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Business Tips & Advice
October 15, 2019

How to Tactfully Track Your Team

As a business owner, as much as you would like to be, you can’t be everywhere at once. This means that you have to put total trust in your employees to be arriving and leaving the job site on time, and that they’re actually working during these hours. If you have an employee that you have your doubts about, providing them with this trust can be a hard ask.
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Burdens Updates
September 26, 2019

Burdens September Specials

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Business Tips & Advice
September 10, 2019

Saving Time and Money with Timesheets

While many tradies have already made the switch to take their businesses online with job management software, timesheets are often sadly forgotten in this process. If your company is using them (and regularly), you’re a step ahead of the rest. However, keeping a digital log of employee’s hours not only helps to increase efficiency, but can also save you time and money!
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Tradie Tips: 7 Ways To Improve Your Invoicing Process

It should go without saying that in order to get paid, you need to be invoicing. However, too often we hear stories of electricians simply forgetting to bill their clients, and sadly, not all customers are honest enough to chase you up if this is the case.
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Four Reasons to Hire an Apprentice

All tradies need to start somewhere. For apprentices, the benefits are obvious. The individual is offered an opportunity to enter the workforce in paid employment and learn a trade while working towards a qualification. The benefits don't just end with the apprentice either. There are a number of advantages for employers that are considering taking on an employee that's new to the industry.
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Tradie Tips: Building a Trusted Business

Building a business that customers can trust should always be a top priority for tradesmen, and with so much competition on the market and available at the press of a button, it’s now more important than ever.
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