One bespoke platform to run your whole business.

Bespoke business software for UK trades and specialist contractors.

Unibuild is bespoke business software for UK trades and specialist contractors: a platform in daily production since 2016, shaped to the way each firm already works. It is built for trade firms of 5 to 300 people, and most firms are live in about two weeks.

The field app is published under your firm's own name on the App Store and Google Play. One monthly figure, quoted in writing and fixed for three years, covers everything, with unlimited users. The 14-day trial is the full platform, with no card.

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From the case studies

What changes when the hours come off a scan.

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90% less time chasing timesheets

The time saved on ringing round site managers, reading handwritten sheets, and typing them up before payroll can run.
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95% faster to prove who was on site

Cut the time it takes to answer a main contractor’s attendance query from a folder and two phone calls down to a search.
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100% of overtime calculated, not typed

Normal time, time and a half and double time come off the scans at the person’s rate for the day. Nobody types an overtime figure in, so there is nothing to mistype.
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85% faster from the hour worked to the hour on record

The gap between an hour being worked and it being logged, costed, and ready for payroll falls from end-of-week memory to a three-second scan.

Figures from Unibuild customers’ case studies.

What Unibuild is

One platform for a UK trade business.

Built for: UK trades, 5 to 300 people
Users: Unlimited on every plan
Pricing: One flat monthly fee, covers everything
Trial: 14 days, full platform, no card
Time to live: About two weeks, migration included
Regulation: CDM 2015 duties, RIDDOR records, reverse charge
Hosting: London. Data stays in the UK
Security: Cyber Essentials Plus, ICO registered
Company: Unibuild Technologies Limited, no. 17055126

What it is: Unibuild is UK-built bespoke business software for trades and specialist contractors, and runs the whole business from one login. Workforce and time, health and safety, projects and sites, money, plant and assets all sit on one set of records, and so does the communication between them. A figure entered on site is the same figure the office invoices against. It is not sold off the shelf: every deployment is built to the firm it is for.
Who it is for: It is built for UK trades and specialist contractors of 5 to 300 people: M&E, temporary site services, facilities management, plant and stores, compliance-led firms and construction and fit-out, among more than thirty trades. Size does not change the fit, because every deployment is built to the firm it is for. Three buyer's guides set out what to compare: construction software for small contractors, construction software for subcontractors, and the buyer's guide to construction management software, which covers the UK market. It runs in a browser for the office and as a phone app for the field. There is no per-seat fee: every plan carries unlimited users, so putting the whole site on it costs the same as putting three managers on it.
UK regulation: CDM 2015 duties, RIDDOR records and the compliance registers are handled as baseline rather than as add-ons. VAT treatments include the domestic reverse charge, and CIS works to HMRC tax months so the return pack assembles itself as you pay.
Hosting and security: Data is hosted in London and does not leave the UK. The company holds Cyber Essentials Plus and is ICO registered; ISO 27001 is in progress rather than held.
Pricing and trial: Pricing is one flat monthly figure that covers everything, sized to the firm once and quoted in writing, with no per-user charge and no setup fee. There is a 14-day trial of the full platform, with no card required, and most firms go live in about two weeks, in phases, with migration included. What that is worth to a trade business is worked out on its own page.
Bespoke, not off the shelf: You do not change how you work to fit the software. Your forms, your fields, your approval routes, your reports and your own wording are what gets built. Anything you need, we build for you, inside the monthly fee. It is affordable because the build does not start from an empty screen. The core already runs UK trade businesses every working day, and has since 2016. You get the fit of a commissioned system without the months, the cost or the failure rate of commissioning one. Where that sits against the alternatives.

The stack you run today

the timesheet appExcelpaper RAMSthe permit padthe HR portalthe plant spreadsheetthe job boardthe project trackerthe crew appthe shared drivethe insurance folderthe site diary book

The lot, gone.

Unibuild covers the same ground in one place, and the rest comes off the bill. Your accounts package stays: Unibuild runs the job through to the application for payment and hands the commercial position to it.

Unibuild in use from site to office: operatives checking a tablet on site, the stores and plant yard, and a team meeting with the Unibuild dashboard on screen

Everymodule switched on

Unlimitedusers on every plan

Noper-seat fees, ever

Client testimonial

SME Building Services,
in their own words.

Niki Scarth, office administrator at SME Building Services, standing in the firm’s Croydon office with the SME Building Services mark on the wall behind her — **Niki Scarth**Office administrator, SME Building Services LtdCroydon · on Unibuild since 2023
Read the SME case study

It has always been a pleasure to work with Darshan and his team to create our completely bespoke system, which I can only describe as brilliant.

The system is constantly growing and improving. Whenever we need something added or changed, whether it's a new form that would work better for us or a new idea to improve the way we work, Darshan works his magic and makes it happen!

It has genuinely changed the way we work for the better, improving our record-keeping, automating processes and standardising practices across the company, saving us both time and money.

It's also improved the service we provide to our clients, who love being able to view their job and asset information live, at the click of a button.

Thank you, Unibuild!

What is inside

Everything the
job needs.

Workforce & timeAIQR clock-in to payroll, even with no signal.Health & safetyAIRAMS that hold up when HSE asks.Project & siteDiaries, photos, drawings, client portal.FinancialApplications, retention, cost position.Assets & inventoryEvery machine. Every cert.Comms & reportingAIThe numbers find you.

…and the rest. The module register.

Winning work

Enquiries
Quotations and tenders
Advanced Estimating
Price lists and rate libraries
Clients and projects

Workforce and time

Timesheets and QR clock-in
Labour run and resource planning
Day works
Holiday planner and leave
HR and people
Training matrix and e-learning

Site delivery

Site diaries
Progress photographs
Call-outs
Engineer reports and site surveys
Permits to work

Health and safety

RAMS
Policies and toolbox talks
Health and safety reporting
Accreditations and company documents

Assets, plant and compliance

Asset register and inventory
Stores, plant and logistics
Maintained assets and PPM
Gas safety records
Fire assets and fire doors
PAT testing
Calibration register
Reminders and expiry tracking

Money

Purchase orders and suppliers
Subcontractor orders and payments
Payment applications and valuations
Job costing and live cost position
Reimbursements and expenses

Portals and reporting

Client portal
Staff mobile app
Subcontractor portal
Reports and dashboards
Feedback

Every module and feature, in the full directory →

Built for British sites

UK regulation is the baseline, not a bolt-on.

CDM 2015CISMTD VATRIDDORLOLERCOSHH

Built in England, hosted in the UK, answered on a UK phone line.

The free CDM checklist sets out 22 of those duties, each with the regulation behind it. No sign-up.

Built for British construction sites — Works in the rain. Works with gloves. Works one-handed.

We never charge per person.

The site teams, the subbies, the office, the QS: one flat monthly fee. Taking on more people never changes it, so there is no reason to ration logins.

A proven core, tailored to you.

A platform already in daily use by UK trade firms, then configured and extended around how yours works. Migration and training are in the quoted figure, and the support line is answered by a person.

From Insights

What we write about,
when we are not selling.

Articles for UK contractors on getting paid, pricing, tax, compliance and choosing software. All of them are here. These are the ones worth starting with.

Choosing trade and construction software, and what to actually compareWhat to compare, and the questions that separate a good demo from a system you can still live with in year two. Choosing software What trade and construction software actually costsWhat the market actually charges, why per-user pricing bites later, and the costs that sit outside the licence. Choosing software Where spreadsheet job costing breaksThe precise points at which a job costing spreadsheet stops telling you the truth, and why nobody notices for months. Choosing software The gap between doing the work and having the moneyWhy the money arrives long after the work, and what widens the gap without anybody deciding to widen it. Commercial Retention, and the money that goes missing after practical completionThe money that quietly goes missing after practical completion, and what it takes to get it back. Commercial Why field rollouts stall in week threeWhy site rollouts stall in week three, and what the ones that stick do differently from the ones that do not. Implementation

The short answers

The questions that
come up first.

The full list is on the FAQs page.

Is Unibuild built around the way our firm already works?

Yes. Your forms, approval routes, reports and wording are what gets built, so you do not change how you work to fit the software. Anything missing is built for you. Changes after go-live are inside the monthly fee, not charged at a day rate. The core has run UK trade businesses every working day since 2016. How the bespoke build works.

What is Unibuild?

Unibuild is bespoke business software for UK trades and specialist contractors: a platform in daily production since 2016, shaped to the way each firm already works. Workforce and time, health and safety, projects and sites, money, plant and assets sit on one set of records, under one login. The office works in a browser and the field on a phone app. Construction is one of more than thirty trades it serves, alongside electrical, mechanical, roofing, scaffolding, facilities maintenance, plant hire and builders merchants.

What does Unibuild cost?

One flat monthly figure, sized to your firm once, quoted in writing and then fixed for three years. It covers every module, unlimited users, configuration, training, data migration, support and your branded app with its store publishing. There is no per-user charge and no setup fee, and taking on more people never changes it. Everyday AI is in the monthly fee. Heavier AI work is paid as used, at the AI provider's own rate, with nothing added. How AI is charged and how pricing works.

Is there a free trial?

Yes. The 14-day trial is the full platform, with every module switched on, and no card is needed. There is no minimum term and no exit fee, and you cancel by email at any time.

How long does it take to go live?

About two weeks for most firms, in phases, with data migration included. We bring your jobs, clients, documents and registers across ourselves. Training happens on your live projects rather than on a demo company.

What do our operatives use on site, and does it work with no signal?

Your own app. Your staff app is published on the App Store and Google Play under your company's own name and icon. Your operatives download your app, not ours. Clock-ins work online and offline: on a site with no signal the scan is stored on the phone and synced as soon as it is back in signal.

Can our staff have the app under our own name?

Yes. Your staff app carries your firm's name, icon and branding, and sits on the App Store and Google Play under its own name. Your operatives install the firm they work for, not a vendor they have never heard of. SME Smartsite (opens in a new tab) is the SME Building Services app, listed on the App Store under that name. Store publishing is in the monthly figure. How the branded app works.

Does Unibuild check RAMS, estimates and tenders with AI?

Yes. AI document review checks RAMS, method statements, risk assessments, estimates, quotations and tender submissions before they are issued or accepted, and other documents besides. The AI flags what needs attention. A person in your firm decides what changes, then approves and signs the document. Where the quotation does not exist yet, the AI quote generator builds it from the enquiry documents, and a named person approves it before it goes out.

Does it work with our accounts package, payroll and CIS?

Yes. Your accounts package stays, and Unibuild runs the job through to the application for payment. It syncs with QuickBooks, Xero and Sage 50, and other systems are synced on request. CIS works to HMRC tax months, with deductions on the labour element only, and each month closes into a CIS300 return pack ready to file. Timesheet and payroll data exports as CSV, XML and JSON for your payroll software. VAT treatments include the domestic reverse charge. The CIS guide sets out the scheme itself.

Where is our data held, and what certifications do you hold?

In London, and it does not leave the UK. The company holds Cyber Essentials Plus and is registered with the ICO. ISO 27001 is in progress rather than held. Your data belongs to you, and you can export everything at any time.

The company

Who you would
be buying from.

Stated in full, because several unrelated companies trade as Unibuild.

Registered company: Unibuild Technologies Limited, company number 17055126, registered in England and Wales. Registered office 12 Old Bond Street, London, England, W1S 4PW. Unrelated to Unibuild Construction Management Ltd of British Columbia, Unibuild Technology of Australia, Unibuild Limited or UniBuild Holding.
What it is: One platform for UK trades and specialist contractors of 5 to 300 people. Unlimited users on every plan, a bespoke flat monthly fee with no per-seat charge, and a 14-day trial with no card. The pricing model is set out on the pricing page, and the trial runs on the published terms.
Where the data sits: Hosted in London, and it does not leave the UK. The company holds Cyber Essentials Plus and is registered with the ICO. ISO 27001 is in progress rather than held.
Every published fact: Pricing, trial length, certifications, hosting and time to live are stated and dated on one page, the facts at a glance. How the platform came to exist, and the firms featured in its case studies, is on about Unibuild.
Talk to a person: A UK line and an inbox, both answered by a person in UK working hours, with a reply within one working day. Contact Unibuild.