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Software & tools
Google Business Profile for trades businesses: set-up, upkeep, typical mistakes
For many businesses the profile is the only place they appear in search at all. Two widespread habits regularly get them into trouble.
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Articles on digitalisation in the trades – software, processes, AI and regulation.
19 articles · last updated 15 September 2026
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Processes
Calculating your hourly rate: step by step to your own number
The number is in no industry table. How your own hourly charge-out rate is calculated step by step – and where most businesses get it wrong.
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Software & tools
App or trade software: what a small business needs
Is an app enough, or does it take a trade solution? Four signs by which a small business recognises it has crossed the threshold.
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Software & tools
Choosing trade software: seven questions before you decide
Most wrong decisions about trade software are made before the first demo. Seven questions you should answer for yourself beforehand.
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Processes
Site documentation: from scraps of paper to solid evidence
Photos in a private phone album are not documentation. How site photos become evidence that holds up in a dispute.
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Artificial intelligence
AI in a trades business: five uses that already save time
Artificial intelligence will not install your heating. But it takes office work off your hands – here are five uses that work in daily business.
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Software & tools
Why digitalisation projects fail in trades businesses
The software is rarely to blame. Five patterns that digitalisation in a trades business regularly gets stuck on – and what helps.