furnishings or fixing a garden fence.

If you're innovative and love the idea of sanding, painting and re-upholstering old furniture, this might be the ideal business chance. If you don't mind getting your hands filthy and enjoy to handle all kinds of pests from wasps and ants to mice and rats an insect control service could be right up your street.

You should also use the correct sprays and traps, and wear protective clothes. If you delight in stitching, starting your own alterations and textile service can be a basic and gratifying business. You could fix, change or redesign clothes and home fabrics to extend their life. It may start as a small side hustle, but might broaden over time as word goes out.

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Trading organizations were asked how their turnover in February 2026 compared with January 2026, excluding any seasonal trading. Data are plotted in the middle of the duration of each wave. Around a quarter (25%) of trading organizations reported a decline in their turnover in February 2026 when compared with the previous month.

These motions follow the pattern seen in previous years when a peak in December is followed by a down pattern in January and February. The industries with the highest percentage reporting a decrease in turnover in February 2026 were: the lodging and food service activities market (41%) the other services industry (35%) the human health and social work activities market (34%) Around 16% of trading companies reported that their turnover increased in February 2026, which was broadly stable with January 2026.

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For trading businesses with 10 or more staff members, 27% reported that their turnover had actually reduced, down 6 percentage points from January 2026, and down 2 percentage points from February 2025. More than one in 5 (24%) businesses reported that their turnover had increased, which was broadly steady with January.