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The lucky residents of Slough are in for a treat this September with the opportunity to watch a free play teaching them about the dangers of cowboy builders and scam artists.

The “scambuster” musical is called Too Good To Be True and focuses on the perils faced by a victim of a rogue tarmac tradesman and is being hosted by Trading Standards.

A survey commissioned by the National Federation of Builders (NFB) has revealed that the soaring cost of living is driving more than 60% of UK adults to use cash in hand builders.

With almost 100,000 complaints being made against rogue tradesmen each year, Julia Evans, chief executive of the NFB says: “As long as the temptation is there, people will be willing to take the risk.”

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It seems that the search for a reliable builders, plumbers and electricians is proving increasingly difficult north of the border. New figures from Consumer Direct in Scotland reveal that there has been a 25 per cent increase in the number of complaints against tradesmen this year.

CDS received 1,545 complaints in the first three months of this year, with the total value of the work involved in these complaints rising by almost £600,000.

Our poll on Homes and Bargains is throwing up some interesting results - with just over 400 people taking part to date and a surprising majority admitting to being stung.

We're on the hunt for case studies at the moment to use in our newspaper columns so if you have a story to tell, drop me an email at jonathan@bayswaterpublishing.co.uk

Ask.com is forging on with its “information revolution” in an attempt to make an assault on the big boys of search engines, Google.com. Sadly amidst all their battle plans they have overlooked something which all sane property owners would happily see the back of. Demonstrating why Google.com is the top search engine in the world and why Ask.com is not, click here to see what Ask.com has to say on cowboy builders.