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Australia and New Zealand Timber Shortage - Looking at the future

Critical shortage of core materials

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Customer Stories
Blomfield Signs Cuts The Paper Processes

With their focus on quality and excellent customer service, Jonathan and Office Manager Mel recognised that traditional paper-based systems no longer cut it. Paper was inefficient, time consuming and caused a massive amount of duplication.

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Business Tips
Builders can fix anything, except their own business

Tradies are out there fixing everyone else problems, but who is fixing theirs?

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Business Tips
COVID-19: Building and construction sector guidance

Find out what each Covid-19 Alert Level means in the building and construction sector for tradespeople and construction workers.

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Business Tips
Job management software: the tool that can streamline your workflow both on and off-site

Learn more here about how Job Management Software can help you both on and off the job

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Business Tips
Run Cost Plus Invoicing like a Champ

Builders like the lower risk than a fixed price contract. The client is only charged for hours of labour and materials used (plus an agreed margin) as the job progresses.

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Business Tips
Reporting - How is your business REALLY doing?

Reporting for Trade Businesses is traditionally overlooked, but shouldn’t be. It is crucial for any successful trade business to know how you are doing.

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Business Tips
Job Planning - Real visibility of large projects

We are happy to announce a new feature within NextMinute called Job Planning (Also known as a Gantt Charts, or Project Planning).

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Business Tips
The Digital age as a Tradie

It is a tough ask, moving from old, non-digital methods of running a trade business to a complete, digital solution.

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