So, I am Matt Sherrington born and raised in the midlands but by no means tied too the midlands as you will soon realise. I was raised in a small town on the outskirts of Birmingham. Had a normal upbringing, parents together, food on the table, school/trips, holidays, afterschool clubs and gifts.

We didn’t have money though. My dad spent majority of his time working to earn and provide for us, extremely long hours, hard labour and working away from home a lot of the time. One of the lessons he taught me, work for what you want!

At 45 my mum would return to university after raising three kids, going from helping for a couple of hours a week listening to kids read to teaching teachers with an award named after her. The hours, days, nights spent learning, on courses doing exams and helping others struggling along the way even when it got hard. Unfortunately, it was a short career after becoming qualified as she passed a couple of years later when I became a teenager

Whilst it was a blow in life, I cannot and do not use it as an excuse though, life continues however it did change my outlook on a lot of things some good, some bad, some good choices and some bad paths, but I am grateful for the life experience I’ve gained from it, work and personal.

I was not interested in the academic stuff at school, I didn’t see much point, I just wanted to work, earn some money start enjoying myself. So that’s what I did, working on the market whilst still at school, setting up my first business at 17. Business at 17 was hard and that’s not changed with age. It is a brutal world and a world that is always teaching you something.

I’ve spent the majority of the past 2 decades working for myself on a self-employed basis but have worked and will work for certain companies and organizations from time to time on an employed or sub-contractor basis depending on if the project is right for me at the time.

I’m not afraid to work quite the opposite in fact and find myself completing a variety of work, projects, one of a kind builds and products and always looking to expand my knowledge and experience, some types of things I’ve been involved with over the years range from

Complete decorating works of highways agency building to public house renovations

Caring for the disabled to shop retail

Shot blasting diesel tanks at a nuclear power station to looking after animals and training dogs on a small holding

Concrete repair work in Glasgow to installing racking and Armco barriers in food warehouses in the midlands

Tank relining NHS buildings throughout the Scottish Highlands and islands to looking after 30+ buildings doing reactive maintenance for the police force

Working on a George Clarke amazing spaces project helping a lady finish building a tiny house on wheels in Chippenham (which will be air 2023) to reinstating a hot water tank system at a nuclear submarine base in the north west

Internal/external shop fitting to building renovations and maintenance nationwide

Water tank rejuvenation in HMO buildings across Sussex to collections/deliveries and removals nationwide

 Bridal Wedding car service to restoring original 100yr old floorboards and interior work for a TV interior designer based in Bristol and London

Worked throughout the UK on MOD sites making sure water storage was up to regulation to sub-contracting to a company in the southwest building garden rooms, installing bathrooms and outdoor kitchens.

Being involved with fantastic projects like DIY SOS helping with landscaping and interior work

Security work to Photography & drone footage

Making custom furniture to DIY assisted projects