I often get asked the question, “when should I employ someone in my plumbing and heating business?” Frankly, it’s not easy to answer, but hopefully what I’m about to explain in this blog will give you something to work from. “There is no point employing someone if it’s not going Read more…
I think all plumbing and heating businesses should have a marketing strategy. A marketing strategy is everything you need to do in order to get a customer to get in touch. To email you, give you a call, book in a visit. That’s what marketing is. Getting your name out Read more…
What do I mean by that? I find there are three types of plumbing and heating businesses in the UK. Either a premium, high end plumbing and heating business, a standard, mid-range plumbing and heating business or a cheap ‘stack em high, sell em cheap’ plumbing and heating business. All Read more…
If you’re using Xero or another CRM, whenever you input the data of a new customer, what you are in effect doing is creating a database. So let’s say you’ve got 500 customers, that’s a potential database of 500 names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers. Providing you are being Read more…
First of all, it’s a legal requirement to submit a VAT return (of you are VAT registered) and a self-assessment tax return or accounts to Companies house and a Corporation Tax return if you are a company; to HMRC which may declare your income and expenditure, your assets and liabilities. Read more…
Either from a personal perspective or as a business owner it is likely you will have been hit with a whole raft of information being thrown at you from different sources at various times since the pandemic engulfed the UK back in March this year. It makes sense just to Read more…
Surprise surprise, things have changed again, and as promised, Together We Count will keep you up to date with what you need to know. As a nationwide lockdown commences, Rishi has announced the following: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) The CJRS will now run to 31st March 2021. The Government Read more…
After a weekend of devastating news for many, I hope you are all faring up. I know you have all worked hard at making your businesses Covid secure only to be told we must lockdown for the next 4 weeks. As a result of this the Job Retention Scheme (JRS), Read more…
You may have seen Nicola Sturgeons announcement during a press conference confirming that Santa is a key worker, and his magic will keep him safe from Coronavirus. Such a relief! What about the rest of us who don’t have magic to rely on? Well Rishi Sunak has revised the Job Read more…
You’ve heard of Checkatrade and TrustATrader, but you may not have heard of The Google Guarantee. Much like Checkatrade and TrustATrader, The Google Guarantee is another way of reassuring customers that they have chosen a reputable plumbing and heating business. Having your business backed by The Google Guarantee will attract new customers. A Read more…