Staff Management Tips For Tradies
Finding, managing and retaining staff is a daily struggle for tradie businesses, as we all know, time is money and this is never truer than when your business is paying for staff. Naturally every business owner aims to have a highly productive, functioning team but how exactly can you achieve this? How do I […]
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How to Scale up your Tradie Business in 3 Steps
Software is an asset to your business that provides important data essential if you want to scale up your tradie business successfully. Data gives you an overview of how your business is currently positioned, help you set business goals for steady growth and can highlight processes that need streamlining to increase your profits. 3 Steps […]
Digital Adoption in the Construction Industry
The past couple years have been rough for construction companies with staff shortages, rising material costs and multiple insolvencies. In this blog we look at how technology benefits construction businesses providing a clear picture of their financial health and productivity, leading to streamlined processes and ultimately increased revenue as reported in The State of Digital […]
4 tips on how Tradies can improve Customer Communication
Great customer communication is key to the success of every tradie business and it is easier than you think! Technology can help make your client communication super easy with instant digital quotes and invoices, automated job and payment reminders and the ability to promote your products and services to existing and new clients. […]
4 Ways To Make Your Trade Business More Efficient
The right technology will enable four keys to improving business efficiency in your tradie business through automation, accessibility and collaboration. What do I need to make my business more efficient? Most tradies are guilty of storing a bunch of business information in their head or in a traditional paper diary, which is only natural as […]
What systems do you need to run a profitable tradie business
Running a profitable tradie business takes more than being great on the tools, using integrated software, having the right systems to allow you to review data and reports and partnering with expert advisors is the best way to drive profits and build the foundations for growing your business. How can I increase the profitability […]
WorkflowMAX is being retired – Alternative apps for Tradies
Xero retires WorkflowMAX The biggest news in software this week is that Xero will be retiring WorkflowMAX on 26 June 2024. After this date, tradies using the platform will lose access to the software and all their data stored within it. The WorkflowMAX brand has been acquired by business advisory firm BlueRock who […]
CFMMEU to ban engineered Stone
The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining, and Energy Union (CFMMEU) is urging the federal government to ban engineered stone by July 2024, calling it the asbestos of the 2020s. At the CFMMEU conference in Melbourne, the union launched a campaign “Stop this Killer Stone” which aimed to highlight the dangers of working with engineered stone on […]
QLD BUSINESS BASICS GRANT
The Queensland Government will launch Round 4 of the Business Basics Grant on the 24th of November 2022 to provide support to local businesses to increase core skills and adopt best practice. There are two funding streams based on what Local Government Area (LGA) eligible businesses are headquartered. These LGAs are grouped into either South East Queensland or regional Queensland. […]