Sound familiar?
Pricing jobs from memory and old texts, then typing them up after a full day on the tools.
The diary says one thing, the van says another — and a missed job is a lost customer.
Cash flow suffers because paperwork always loses to the next job.
Off-the-shelf tools charge for every subbie, every month, forever.
Try TradesDesk yourself
A fully working job & quote management demo for trades businesses — real screens, real flows, sample data. Real screens, real flows, sample data — open it and click around.
What a bespoke trades system can include
TradesDesk shows a typical build. Yours is shaped to your workflow — groundworks, electrical, plumbing, roofing, multi-crew or one van.
Quotes in minutes
Price from your own rate cards and templates, send professional PDFs from the van, and get one-tap customer approval.
Job scheduling
Every job, every crew, one calendar. Changes hit the whole team instantly — no more ring-arounds.
Invoicing & payments
Turn a finished job into an invoice in one tap, chase late payers automatically, take card payment on site.
Customer history
Every quote, job, photo and invoice for every customer, searchable in seconds — even from site.
Photos & compliance
Before/after photos, signatures and certificates attached to the job, not lost in a camera roll.
Works offline on site
Patchy signal on site? The app keeps working and syncs when you're back in coverage.
From "this is doing my head in" to shipped — in weeks
Free tech audit
We map how you work today and pinpoint exactly what's costing you time or customers.
Fixed quote
A clear scope and a fixed price, in writing. You know the number before we start.
We build
Delivered in weekly increments you can see and steer — no black box, no drift.
Launch
Tested, your data migrated, live in weeks. We're there for the go-live, not gone.
It's yours
Full source, docs and UK hosting. Own it outright — grow it with us or anyone.
Software that fits you — not a subscription you fight
Off-the-shelf
- Monthly per-user fees that grow with your team, forever
- You bend your process to fit the software
- The features you need are locked to the "enterprise" tier
- Your data lives inside someone else's roadmap
Bespoke, built by us
- Fixed price up front — owned outright, no licences, no per-seat fees
- Shaped precisely around how your business actually works
- Only the features you need, so it stays fast and simple
- UK-hosted, GDPR-first, and it grows when you do
Questions we get asked
How much does a bespoke trades job management system cost?
We're a small firm — is bespoke overkill?
Can it work with our accountant / Xero / QuickBooks?
Is TradesDesk itself for sale?
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Answer a few questions about what you need and get an itemised quote you can shape yourself — delivered in weeks, owned outright by you.
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