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5 Step Plan for a Stress-less Holiday Season

Following a disruptive year featuring construction starts and stops, material shortages and rising prices, there’s no doubt that those in the trades are champing at the bit to take a much-needed break this holiday season....

Dan
Dan

Founder

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2 mins product

Fergus Pay Powered by Stripe

We’ve said it before - offering credit card payments means you’re going to get paid fast. Really fast. In fact, you’ll get paid four times as fast compared with not offering your customers the option of paying by credit card*....

Cristina
Cristina

Product Manager

Fergus Pay Powered by Stripe
3 mins tradie tips

Tips on Managing Plumbing & Electrical Material Costs

Managing materials is always one of the most difficult areas for a plumbing or electrical business to get a handle on. Your tradespeople are moving materials from van to van, unused stock is lying around waiting to be returned, and there’s always the odd item that goes missing....

Katherine
Katherine

Content Producer

Tips on Managing Plumbing & Electrical Material Costs
4 mins tradie tips

6 Signs of Burnout & 7 Tips to Managing It

Tradies are known for working hard, long hours. Especially trade business owners, who find themselves working on the tools all day and catching up on quotes, invoices, and paperwork at night....

Katherine
Katherine

Content Producer

6 Signs of Burnout & 7 Tips to Managing It
3 mins tradie tips

8 Things Trades Owners Should Do Before The EOFY

In the days around the end of financial year it can be difficult for trades business owners to keep track of what they’ve done, what still needs to be done, and what changes to make for the new financial year....

Katherine
Katherine

Content Producer

8 Things Trades Owners Should Do Before The EOFY
3 mins tradie tips

7 Ways to Nail Your Cashflow & Keep Finances Healthy

Let’s start with a familiar story… Mark the plumber is stoked at how plump his bank account is looking. He’s had a busy month, his team has ticked off a record number of jobs, and the invoices are coming in fast....

Katherine
Katherine

Content Producer

7 Ways to Nail Your Cashflow & Keep Finances Healthy
2 mins customer stories

How To Build A Successful Electrical Company

Ask, listen, then improve. That’s the advice Anthony Lack would give anyone who’s recently taken over the family trades business. It’s sound advice from someone who took hold of a 48-year-old electrical business and managed to double the number of employees, and get close to doubling revenue, in a few short years....

Katherine
Katherine

Content Producer

How To Build A Successful Electrical Company
2 mins tradie tips

7 Invoicing Tips to Prevent Late Payments

I remember getting my first invoice paid when I’d just started out in my plumbing business at the ripe old age of 19. It felt like I was on my way....

Dan
Dan

Founder

7 Invoicing Tips to Prevent Late Payments
3 mins tradie tips

Top 5 Tips for Hiring & Managing Subcontractors

If you’ve owned a trades business for any length of time, you’ve probably had your fair share of dealing with subcontractors. Also known as subbies, there are a lot of benefits to hiring the right people to help you get through a busy patch, meet the requirements of a job that’s outside your usual scope, or fill the gap when it’s hard to find quality full-time tradies....

Dan
Dan

Founder

Top 5 Tips for Hiring & Managing Subcontractors
3 mins tradie tips

How to Manage Job Labour & Material Cost

Imagine for a second that your trades business is a bucket with holes in it. The only time you make money is when the bucket overflows, so the holes have to be small enough that the bucket can still fill and overflow....

Dan
Dan

Founder

How to Manage Job Labour & Material Cost
2 mins product

How Corys Electrical Integrated with Fergus

Take the hassle out of quoting, purchase orders and invoicing Cash flow is king when you run a small business, and processes are queen. Or the other way around....

Cristina
Cristina

Product Manager

How Corys Electrical Integrated with Fergus
3 mins tradie tips

How to Knock Late Timesheets on The Head

Tradies and timesheets. If you manage a team of plumbers, electricians or builders you’ve probably already learnt that the two don’t always gel. No matter how many times you ask nicely, there’s usually blearing gaps when it comes time to organising payday or figuring out how many labour hours to include in an invoice....

Dan
Dan

Founder

How to Knock Late Timesheets on The Head
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