The Trades Business System

Connect the journey from first search to paid job. Then keep the customer.

On The Tech diagnoses where enquiries, jobs, cash or repeat business are leaking, then implements the right system in controlled stages around the way your team really works.

Five business functionsYour result shown firstBroad across UK tradesNo automatic checkout
A tradesperson fitting an outdoor socket to timber cladding with a cordless drill.
The customer journey

One business journey. Nine handoffs where time, work or cash can stall.

01

Find

A suitable customer discovers the business.

02

Enquire

They call, message or submit a clear request.

03

Qualify

The opportunity gets an owner and next action.

04

Quote

Scope, price and approval are handled consistently.

05

Schedule

The right information reaches the right person.

06

Complete

The work and job record are finished properly.

07

Invoice

Payment is requested at the agreed milestone.

08

Review

A completed job becomes useful proof.

09

Return

Relevant customers are reminded to come back.

The five functions

A busy business can still leak work at every handoff.

The earliest weak function limits everything after it. That is why the diagnosis comes before the software, package or proposal.

Customers cannot find or trust you

Your services, proof and next action are unclear when a suitable customer is ready to choose.

Enquiries wait without an owner

Calls and messages arrive, but response, qualification and follow-up depend on someone remembering.

Jobs run across disconnected records

Quotes, dates, notes and photographs live in different places, making handoffs and exceptions expensive.

Cash steps start too late

Deposits, completion checks, invoices and payment reminders fall outside the daily job process.

Completed customers disappear

Reviews, referrals, service reminders and relevant repeat work happen inconsistently or not at all.

Live demonstration

See one handoff working: a missed call becomes a visible next action.

This demonstration shows a practical part of Lead Handling, not a claim that every business needs the same workflow. Every name and number is made up.

07700 900123

Incoming call, 07700 900123

9:42am

Missed call. You're under a sink with both hands full.

9:42am

Hi, it's Dave at Dave's Plumbing, sorry I missed you, I'm on a job. What do you need doing and whereabouts are you?

9:42am · sent automatically

Hi, got a leak under the kitchen sink in Fareham. Can you come today?

9:44am

New lead: kitchen leak, Fareham. Tap to call back.

9:44am

Logged as a recovered enquiry, attributed to a missed call.

Appears in your monthly report

From missed call to measured enquiry

Your missed caller gets an instant reply, you get the job details, and the enquiry appears in your monthly report.

  1. 1

    Customer calls

    9:42am

    Incoming call, 07700 900123

  2. 2

    You're on the tools

    9:42am

    Missed call. You're under a sink with both hands full.

  3. 3

    They get a text back

    9:42am

    Hi, it's Dave at Dave's Plumbing, sorry I missed you, I'm on a job. What do you need doing and whereabouts are you?

  4. 4

    They reply

    9:44am

    Hi, got a leak under the kitchen sink in Fareham. Can you come today?

  5. 5

    You get notified

    9:44am

    New lead: kitchen leak, Fareham. Tap to call back.

  6. 6

    It gets counted

    Appears in your monthly report

    Logged as a recovered enquiry, attributed to a missed call.

How it works

Diagnose first. Build in controlled stages. Test the real journey.

01

Diagnose

Score the five functions and identify the earliest weak link in the customer journey.

02

Design

Map the real process, responsibilities, software and standard scope before committing.

03

Implement

Build the smallest useful system first, then connect the next layer only when needed.

04

Test and train

Run complete journeys, fix exceptions and train each role around its daily work.

05

Launch and improve

Release with clear support boundaries, then review adoption and outcomes.

Packages and starting prices

Start with the right operating layer, not the biggest bundle.

Every package separates implementation from monthly support. Solution design confirms scope, responsibilities, software licences and usage before work begins.

Professional Presence

Launch focus

A new or poorly presented business that needs a credible, trackable front door.

£2,000 setup

then £149 per month

  • Growth System website foundation
  • Core service and service-area structure
  • Tracked enquiry capture
  • Hosting, monitoring and minor changes

Primary launch package

Lead Conversion

Launch focus

A business losing calls, messages or quotes between first contact and decision.

£3,500 setup

then £449 per month

  • Professional Presence foundation
  • Lead Handling System setup
  • Enquiry pipeline and ownership rules
  • Core response and follow-up workflows

Primary launch package, scoped through solution design

Operations

A business with enough work but disorganised quoting, scheduling or delivery.

£3,000 setup

then £249 per month

  • Job Management System foundation
  • Quote-to-Cash foundation
  • Templates, workflow testing and training
  • Monitoring and defined support

Discovery-led at launch

Complete Business System

A growing firm that needs sales and operations improved together.

£6,500 setup

then £749 per month

  • Growth and Lead Handling Systems
  • Job Management and Quote-to-Cash foundations
  • Customer Retention foundation
  • Controlled phased delivery

Discovery-led and implemented in phases

Managed Growth

An established firm ready for continued optimisation, reactivation and campaigns.

£7,500+ setup

then £1,250-£2,500 per month

  • Complete Business System foundation
  • Monthly conversion improvement
  • Customer reactivation and campaign work
  • Ongoing reporting and prioritisation

Custom proposal after the operating foundation is stable

Fit and boundaries

Useful systems need an owner, a real process and honest limits.

We will not promise rankings, lead counts or revenue. We will map responsibilities, define the scope and test the journey we agree.

This is likely a good fit

  • A working trade business where good opportunities or time are leaking between steps
  • A team willing to map the current process and agree who owns each action
  • A business that values a controlled implementation over a big-bang software change

This is probably not a fit

  • Someone looking for guaranteed rankings, lead counts or revenue
  • A business that wants every system replaced before discovery and testing
  • A team with nobody available for decisions, training or adoption
Customer results

On-site spray coating · Southampton & Hampshire

Live site, open it and judge the build yourself

The problem

A specialist coating business covering multiple job types across Hampshire needed more than a brochure site. Each coating type and area had to stand on its own so local searches could find the right work.

What we installed

  • Managed trade website
  • Service pages for each coating type (UPVC, cladding, shop fronts)
  • Area pages across Hampshire
  • Quote form and tap-to-call on every page
  • Hosting, SSL and ongoing updates

What we can show

The live site at newlook-coatings.com shows dedicated service and area pages with quote and tap-to-call actions on each one. That is what we can verify publicly today.

Open the live site
Homepage of Newlook Protective Coatings, an on-site spray coating business in Southampton and Hampshire.

What this doesn't show: We have not published tracked call, form or job counts here. Search visibility develops over time and depends on competition. This card shows what was built, not a guaranteed outcome.

Roofing & cladding · Nationwide

Live site, open it and judge the build yourself

The problem

A specialist roofing and cladding contractor needed credentials and completed projects to be findable on their own, not buried in a generic homepage, so buyers checking accreditations could land on the right pages.

What we installed

  • Managed trade website
  • Dedicated pages for accreditations
  • Dedicated pages for completed projects
  • Clear enquiry path for the work they want
  • Hosting, SSL and ongoing updates

What we can show

The live site at precisionprojects.com gives accreditations and completed projects their own pages, so the credentials buyers check for are findable without hunting. That is what we can verify publicly today.

Open the live site
Homepage of Precision Projects, a roofing and cladding contractor.

What this doesn't show: We have not published tracked enquiry or job counts here. This card shows the site structure we delivered, not rankings, traffic or revenue.

Questions

Straight answers before solution design.

Start with the diagnosis

Find the first weak function before choosing a system.

Score Growth, Lead Handling, Job Management, Quote-to-Cash and Customer Retention. Your recommendation appears before contact details, with no automatic checkout.