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Plain posts for a solo tradesperson. Each one answers one question in plain words. Key facts sit at the top with the source date. The full source sits at the foot so you can check it.
Every post is written for one person on one phone. No team is assumed. No office is assumed. The examples use invented names so no real customer is named.
Latest posts
Posts are newest first. Each card shows its category and how long it takes to read. Links to drafts are hidden until that post goes live.
Invoicing
How to chase unpaid invoices
8 min read
The four step ladder and the letters you can copy. Interest rules and when it becomes a letter before action.
Money
Late payment interest explained
7 min read
Statutory interest at 8 percent above base rate and your own fixed rate. What is different when the customer is not a business.
Quoting
Professional quotes win work
6 min read
What makes a quote get accepted and the three things that lose it.
How posts are written
Each post carries a key facts box at the top with three or four sourced numbers. The byline names no person. Sources sit at the foot with a link and a line saying what each source is. Related guides sit under that.
No figure is invented. If the number is not in a source it is not in the post. Every rate was read on gov.uk or legislation.gov.uk or bankofengland.co.uk on the date on the page.
What comes next
More posts sit behind this hub. Each follows the same shape. They will appear here as they are written.
- How to work out job profit: income less costs on one job with CIS where it applies.
- What to charge for a job: build the price from days and materials and paperwork and contingency.
- VAT threshold guide: when you have to register for VAT and when you can stay below.
- CIS deductions explained: the 20 and 30 and 0 percent rates on labour with materials outside.
- Making Tax Digital for solo traders: HMRC quarters and the staged lines.
- Self Assessment for solo traders: what your accountant wants at year end.
- How to raise a VAT invoice: what a VAT invoice must show and when a simplified invoice can be used.
- The cost of a missed call: what missed calls cost in a year from your own figures.
- Taking money on site: bank transfer and deposits and card when it is live.
- Talking to your app: speak the job and the quote writes itself.
- AI for solo traders: what AI is useful for in a one person trade.
Related hubs
- Practical guides: short guides grouped by topic for VAT and CIS and invoicing and quotes and getting paid.
- Free calculators: ten calculators that work out a figure and show the method.
- Free templates: seven templates that show the finished paper.
- Features: every part of the app on one page each.
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