You didn't learn a trade to become a secretary. Gaffer is job management software built round how you actually work — quoting, booking, certificates, invoicing, and knowing which jobs were worth doing.
The bar at the bottom moves as you price. If the yellow gets thin, you're working for nothing.
Not a to-do list that reminds you to do the work. Software that does the work and tells you when it's done something.
Sent it and heard nothing? It follows up on your behalf, against rules you set, and stops before it becomes a nuisance.
Tick the last job off and the invoice is raised, numbered and sent. Then it chases the money against that customer's own terms.
Snap it at the counter. Supplier, date and figures are read off the picture and charged to the right job. No shoebox.
Every test with a renewal date goes on a list. Five years later it reminds you in time to book the work in.
Quoted eight hours, took thirteen? You'll see it. Real hours, real material cost, real margin — not what you hoped for.
Invoices and supplier bills push straight into FreeAgent, so nothing gets keyed twice and your accountant carries on as normal.
Technology that bends to your business, not the other way around. Most trade software makes you change how you work to suit the software. This is the opposite.
Gaffer started as a real system built for a real electrical contractor — quoting, scheduling, certificates, timesheets and job costing, built around how that business actually runs.
Every trade has the same shape of problem and a different set of details. A plumber needs gas certificates where a spark needs EICRs. A joiner prices by the job where a groundworker prices by the day. You get the parts that fit and the ones that don't get built to suit.
It runs in a browser and on your phone. No servers to buy, nothing to install, and it costs pennies a month to run.
Worth knowing before you ring, so nobody wastes an afternoon.
PAYE, NI and RTI filing are regulated and best left to proper payroll software. Gaffer does the timesheets and hands them over.
Your certification software does that, because a competent person has to sign it. Gaffer stores it, sends it and reminds you when it's due.
VAT returns and accounts stay where they are. Gaffer tells you how the business is doing between those conversations.
Tell me what your week looks like and where the time goes. If Gaffer isn't the answer I'll say so.
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