Stuff worth knowing.
Plain-English guides on tax, money and running a trade business, written for tradesmen, not accountants.
Get found
5 guidesGoogle, your website, your branding and social media, so local customers find you and ring.
Getting Your Google Business Profile Right
What to fill in, how verification works, and the mistakes that get listings suspended.
Read the guideGet foundDo You Need a Website, and What Should It Say?
The pages, wording and phone basics a trade website needs, and what to check before paying for one.
Read the guideGet foundBranding for a Trade Business
Choosing a name, keeping a logo simple, using it consistently and owning the files you pay for.
Read the guideGet foundSocial Media for Tradesmen: What Is Worth Your Time
Which platform to use, what to post, and what not to share about customers.
Read the guideGet foundWhere Your Next Customers Come From
Word of mouth, Google, directories and leaflets, and how to tell which one pays back.
Read the guideLook after customers
4 guidesCustomer service, reviews, complaints and repeat work.
Customer Service for Tradesmen: The Basics That Win Work
Replying fast, setting expectations, putting price changes in writing and leaving it tidy.
Read the guideLook after customersHow to Get More Reviews Without Being Awkward
When to ask, how to make it easy, how to answer bad reviews and what is not allowed.
Read the guideLook after customersWhat to Do When a Customer Complains
Listening, going back to look, putting it right and knowing where you stand under the Consumer Rights Act.
Read the guideLook after customersTurning One Job Into Regular Work
Keeping a customer list, following up, seasonal reminders and the rules on marketing messages.
Read the guideTax and HMRC
5 guidesTax, CIS and VAT in plain English, and what to do if HMRC gets in touch.
The Tradesman's Tax Deduction Checklist
Common expenses, and the ones almost nobody claims. What you can put through your books before your next Self Assessment or MTD update.
Read the guideTax and HMRCThe Tradesman's Guide To CIS
What actually gets deducted, why, and the mistakes that quietly cost subcontractors the most money.
Read the guideTax and HMRCMaking Tax Digital, What It Means For You
Which date applies to you, what actually changes, and the bit almost everyone misses about how HMRC decides you're in scope.
Read the guideTax and HMRCWhen To Register For VAT
The threshold that forces your hand, when registering early actually helps, and why the Flat Rate Scheme isn't the easy win it's often sold as for construction.
Read the guideTax and HMRCIf HMRC Opens A Compliance Check
What a compliance check actually involves, how far back HMRC can go, and why panicking is the worst response.
Read the guideKnow your numbers
2 guidesThe records worth keeping and how to tell which jobs actually make you money.
Records You Actually Need To Keep
What HMRC actually expects you to keep, for how long, and what happens if you genuinely can't find something.
Read the guideKnow your numbersPricing Jobs So You Know They're Profitable
Why being busy isn't the same as being profitable, and the simple habit that tells you which jobs are actually worth taking.
Read the guideSet up and grow
3 guidesWhether to go limited, how to take on help and how to buy a van.
Should You Go Limited?
The old rule of thumb has quietly stopped being true for a lot of tradesmen. Here's where the numbers actually land now.
Read the guideSet up and growSubcontractor Or Employee?
Why getting someone's status wrong is one of the costliest mistakes a growing contractor can make, and how to actually tell the difference.
Read the guideSet up and growBuying A Van: Lease, Buy, Or Through The Business
Lease or buy, and the double-cab pickup tax trap that's caught out more tradesmen than it should.
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