Free trade business videos

Short, practical videos on pricing, quoting and running a more profitable trade business — free, and no sign-up.

14:56

Watch

How To Stop Underquoting Labour On Trade Jobs

Most trades quote labour from a gut-feel hourly rate that never really covers holiday and sick pay, pension, tools, the van and downtime — so the job looks profitable but barely breaks even. This video breaks down why that leads to underquoting, and how to build an hourly rate that covers the true cost of an hour on the job.

Watch the video →

13:19

Watch

How To Build A Pricing Catalogue For Trade Work

Re-quoting every job from scratch wastes hours and leads to inconsistent prices. This video shows how to build a reusable pricing catalogue — a price book — for your common trade tasks and materials, so you quote faster, price consistently, and stop leaving money on the table.

Watch the video →

12:22

Watch

Why Most Trades Underprice Their Work

Plenty of flat-out trades still barely break even. This video explains why so many underprice their work — confusing markup with margin, forgetting overhead and non-productive time, and pricing against the competition instead of their own costs — and what to change to price for real profit.

Watch the video →

Built for UK trades

The videos show the thinking. FieldHive does the work.

Pricing, quoting and staying profitable is hard to do in your head on every job. FieldHive brings it together — build quotes and invoices, schedule jobs, track what each one really costs, and get paid faster.