Quotes go out, but follow-up depends on memory, Outlook flags or whoever has time.
Stop Leaking Margin
See your whole subcontracting business in one place instead of chasing paper documents, spreadsheets, inboxes, job notes and disconnected accounts data.
Built from 25 years inside a live specialist subcontracting business, not from generic consultancy theory.
Live control view
Quotes / jobs / margin / cash
Quote follow-up
3 tenders not touched in 7 days
Job margin
Labour overrun visible before invoice
Commercial control
Variations separated from site noise
Owner action queue
07 decisions sitting in the MD's head
Most subcontractors do not lose money in one dramatic event. They lose it in the gaps.
Margin leakage usually hides between enquiry and invoice: a quote not chased, a job handed over from memory, a variation missed, a labour overrun spotted too late.
Jobs are handed over through emails, assumptions and informal conversations.
Variations and additional works are done on site before the commercial record catches up.
Labour, materials and travel costs are not visible quickly enough to protect margin.
Admin is duplicated across spreadsheets, inboxes, folders and accounts software.
RAMS, documents and job information sit in too many places for clean control.
The owner becomes the reporting system, because the business cannot show the truth fast enough.
Cashflow surprises appear late, and nobody has a clean view of what is actually profitable.
The Whole Business Control Audit
A fixed-price commercial review of how your subcontracting business actually runs from enquiry to cash.
You receive a commercial fix plan, not a generic report.
The output is practical and direct: where control is breaking, what it is likely costing, what to fix first and where automation or reporting can remove pressure from the owner.
- Operational risk points
- Automation and AI opportunities
- Reporting and dashboard recommendations
- Optional implementation roadmap
Designed by someone who has lived the subcontractor problem.
This is not generic AI consulting, a software-first exercise or a digital transformation workshop. It starts with how the business actually operates: quoting, site work, labour, RAMS, suppliers, variations, invoicing and owner pressure.
The audit is built for construction subcontractors that need operational control before another system, dashboard or automation project is allowed anywhere near the business.
This is for subcontractors who are busy, established and ready for better control.
Best fit
- £500k to £10m turnover
- 1 to 50 staff
- Owner-managed or director-led
- Project-based, quoting-heavy work
- Reliant on Outlook, Excel and informal knowledge
- Serious about margin and operational control
Not a fit
- Start-ups with no process yet
- Companies looking for free advice
- Businesses wanting a generic AI demo
- Owners unwilling to change how work is managed
Restrained proof. Real operating experience.
The audit is grounded in the commercial pressure of a live SME subcontracting business, not consultancy theatre.
Find out where your business is losing time, margin and control.
A short call will confirm whether the audit is suitable for your business. If it is not, we will say so.