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How Tradesmen Track Labor Costs by Job
If I don’t tie labour to the right job each day, I can lose margin without seeing it until payroll or month-end.
Read full postCash Basis vs Accrual: UK Trade Guide
If you’re a UK tradesperson, the choice is simple at the start: use cash basis if you want your books to follow money in and money out, and use accrual if you need your accounts to track invoices, bills, stock and wor…
Read full postMileage Allowance for Sole Traders: 2026/27
If I use my own vehicle for work, I can usually claim HMRC mileage at 55p per mile for the first 10,000 business miles in a car or van from 6 April 2026. After that, the rate drops to 25p. Motorcycles stay at 24p, and…
Read full post7 Best Receipt Scanning Apps for Tradesmen UK
If you want the short answer: Site Wallet is the only app in this list with enough checked detail to compare with confidence. The other six apps are listed, but the article could not confirm their scan quality, VAT ha…
Read full postWhy petty cash records go wrong on site
Petty cash records usually go wrong for four plain reasons: missing receipts, late entries, mixed personal spend, and weak job coding. If I want clean records on site, I need to log each purchase that day, keep person…
Read full postJob Cost Reports for Trade Contractors
If I wait until the last invoice to check profit, I’m too late. A job cost report shows, job by job, what I’ve budgeted, what I’ve spent, what I’ve committed to spend, and where margin is slipping while the work is st…
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