8 researched packs
Trades and construction business ideas
Other ways in
Material price cover
A per-job micro-hedge: a self-employed tradesperson pays a small premium to lock today's material prices behind a fixed-price quote 4-12 weeks out, and the financier covers the difference if copper, steel, boilers, timber or boards spike before delivery
34 Sources | Pays back in 8 months. | £49.99
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Overload defence for self-employed tipper and grab drivers
A phone tool for self-employed tipper and grab lorry drivers that records every load, so an overload fine gets challenged and the loading site pays for it instead
47 Sources | Pays back in 4 months. | £79.99
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Weekly judgment brief
A paid weekly newsletter turning this week's County Court and adjudication judgments into the plain-English lessons UK trades can use to chase what they're owed
44 Sources | Pays back in 2 months. | £29.99
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Cal/OSHA citation contest tool for California employers
A fixed-fee, step-by-step self-serve tool for California contractors that turns Cal/OSHA citations into winning defenses, cutting the fine in half without a lawyer
49 Sources | £49.99
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Fixed cash payouts for tradespeople whose van fails MOT
A one-person cover that pays a fixed cash sum to a self-employed tradesperson when their work van fails its MOT, so they can hire a replacement and keep working
26 Sources | Pays back in 5 months. | £49.99
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Notifiable-work certification for sole-trader electricians
A fixed-fee service that certifies notifiable domestic electrical work without the electrician needing building control or a competent-person scheme
29 Sources | Pays back in 1 month. | £49.99
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Frost-day income cover for self-employed bricklayers
A parametric bond that pays a fixed daily sum to a bricklayer for each day the Met Office records a ground frost at their postcode during the laying season
26 Sources | Pays back in 2 months. | £49.99
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Daily income cover for stone worktop fabricators
Pays a self-employed worktop fabricator a fixed sum for every day their workshop is closed by a Health and Safety Executive notice over stone dust
23 Sources | Pays back in 7 months. | £49.99
View →Every pack on this page faced the same checks: whether the pain is real, whether the value lasts, whether there is room in the market, whether the buyer can pay, whether you can reach the buyer, and whether it is legal to sell. Each then survived an adversarial review. How the checks work, and the kill log lists what it killed.