25 articles tagged with Business Growth
Irish install businesses evaluating job management software hit the same wall as UK ones, plus one more: most tools are configured for another market. What to check before you buy, from currency and VAT to grants and grid connections.
Alex Simon
5 October 2026
Jobber works well for general trades. Here's an honest look at the alternatives when solar, heat pump, or EV charger work pushes you past what it can handle.
Ben Clarke
10 September 2026
Most install businesses cost jobs from the quote, not from what was spent. Where the gap opens up, and what accurate job costing needs in practice.
Alex Simon
25 August 2026
A buyer's guide to field service management software for UK solar, heat pump and battery installers, and why the generic trades platforms stop short of MCS and DNO work.
Ben Clarke
18 August 2026
The cash flow maths of a UK solar install business - deposit caps, RECC advance payment rules, supplier terms and the gap between commissioning and final payment. A worked example showing how the same 20% margin job can tie up 拢4,525 or 拢250.
Jamie Duncan
12 August 2026
An honest comparison of the CRM and job management options UK solar installers choose between, and where each one stops covering MCS and DNO work.
Ben Clarke
4 August 2026
How Payaca's live profit forecast in the proposal builder helps clean tech installers stop mispriced jobs from going out the door.
Matt Franklin
13 July 2026
Bulk-bought stock used to land its whole cost on one unlucky project. Payaca's Stock Locations, now live on every account, hold it at real weighted average cost until a job actually uses it.
Matt Franklin
13 July 2026
Real income numbers for MCS-certified heat pump installer businesses in 2026. Day rates, annual turnover, BUS grant impact, and what a 5-person team can realistically earn.
Ben Clarke
29 June 2026
A practical breakdown of where UK solar installer margin is won and lost - from survey to DNO energisation. Covers the real cost of quoting, MCS and DNO admin, on-site overruns, and how growing installers protect 20% margins as volume scales.
Jamie Duncan
15 June 2026
The 拢15bn is real. The 5-million-homes target is real. What's missing is the engineers. For UK heat pump installers, the next four years are an installer-capacity market - and the operations playbook that wins it is different from the one that won 2024.
Jamie Duncan
14 May 2026
EV charger install businesses live or die on throughput. A practical operational playbook for teams running 40+ installs a month - scheduling density, quote speed, mobile field completion, and keeping margin tight as volume grows.
Jamie Duncan
28 April 2026
A practical breakdown of where heat pump installer margin is won and lost - from survey to commissioning. Covers the real cost of quoting, MCS admin, on-site overruns, and how growing installers protect 20%+ margins as volume scales.
Jamie Duncan
22 April 2026
Salesforce, HubSpot, and ServiceTitan weren't built for clean tech. Here's what happens when installers switch to a purpose-built platform.
Matt Franklin
4 April 2026
The UK government's 拢15 billion Warm Homes Plan is the biggest home upgrade programme in British history. This is the operational guide for growing installation businesses - what it means for your pipeline, accreditations, and operations through 2030.
Jamie Duncan
16 March 2026
Ben Clarke, Account Executive at Payaca with 10+ years in field service management, explains why solar businesses keep abandoning Salesforce and generic CRMs - and what actually works instead.
Ben Clarke
10 March 2026
A new peer-driven recognition model is emerging for UK heat pump installers. Here's what the Guild of Master Heat Engineers is, why the industry needs it, and what it signals about where quality standards are headed.
Matt Franklin
4 March 2026
Selling funded measures to eligible households is a different discipline from selling to homeowners spending their own money. With ECO ending in 2026, Jamie Duncan explains what needs to change and why the able-to-pay market is a bigger opportunity than the scheme ever was.
Jamie Duncan
27 February 2026
Jamie Duncan, Head of Customer Operations at Payaca, shares what separates thriving renewable energy businesses from those that stall out. Structured onboarding, AI tools like Agent Dave, and a willingness to embrace change.
Jamie Duncan
26 February 2026
A practical guide to the software options for EV charger installation businesses. Covers the difference between charger management and installer management, compares tools from spreadsheets to purpose-built platforms, and explains what to look for as you scale.
Jamie Duncan
14 February 2026
A practical comparison of CRM and business software options for heat pump installation companies. Covers generic CRMs, HVAC field service tools, and purpose-built clean tech platforms.
Joe Gravestock
13 February 2026
Battery storage installers have unique operational needs that generic field service tools don't address. We compare the software options available, from spreadsheets and solar-specific tools to purpose-built clean tech platforms.
Jamie Duncan
12 February 2026
Which platforms solar companies actually run, and what breaks as you scale past 15 installs a month. CRM, field service, design tool imports, and compliance.
Ben Clarke
11 February 2026
Ben Clarke, an Account Executive at Payaca with over a decade of field service management experience, argues that renewable energy businesses suffer when using generic CRM software designed for other industries.
Ben Clarke
19 December 2024
This article weighs up the reasons why you should consider investing in a CRM, including signs that you need it and what type of solution to look for.
Felix Rusby
20 January 2024