Practical strategies, systems, and insights to help UK engineering business owners regain control, improve profitability, and scale sustainably.
Operations
The Complete Guide to Simpro Form Builder for Engineering Companies
Every document your engineering business sends shapes customer perception. Master Simpro Form Builder with this comprehensive guide covering templates, fields, loops, and advanced techniques.
Operations
Simpro Invoice Templates: Best Practices for UK Trade Businesses
Cash flow kills more engineering businesses than lack of work. Learn how to create Simpro invoice templates that get you paid faster with clear terms and professional presentation.
Operations
How to Customise Your Simpro Quote Templates: A Step-by-Step Guide
Your quote template shapes customer perception before they read a word. Learn how to create professional Simpro quote templates that win more work for your UK engineering business.
Marketing
How to Drive Paid Traffic to Your Engineering Landing Pages (Without Wasting Money)
Most engineering business owners have tried paid advertising and concluded it doesn't work for their industry. They're wrong. Learn how to combine targeted ads with niche landing pages to generate qualified leads for under £50 each.
Marketing
The Anatomy of a High-Converting Landing Page for Engineering Services
Your website is probably costing you money—not because of hosting fees, but because of the leads it's failing to capture. Learn the seven essential elements that transform engineering websites from digital brochures into lead generation machines.
Strategy
Why Generalist Engineering Businesses Struggle to Scale (And How Niching Down Changes Everything)
Most engineering business owners started by saying yes to everything. But somewhere between £500k and £2m turnover, something breaks. The problem isn't the team or the market—it's the lack of focus. Learn how niching down can transform your margins and reclaim your time.
Leadership
Getting Workshop Buy-In: How to Stop Your Team Doing Their Own Thing
Your workshop team keeps doing things their own way, ignoring the processes you've put in place. Here's how to get genuine buy-in without becoming a dictator.
Operations
The Office Manager's Role in simPRO Success
Your office manager might be the most important person in your simPRO implementation. Here's why—and how to set them up for success.
Operations
Why Your Time Tracking System Isn't Working (And How to Fix It)
You've invested in a time tracking system, but your team barely uses it. Here's why time tracking fails in most engineering businesses—and the practical steps to make it stick.
Operations
Why Software Alone Won't Fix Your Engineering Business
You've invested in simPRO or another job management system, but nothing's changed. Here's why software is just a tool—and what actually drives transformation in engineering businesses.
Leadership
The Multiplier Effect: How to Hire A-Players for Your Engineering Business
Learn why hiring cheap costs more in the long run, and discover the framework for consistently attracting and retaining A-players who multiply your capacity instead of dividing it.
Growth
What is a Gazelle Business? (And How to Build One in Engineering)
Discover what separates fast-growing "gazelle" businesses from lifestyle businesses, and learn the four principles that enable engineering companies to achieve rapid, sustained growth.
Sales
Stop Losing Leads: How to Capture Every Enquiry Before It Disappears
That phone call you took while driving. The email buried in your inbox. The site visit where you scribbled notes on the back of an envelope. How many potential jobs have slipped through the cracks?
Finance
Cost Centres: The Secret to Knowing Which Jobs Actually Make You Money
Most engineering businesses know their total profit. Few know which jobs, customers, or services are actually making them money. Cost centres change everything.
Operations
Why Your Team Ignores Your Processes (And How to Fix It)
You created the processes. You trained the team. Yet nothing sticks. Here is why process compliance fails in most engineering businesses—and the proven framework to make your systems actually work.
Operations
Building Systems That Run Without You: The Key to Scaling Your Engineering Business
Most engineering business owners are trapped in their own success. They built something great, but now they can't step away. Here's how to break free.
Leadership
The Owner Dependency Trap: How to Build a Business That Runs Without You
If your engineering business can't function without you, you don't have a business—you have a job. Here's how to break free.
Finance
Why Most Engineering Businesses Struggle with Job Costing
Accurate job costing is the foundation of profitability. Yet most engineering businesses get it wrong. Here's why—and how to fix it.
Operations
5 Signs Your Engineering Business Has Outgrown Its Systems
Most engineering business owners don't realise their systems are broken until it's too late. Here are the warning signs to watch for.