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Plumbers · Electricians · Builders · Painters · Other trades

You're good at the work. We help the business side catch up.

We work alongside plumbers, electricians and other tradesmen to find what's holding their business back and fix it. Everything is bespoke, built with you: exactly what your business needs.

Let's have a coffee

Every trade business struggles somewhere different.

  • The phone rings while you're on a job, and the quote never goes out.
  • The work is done, but you're still chasing the money weeks later.
  • Everything lives in your head: jobs, prices, who owes what.
  • You want to grow, but you can't step off the tools long enough to build the thing.
  • You know you should have a proper web presence, invoices, books. There's just never time.

None of this means you're bad at business. It means you're one person doing three jobs.

We start by sitting down with you.

We listen.

Over a coffee, we go through how your business actually runs. Where the jobs come from, how you quote, how you get paid, what eats your time.

We find where it's stuck.

Every business leaks somewhere different. Maybe it's quoting. Maybe it's getting paid. Maybe it's that no one can find you. We figure out yours.

We fix it, together.

We put the right things in place and make sure they work for you, not a system you have to fight with. You stay on the tools. Your business starts pulling its weight.

Depending on what we find, we might help you with:

  • Getting found

    A proper website and a Google profile that bring in calls, not just compliments.

  • Never missing a customer

    A WhatsApp assistant that answers, takes details and books the job, even when you're under a sink.

  • Quoting and invoicing

    Professional quotes and invoices sent from your phone in minutes, with payment links so you get paid faster.

  • Books and accounting

    Your numbers sorted and up to date, so you know what you're making and you're ready when the bank or SARS asks.

  • Getting organised

    Your jobs, customers and money in one place instead of in your head.

  • Capital to grow

    When you're ready for a second bakkie, more stock or another pair of hands, help getting the funding to do it.

We don't sell a package. Some guys need one of these, some need three. We focus on what your business needs, and nothing you don't.

Your name on the van. Your customers. Your calls.

We're not here to take over, rebrand you, or put you on some platform. You built this business. It stays yours. We work alongside you to make it run better, and we're straight with you about what we think, but every decision is yours.

Why we're doing this.

South Africa runs on tradesmen, and most of them are running their business alone, after hours, off the back of a bakkie and a phone. We think the guys who are great at the work deserve a business that works just as well. So we're partnering with a small number of them to make that happen.

Let's talk about your business.

No pitch, no obligation. A coffee and a conversation about how your business runs and where it's getting stuck.

If we can help, we'll tell you how. If we can't, we'll tell you that too.

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