Software for · trades & contractors
From the quote to the paid invoice.
Software for trades & contractors — the short version
Trades and contracting businesses need one record that survives the whole job: quote, schedule, engineer, materials, site photos, certificates and invoice. GSUK builds that bespoke for UK electricians, plumbers, scaffolders, groundworkers and refurbishment contractors, alongside the websites that bring the enquiries in.
What tends to go wrong
- Quotes are written in Word and tracked nowhere, so nobody knows the win rate.
- The job's photographs are on an engineer's phone and the notes are in a text message.
- Certificates and compliance documents are issued but not attached to anything searchable.
- Variations agreed on site never make it onto the invoice.
- Invoicing lags completion by weeks, which is a cash-flow problem disguised as an admin problem.
What most firms run today
A mix of accounting software, a generic field-service app, a shared drive of PDFs and a group chat. The field-service apps are the closest fit and typically fall down on multi-day works, subcontractors, variations and trade-specific certification.
Where it falls short
- Variations captured on site, priced, and carried into the invoice automatically.
- Multi-day and multi-engineer works, rather than one visit per job.
- Subcontractor access that shows their jobs and nothing else.
- Certificates and test results attached to the job and the property, findable years later.
What we'd build
The common build is quoting, scheduling, an on-site phone view with photos and sign-off, certificate storage, and invoicing that draws from the completed job — plus the website that feeds enquiries straight into it instead of into an inbox.
Proof
Live sites and systems in this sector.
Every one is a live URL you can visit, not a concept.
Questions
Asked by trades & contractors.
What software should a small trades business use?
If you do single-visit jobs and nothing unusual, an off-the-shelf field-service app is a reasonable buy. The point at which bespoke starts making sense is normally variations, subcontractors, multi-day works or trade-specific certification — the things generic apps push into a spreadsheet.
Can the website feed enquiries straight into the system?
Yes, and it should. An enquiry that lands as a customer record with a quote waiting to be raised is worth considerably more than one that lands as an email.
Do you build the website as well as the software?
Yes — most trades clients start with the website and add the system later, which is a sensible order because the website is what generates the work the system then manages.
Tell us how your week actually runs.
Including the parts that annoy you. That conversation is the whole scoping exercise, and it costs nothing.
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