As a tradesperson, you’ll know the importance of your tools and equipment to get jobs done. They’re the lifeblood of your business and without them you would struggle to complete work and suffer a lack of income. Same goes for your van. Not only...
Competition: Win a Nest Protect smoke & CO alarm courtesy of Utilitywise!
How confident are you in your business premises’ smoke and carbon monoxide alarms? What if you could have one alarm that alerts you to carbon monoxide or a fire through your mobile? Enter our competition to win a Nest Protect alarm! To...
Preparing for Winter as a Tradesperson
With autumn coming to a close, the days are becoming shorter, the weather is getting worse and waking up in the morning requires a good coffee and the boiler going. Tradespeople all over the UK are wishing for winter to be over already. However, it...
5 Ways to Make your Smart Profile Stand out
If you’re a Quotatis member, you’ll know that we provide you with a free profile to introduce your business, showcase your reviews and display photos of your team and your work. This is a great tool to help you to get more work, as 81% of customers...
How to Manage Health and Safety for your Employees at Work
Health and safety is an important aspect of running a business, whatever sector you are in. However, for the second year in a row, the construction industry had more fatalities than any other sector in 2016/17, so it’s important that you take every...
6 Ways to Protect your Tools from Theft
Research has found that tool theft has increased by 30.5% in the last year, with a 40% increase in the average value of claims. That means it’s more and more important that you keep your tools and equipment safe. Your tools are expensive, and could...
5 of the Best Cordless Combi Drills You Can Buy
Whatever your trade, a cordless combi drill is bound to be one of your toolbox essentials. Whether you just use it to do simple jobs like hanging shelves or more intense jobs like drilling into masonry, you’ll need the right drill for your needs...
Pro Spotlight: Vulcan Services (North West) Ltd
The NAPIT Keep Busy Scheme is a package of tools and services from Quotatis to help you grow your business, build your reputation and keep your appointments book full. You can get access to all the electrical customer enquiries in your area, plus...
Our Top 3 Medium-Sized Vans you Should Consider
A good van that’s a great price and has low running costs is essential. It’s probably one of your biggest investments and most important assets. So if you’re looking for a new van, you’ll need to consider a few things: What size do you need? What’s...
Your Guide to Public Liability Insurance
Public liability insurance is essential if you want to ensure that you’re covered if a customer, member of the public or third party injures themselves due to your business operations. We think it’s so important that we won’t allow anyone on our...
4 Quick Ways to Create a Trustworthy Website
These days, customers do research online before making any buying decision, and that stretches to spending money on a pro. We wrote an article last year which stated that one in five small-to-medium businesses deliberately don’t have a website. That...
4 Reasons to use Questions to Close a Sale
According to Forbes, if you want to close a sale and make it a good one, you’ll need to ask the right questions. One of the most powerful parts of selling is actually asking for the sale. The more questions you ask your customer, the more of an...