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06/08/2022

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📋 We can offer excellent coaching in our transitional age groups, which may include the opportunity to play in the Colts section, and our focus is on development of players at any standard.

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15/07/2020

Commercial Painting Contractors-THREE Things That Make You LESS Competitive?

Over the years costing painting projects for painters all over the UK, in terms of pricing, you get a clear understanding of the main differences from one painter to another.
What has struck me is that within each geographical area, the overall daily painter charge on which a painting contractor bases their £/m2 rates is generally the same.

Currently, it can range from £160/day to £200/day depending where you are in the country.

So why, in the same area, can painting rates vary so much from one painter to another?

1. Many painters do not know how to calculate £/m2 rates, so they just use rates that someone has given them.

2. Paint purchase prices vary considerably from one painter to the next. Basically, the more you buy, the cheaper the paint. So, for small size painting contractors, their £/m2 rates tend to be higher to reflect their higher paint purchase prices.

3. Finally, VAT. Small size contractors may not be VAT registered so when calculating their rates, need to add 20% to their already high material prices. NOT being VAT registered is an advantage for domestic painters but NOT for commercial painters.

For EVERYTHING you need to help you when pricing

Developed by our own painting estimators. Quick Paint Rate gives you the power to quickly and easily calculate painting/wallpapering rates for all types of painting and decorating works to your own labour rates and material prices.

07/07/2020

Quick Paint Rate: THE BEST Professional Rating Software for Painting Contractors Anywhere!!!

Whenever, a painting contractor purchases Quick Paint Rate, we always send out a 'thanks' for purchasing' email with a note to explain that Quick Paint Rate comes with FULL SUPPORT, so if they need help using Quick Paint rate, or have a general estimating question, they can call or email and one of our painting estimators will help.

Quite often, a short time after purchasing, we regularly get message back: Here's one from a recent purchaser:

"Thanks Mark. Was on Quick Paint Rate last night having a play.
Really is great software."

It's short and sweet, but we love this sort of message as it shows just how good Quick Paint Rate is.

So, if you are a painting contractor and would like to be able to quickly and easily calculate £/m2 and £/Lm rates for all types of painting/wallpapering items, take a look at Quick Paint Rate. ALL rates are 'current' and to YOUR daily painter charges and YOUR material purchase prices.

More information?

Call us or go to our website:

Painting Rates Calculator Software for Painting Contractors. Created "by painters, for painters", this pricing software for painters is ideal for use when pr...

05/07/2020

Quick Paint Rate: How to Calculate Target Project Completion Days Using Quick Paint Rate

Did you know that in addition to calculating all-in overall £/m2 and £/Lm painting/wallpapering rates, you can use the Lab/OHP part of each rate split to calculate ‘Target Completion Days’ for each quantified item.

The Lab/OHP and Materials splits on each rate are shown on the rates display page of Quick Paint Rate, next to each overall total rate.


To calculate target project completion days.

1. Multiply each item quantity by the respective Lab/OHP rate split.
2. Add up the total Lab/OHP values.
3. Divide this total by the daily painter charge you used to calculate the rates.

The answer is the TOTAL TARGET COMPLETION DAYS for those items/quantities.

Want to know more about Quick Paint Rate check out the video below showing Quick Paint Rate calculating a wallpapering rate, take a look at our website or give us a call.

Quick Paint Rate is a unit rates calculator for Painting Contractors that calculates commercially competitive painting and wallpapering rates for use when pricing painting projects from main contractor bills of quantities or your own measure.

30/06/2020

Commercial Painting Contractor? The simple truth is: IF YOU CAN'T PRICE PROJECTS TO BILLS OF QUANTITIES OR PROJECT DRAWINGS, YOU WILL ALWAYS STRUGGLE TO EXPAND YOUR COMMERCIAL PAINTING CONTRACTING BUSINESS.

If you are a sole trade or small painting company looking to expand your commercial painting business you will need to price more and larger projects.

The problem is, most of these projects will come to you as either bills of quantities or digital drawings and you may not necessarily have either the time or knowledge/skills to price.

paintingestimators.co.uk offer a ONE STOP TENDERING/ESTIMATING SERVICE FOR COMMERCIAL PAINTING CONTRACTORS

1. Competitive, fixed price Tendering/Estimating service.
2. Quick Paint Rate painting/wallpapering rates calculator software. Very easy to use. NO previous knowledge required.
3. BidScreen XL: Digital Drawing Takeoff Software.
4. Tendering and Estimating Training Day
5. Health and Safety for Painting Contractors.

Want to know more?

Give us a call or check out our website.

paintingestimators.co.uk

Developed by our own painting estimators. Quick Paint Rate gives you the power to quickly and easily calculate painting/wallpapering rates for all types of painting and decorating works to your own labour rates and material prices.

25/06/2020

Painting Contractors-Why IS Quick Paint Rate Is So Much More Than Just A Painting/Wallpapering Rating Software Package?

OK, so you all know that Quick Paint Rate is THE ONLY painting rating software package that allows you to calculate painting/wallpapering £/m2 and £/Lm rates to YOUR DAILY PAINTER CHARGES AND YOUR paint/wallpaper purchase prices.

You know it's VERY, VERY easy to use and is web based so you can access from ANY DEVICE and ANY LOCATION?

So why am I saying that Quick Paint Rate is so much more than that?

Because Quick Paint Rate comes with FULL SUPPORT from CURRENT, COMPETENT COMMERCIAL PAINTING ESTIMATORS.

So, if you:

1. Have a general estimating/tendering question and want some advice from a commercial painting estimator, you can call/email and one of our painting estimators will help you.

2. If you need help using Quick Paint Rate, again just give us a call/email and we will help you.

IT'S ALL PART OF YOUR QUICK PAINT RATE LICENCE!

And all of this for just £125.00 + VAT per year!!!

So, isn't it about time you invested in the tendering/estimating part of your painting contracting business?

To know more about Quick Paint Rate give us a call or go to our website:

Developed by our own painting estimators. Quick Paint Rate gives you the power to quickly and easily calculate painting/wallpapering rates for all types of painting and decorating works to your own labour rates and material prices.

17/06/2020

Quick Paint Rate: How to Calculate Target Project Completion Days Using Quick Paint Rate

Did you know that in addition to calculating all-in overall £/m2 and £/Lm painting/wallpapering rates, you can use the Lab/OHP part of each rate split to calculate ‘Target Completion Days’ for each quantified item.

The Lab/OHP and Materials splits on each rate are shown on the rates display page of Quick Paint Rate, next to each overall total rate.


To calculate target project completion days.

1. Multiply each item quantity by the respective Lab/OHP rate split.
2. Add up the total Lab/OHP values.
3. Divide this total by the daily painter charge you used to calculate the rates.

The answer is the TOTAL TARGET COMPLETION DAYS for those items/quantities.

Want to know more about Quick Paint Rate check out the video below showing Quick Paint Rate calculating a wallpapering rate, take a look at our website or give us a call.

Quick Paint Rate is a unit rates calculator for Painting Contractors that calculates commercially competitive painting and wallpapering rates for use when pricing painting projects from main contractor bills of quantities or your own measure.

09/06/2020

Quick Paint Rate for Painting Contractors: Feedback from SH Decorators Ltd

I don't usually do this, but asked Steve at SH Decorators if I could post his emailed feedback for Quick Paint Rate which he kindly agreed to.

So here it is:

Hi Mark,
It’s a brilliant piece of kit.
I put in all the correct figure inputs and couldn’t believe the competitive rates that it produced. This has enabled us to win a large contract which we have now started during the most difficult and uncertain times that I have ever experienced in business. Thank you for this amazing software.

Developed 'By Painters, For Painters', Quick Paint Rate is the only painting/wallpapering rates calculator software that has been created by current, experienced painting estimators who are all from painting contracting backgrounds.

Quick and VERY easy to use, with Quick paint Rate you can calculate painting rates to any daily painter charge and your own material purchase price

03/06/2020

Did you know www.paintingestimators.co.uk also provide health and safety services for commercial painting contractors?

1. Help with SSIP Scheme Accreditations (e.g. CHAS, Constructionline etc.)

2. Access to health and safety advice (Competent Person Retainer Scheme)

3. Help with RAMS

4. Help with Contractor Pre-Qual Questionnaires

Why Use Us?
Because not only are we IOSH/NEBOSH qualified, we are also from painting contracting backgrounds, so we really do know about commercial painting contracting as well as health and safety. It's what makes us 'competent'!

I know that this shouldn't matter but it DOES!

I don't know why, but whenever I've been sent health and safety documents that have been produced by so called health and safety 'professionals', all you seem to get are copied and pasted documents that really could relate to anyone and because they have never worked on site as painting contractors, are always missing key information that is specific to painting contractors and would only be known if you had worked in our industry.

So, if you are a commercial painting contractor and want the best health and safety service at competitive prices, give us a call or take a look at our website:

27/05/2020

I hope many of you have returned to work or are in the coming weeks. It’s been a very trying time for all! It has given many of us time to reflect on are own personal circumstance, some have left, some have continued as they are. What has surprise me is the number of (decorators/business owners)that have used the time to further develop your business. I can confirm this given the number of enquires we have taken over the last 6 weeks.

So wishing you all the best for future and please Stay Safe 👍🌈.

Thank you.