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The rules you have to work to
Plain explanations of the UK regulations, deadlines and pricing decisions that decide whether a construction business makes money. Written for contractors, with the statute cited, and useful whether or not you ever buy anything from us.
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What does construction software actually cost a UK contractor?
Five categories, six billing units and several vendors who publish nothing. The total a ten-person firm pays every month is arithmetic nobody sat down and did.
15 September 202617 min Running the businessReplacing five systems with one: what actually happens
Five subscriptions become one, but not over a weekend. The data that imports, the month you run both, the person who liked the old way, and the one tool that does not go.
15 September 202610 min Running the businessHow to audit your construction software spend
Most firms cannot say what their software costs. It arrives as a dozen small direct debits nobody reviews, and two of them are for tools nobody has opened this year.
15 September 202613 minBuilt for the way UK contractors actually work
Estimating, quoting, job management, timesheets, invoicing, CIS and site safety, with an offline field mode that installs to a phone and keeps working with no signal.