Come on down, welcome to The Price is Right. Remember this classic television game show where contestants jumped with excitement on getting the call up?...

We all know you didn’t learn your trade in a day, it takes long hours digging foundations in the rain, sweeping up Gib dust and crawling under houses as well as copious amounts of bookwork to shape a competent Tradesperson....

Making sure there is money coming into your trades business in time to pay your bills seems like an obvious priority, but can be incredibly difficult to do when put into practice....

Dan

Founder

At Fergus we love coming up with ways to make life easier for our customers by building tools that make their businesses more efficient....

Elyse

Trade Software Expert

The simple approach to managing overheads is to spend as little as possible, to keep net profit as high as it can be. Sounds nice in theory right, but the reality is sometimes you have to spend money to make money....

Dan

Founder

If you’ve been following this series of blogs or you’ve heard me speaking at an event before, you’ll be familiar with my bucket analogy....

Dan

Founder

As we’ve covered in earlier blogs, invoicing daily is vital to maintaining positive cash flow and it should be one of your main priorities - because the faster you get the invoice out the door, the faster money will come back in!...

Dan

Founder

Check out our Top 10 Blogs of 2018 to help you start the New Year on the right foot. 10. How to quote right...

Robbie

Trade Software Expert

Imagine how much time you would save if you could shop from your favourite supplier and have supplier invoices automatically pair with their corresponding jobs?...

Cristina

Product Manager

As your business grows and you start spending less time on the tools and more time managing everything else, you become increasingly reliant on the efforts of your staff....

Dan

Founder

Have you heard about the loss leader pricing strategy? Tried it yet? I have and let me tell you, never again! When I had my trade business I heard about loss leader jobs a few times over the years....

Dan

Founder

I can’t emphasise enough how important it is to get quotes right if you intend of making a profit. On average, 30% of a trade business’s revenue comes from quoting, so if you want to grow your business and not go bankrupt you need to get it right....

Dan

Founder

This week has been a busy one for New Zealand, as we move through the Alert Level system of COVID-19 that was created by the New Zealand Government....

Elyse

Trade Software Expert

Think of your business as a bucket with holes in it. Money earned from jobs fills the bucket up, while various running costs create holes that let your hard earned profit escape....

Dan

Founder

Here at Fergus, we are big fans of taking all the steps we can to increase efficiency. Our supplier integrations are another way to streamline your workflow by connecting to your trade and material suppliers, this means less time on paperwork and more time for you....

Kristie

Customer Success Specialist