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Co-Owner
2015
11 staff (now)
Gold Coast
Ben and Elliot met in the mining boom and then in 2015 decided to go out on their own and start KVA Group, an electrical business specialising in residential and commercial electrical work, fit-outs, air con and solar installations. They’ve got a real family culture full of hard-working, honest blokes.
Before Fergus we would use a massive paper-based model. It was hard to keep track of labour, materials or figure out how to use them on other jobs. It was pretty tough to get through all that.Ben Davis, Co-Owner, KVA Group
Ben and Elliot used to run a site diary on all their sites which made it really hard to explain variations to customers down the track. To make things worse, none of the guys knew what materials they had in stock, so they’d all go and buy new instead of sharing stock they had on hand. Surely but slowly, materials costs piled up in the business and it became more and more difficult to see why.
Using an online calendar just wasn’t cutting it when it came down to efficiently managing the team and tracking jobs.
With a lack of visibility of materials on hand, over-ordering resulted in a surplus of materials and unnecessary spending.
Not having a clear record of job costs resulted in a lot of awkward conversations with customers about variations.
Knowing they needed job management software to help with managing their business, Ben and Elliot started their free trial with Fergus. They were immediately happy with the level of service and training provided to both them and their team to get them up and running. The bonus, it was even easy for their subcontractors to use. All they had to do was download the Fergus app and they were ready to go.
They were straight back to us with any questions that we had and the training sessions were in depth.Ben Davis, Co-Owner, KVA Group
A free trial with Fergus allowed Ben and Elliott to experience first-hand the impact that Fergus would have for them.
The level of service and care provided by the Fergus team along with free training completely removed any fear or anxiety.
The Fergus mobile app kept things simple for the team, all they had to do was download the app and they were ready to go.
Once the job has been created, they build and send a quote and then on completion - they simply invoice from the job and send it off in two clicks. Being able to go from quote to invoice in just a few clicks has made things much smoother.
Scheduling and assigning jobs out to tradies has never been easier, all they have to do is assign tradesmen to the job in Fergus and switch off. No more texting everyone their schedules each night.
Accurately capturing time and materials on the job means all costs are recorded against the correct job, making invoicing customers easy.
We work with accounting software including Xero and MYOB to make sure your financial information goes to the right place.
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Since getting started with Fergus, Ben and Elliot’s professional and personal lives have started looking up. Over the first 12 months with Fergus they had a 60% increase in business growth and hired four new staff, bought two new vehicles secured a commmercial lease and got back to enjoying running their electrical business. These days they have a lot more time on their hands for family, and weekends are now wide open and stress-free.
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