Following the Chancellor’s statement on 22nd October 2020, we have highlighted two government support schemes that we believe could be of interest to the construction community. Self Employment Income Support Scheme Grant Announced on 22.10.20 The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme Grant has been given an Extension by the Government. It will provide support to the…

EstimatorXpress 2020 has had more new features added to it and Jim the HBXL Technical Director explains two of them in the webinar recording here. The EstimatorXpress 2020 Gantt Chart has just got really clever. And that’s because the development team has super-charged the Build Programme tool, as it’s also called. This advanced version uses…

Does your building firm stand out from your competitors? When costs are close there’s often little to choose between competing building firms – so what’s a homeowner to do? What is it that gets companies on to the short list? Visuals. Lovely images of what could be. Basically, an impressive visualisation of a dream extension…

LAUNCHING EARLY OCTOBER 2020! Soon you’ll be able to calculate the cost of being Covid-19 secure – take a look further down the page at the step-by-step screen shots of the new Covid-19 Estimating Calculator in EstimatorXpress 2020. Being Covid-19 Secure on the building site comes at a price – one that needs to be…

The Winter Economy Plan has been announced! James Powell, from HBXL’s network partners, Comera Professional, runs through the Statement from the Chancellor on Thursday 24 September 2020. He explains the key points for small to medium sized building firms. New Job Support Scheme Firstly, the furlough scheme is not being extended, though there wasn’t much…

Want more business success for your building firm? Are you keeping things just the way they are? Or have you imagined a better way of working? Are you using these strange times as an opportunity to make improvements? You need a plan. Yep. A plan. You’ve probably heard the saying ‘Failing to plan is planning…

HBXL Building Software is proud to share the news of an exciting award win! Corporate Vision Magazine has announced the winners of the 2020 Technology Innovator Awards – and we’re one of them! It’s official! We’re the ‘Best Building & Construction Software Developers – UK 2020’. The winners are judged on their excellence in the…

Extending homes by two storeys will no longer require full planning permission. Are you ready to help customers wanting to take advantage of this easing? The new rights to build two extra storeys on an existing property will come into force on 31st August 2020 in England only. The government has said the new rules…

Do you think about marketing your building firm better – but don’t know where to start? Do you want to undertake larger, more profitable work? Do you want a steady stream of decent business? Do you want to attract the best people to work for your company? If the answer is yes, then read our…

What builder or estimator wouldn’t want to quote building projects faster and better? Guesstimated prices and a token profit margin (or worse still, no profit margin at all) are asking for trouble. No business can survive without a buffer or provision for unexpected outlays, and ideally, funds for growth.