As many regulars know, 020.COM is owned by Stuart Kidd – a pretty ordinary fellow with longish hair and a big smile.

On the weekend Stuart released a new website called WorkBidder.com which is a service which allows everyday people like you and me to advertise jobs which need doing. It could be to cut your hair (like Stuart needs done) or cut a record like Adrian Carter does or probably more commonly would be to do something like plumbing or painting and decorating.

Registration on the site is free and if you have a job you’d like to add, doing so is free as well. If you’ve added a job you can then wait for bids to come in on your job. Workers who register for the site can put bids on the job in a similar way to eBay except it isn’t the highest bid that wins. Nor is it the lowest bid that wins, it’s the job owner’s choice who wins based on the discussions he/she has had with the worker and the bid. As the site grows good feedback will help sway a job owner’s decision on who to choose for a position.

There are a lot of new workers in London, many coming from Poland and other newly entered EEU countries and these workers have a reputation as being highly skilled as well as hard working. Combined with the already good workforce in the UK its this crowd that WorkBidder.com is targetting.

WorkBidder.com isn’t just about tradesmen though, any type of professional can register – you could be a physiotherapist, a registered nurse who’d like some part-time work while travelling or a lorry driver with your own lorry who’d like to do furniture removals on weekends.

When registering on the site it allows you to add your profile which is pretty much like your CV but without the personal contact details. Here you can also add images which help push your case, so if you’re a hair stylist you may want to add photographs of some of your best cuts.

Once a connection has been made between a job owner and worker you can start discussing the job before a bid is made. Once a proper understanding of the job has been grasped then the worker can lay down a bid. Once the job owner has the right individual they accept that worker and the job process is now ready to get underway. The work gets completed and then both parties leave feedback on each other for other registered users to see.

The only charge is to the worker when they get accepted for a job which starts from ?1.00 (10 credits for ?10 or 1 credit for ?1.60). However, you need to have at least one credit in your account to get into discussions with a job owner – although you aren’t actually charged a credit until you win a job.

WorkBidder.com is probably a really good idea for anyone who has a small business and wants to find new jobs. It’s also perfect for skilled workers who are in between jobs or travellling.

Good luck Stuart!