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  • How HBXL has helped Rooks Construction

    |Date: 2 May, 2025
    How HBXL has helped Rooks Construction

    How HBXL has helped Rooks Construction

    Professional Builder visits a Surrey contractor who has made HBXL Building Software an integral part of h ...

    Professional Builder visits a Surrey contractor who has made HBXL Building Software an integral part of his business When you’re pricing a complex home improvement project with multiple moving parts – ...

    2 May, 2025
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  • What is Project Estimator?

    |Date: 14 April, 2025
    What is Project Estimator?

    What is Project Estimator?

    Jewson launches Project Estimator, an estimating service run by the trade, for the trade. Even if busines ...

    Jewson launches Project Estimator, an estimating service run by the trade, for the trade. Even if business is booming, being able to stand out from the crowd is always a bonus. Having the ability to c ...

    14 April, 2025
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  • The benefits of Easy Estimate- explained

    |Date: 4 November, 2024
    The benefits of Easy Estimate- explained

    The benefits of Easy Estimate- explained

    Clark & Hanson Construction is taking it easy with a user-friendly and reliable estimating service. P ...

    Clark & Hanson Construction is taking it easy with a user-friendly and reliable estimating service. Professional Builder’s Lee Jones talks to Martin Clark about Easy Estimate We’ve more than doubl ...

    4 November, 2024
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  • How to get a better work-life balance

    |Date: 2 October, 2024
    How to get a better work-life balance

    How to get a better work-life balance

    A successful business isn’t just about the bottom line. It’s about getting the balance between work and h ...

    A successful business isn’t just about the bottom line. It’s about getting the balance between work and home life, too. Tom Moloney, founder of Oxfordshire Building and Stoves, shares how he’s used Bu ...

    2 October, 2024
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  • How software changed a Hertfordshire builder’s business for the better

    |Date: 5 April, 2024
    How software changed a Hertfordshire builder's business for the better

    How software changed a Hertfordshire builder’s business for the better

    Neil Groom, Director of NJG Building Solutions in Hertfordshire, gives his first-hand account of how soft ...

    Neil Groom, Director of NJG Building Solutions in Hertfordshire, gives his first-hand account of how software has fundamentally changed his business.  Residential construction is hugely competitive. N ...

    5 April, 2024
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  • Saving time on the invoices and paperwork: Fergus increases merchant and wholesaler integrations

    |Date: 4 March, 2024
    Saving time on the invoices and paperwork: Fergus increases merchant and wholesaler integrations

    Saving time on the invoices and paperwork: Fergus increases merchant and wholesaler integrations

    Fergus is making life even easier for hard working professionals with its enhanced merchant and wholesale ...

    Fergus is making life even easier for hard working professionals with its enhanced merchant and wholesaler integrations. Over 26 electrical wholesalers, building and plumbing merchants, including Plum ...

    4 March, 2024
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  • How estimating services can help business grow

    |Date: 4 March, 2024
    How estimating services can help business grow

    How estimating services can help business grow

    Karl Nicholson is one of the founders of Next Gen Luxury Homes, an evolution of K Design and Build that f ...

    Karl Nicholson is one of the founders of Next Gen Luxury Homes, an evolution of K Design and Build that focuses on building premium, technologically advanced, sustainable homes. Karl tells us the how ...

    4 March, 2024
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  • Making money rather than losing it with HBXL Building Software

    |Date: 4 October, 2023
    Making money rather than losing it with HBXL Building Software

    Making money rather than losing it with HBXL Building Software

    Joanna Mulgrew, Managing Director of HBXL Building Software, shares her advice on making money rather tha ...

    Joanna Mulgrew, Managing Director of HBXL Building Software, shares her advice on making money rather than losing it. In a year marked by economic turbulence, the pressure building firms face is real. ...

    4 October, 2023
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  • Estimating support and services can help builders

    |Date: 1 June, 2022
    Estimating support and services can help builders

    Estimating support and services can help builders

    Marcus Jefford, managing director of Build Aviator, explains how using intelligent estimating support and ...

    Marcus Jefford, managing director of Build Aviator, explains how using intelligent estimating support and services can help builders to make lighter work of extensions. According to Barbour ABI, resid ...

    1 June, 2022
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  • Build Aviator launches plan drawing service

    |Date: 8 April, 2022
    Build Aviator launches plan drawing service

    Build Aviator launches plan drawing service

    Estimating and building service provider Build Aviator has launched By Design, a plan drawing service for ...

    Estimating and building service provider Build Aviator has launched By Design, a plan drawing service for when builders are asked to estimate without plans. As well as delivering plan drawings from an ...

    8 April, 2022
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  • Houzz Acquires ConX; Launches Houzz Pro Takeoffs for Contractors

    |Date: 5 January, 2022
    Houzz Acquires ConX; Launches Houzz Pro Takeoffs for Contractors

    Houzz Acquires ConX; Launches Houzz Pro Takeoffs for Contractors

    Contractors can create estimates up to 10x faster with Houzz Pro Takeoffs. Houzz Inc., the leading platfo ...

    Contractors can create estimates up to 10x faster with Houzz Pro Takeoffs. Houzz Inc., the leading platform for home renovation and design, today announced the acquisition of ConX, a SaaS takeoff and ...

    5 January, 2022
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  • Tell us about estimating and win a Makita drill

    |Date: 23 November, 2021
    Tell us about estimating and win a Makita drill

    Tell us about estimating and win a Makita drill

    The admin of being a builder. You either love it or hate it.  We’d love your thoughts on estimating in pa ...

    The admin of being a builder. You either love it or hate it.  We’d love your thoughts on estimating in particular – are you all about the details or just want your quotes done as quick as possible?  T ...

    23 November, 2021
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  • How Build Aviator can help you during the coronavirus outbreak

    |Date: 2 April, 2020
    How Build Aviator can help you during the coronavirus outbreak

    How Build Aviator can help you during the coronavirus outbreak

    Build Aviator explains how it is here to help the trades during this Covid19 crisis. We want to help our ...

    Build Aviator explains how it is here to help the trades during this Covid19 crisis. We want to help our customers, the SMEs, through this coronavirus crisis, from helping you win work to assisting wi ...

    2 April, 2020
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  • Convert quotes into customers (without slashing prices)

    |Date: 14 January, 2020
    Convert quotes into customers (without slashing prices)

    Convert quotes into customers (without slashing prices)

    In the first of a new series, HBXL Building Software looks at how you can win business without dropping y ...

    In the first of a new series, HBXL Building Software looks at how you can win business without dropping your prices. The all-important homeowner – what you should know Well for starters, it’s time to ...

    14 January, 2020
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  • Impress your clients with Build Aviator

    |Date: 27 November, 2019
    Impress your clients with Build Aviator

    Impress your clients with Build Aviator

    Using an estimating service such as Build Aviator can allow you to provide your prospective customers wit ...

    Using an estimating service such as Build Aviator can allow you to provide your prospective customers with the most comprehensive and effective quote possible. Build Aviator can help you to wow your c ...

    27 November, 2019
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  • Q&A with Build Aviator

    |Date: 4 November, 2019
    Q&A with Build Aviator

    Q&A with Build Aviator

    Professional Builder puts the questions to time-saving estimating service provider Build Aviator. Many of ...

    Professional Builder puts the questions to time-saving estimating service provider Build Aviator. Many of our readers might be unfamiliar with Build Aviator as a name. What is it you can provide the t ...

    4 November, 2019
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