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Let’s start the new year with some good news. With a little help from YourTradebase, your 2019 could be a whole lot more roomy. More room for new jobs. More room for family. More room for manoeuvre. Think of us like a whopping great kitchen extension for your work-life balance. But quicker to get up […]

Builder, plumber, painter, sparky – we’re all guilty of it. When the work’s rolling in, we knuckle down and get it done. But how much time do we actually spend getting back to new customers, following up on quotes or lining up future jobs? As much we should? Probably not. Which is why work can […]

(Well, almost. 7.3 hours to be precise) We’re nearly there people. The end is in sight. And as you get ready to down tools and get stuck into a bumper pack of mince pies, we just wanted to thank you all for being part of YourTradebase this year. Knowing we’re helping so many talented tradespeople […]

It’s beginning to look a lot like… panic stations, everywhere you go. With just a couple of weeks to go, the Christmas rush is on. Everyone wants their projects finished, boilers are breaking down, rain’s stopping play and there’s about ten minutes of good light a day. So what’s the best way to manage your […]

If you’re already using the Xero accounting app, we’ve got some great news for you – link up your Xero account to YourTradebase and save a whole lot more time. Invoices, cashflow, bookkeeping – all connected, all sorted. It’s a little bit like magic. Freedom from accounting We’ve been working with the nice folks at […]

We work hard to make you happy here at YourTradebase. So every once in a while we like to check in and ask you how we’re doing. Like in May, when we launched our latest customer survey. Five big questions. One minute to answer. People, you did us proud. The results are in and (insert […]

Who did we ask? We asked 1,000 paying customers to take part. Well, 922 actually, but that’s close enough. We got 108 responses, which is about average for a customer survey. Hey, we know you’re busy. What did we ask? Five questions in one minute: Does YourTradebase save you time? Do you find YourTradebase easy […]

Have you heard about this GDPR thing? There’s a lot of GDPR talk going around, but what is it, how does it affect you, and what’s YourTradebase doing about it? Let’s find out… First things first: What’s a GDPR? GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulation. That still doesn’t tell us very much, so let’s ask Wikipedia: […]

Invoicing. It’s a hassle. But no matter what trade you’re in, it has to be done… but, what should you include when creating your invoice? Here are our top tips on what you should include on your trade invoices. These are things you must include on your invoice: You must include the date for the invoice and a unique […]