Electrical: Saving Time in Crucial Areas

Marc has over ten years of experience in industrial, commercial and domestic installations, and maintenance. Since starting up, work undertaken has been commercial and domestic insurance work on fire and flood-damaged properties. In 2020, Marc is expanding into the electric vehicle sector, installing car charge points all over South East England.

The Challenges

Being a start-up, Marc had to ensure the work produced was to a high standard so it would shine in a competitive market. This included the admin side of the business. Marc knew if the business got it right early on, potential hiccups and headaches would be avoided down the line. With the workload building up, the business was taking on new engineers as well as looking to join apprenticeship schemes. Getting set up correctly from the start was key to ensuring a successful and profitable new business.

“Completing paperwork for any hands-on business is always the downside. When you have simple and easy to use software it saves time in crucial areas. It helps free up time to concentrate on future projects,” says Managing Director Marc.

How Clik Helped

“One of the first hurdles when setting up the business was becoming NICEIC registered, to be an NICEIC Approved Contractor. Our NICEIC assessor, Christopher Ansell, was really helpful. He told us that Clik Service was the best software to use,” Says Marc.

“His recommendation was to use the software onsite when I’m working, filling out certificates as I go. This would help me save time in the office after the installations are finished to work on other areas of paperwork that needed to be finished. It would also help me keep on track and ahead of my working timetable.

“Running a new business is very time-consuming. I don’t have time to sit and learn complicated packages. Saving money as a fresh start-up is also critical, and the paperless cycle and PDF emails mean we don’t have printing and postage costs, explains Marc.

“The only reason I chose Clik Service for my certification was how easy it is to upload the results onto a straightforward system that stores results automatically. I can do this from the office or when I’m working onsite using my tablet. It is genuinely simple to load and looks fantastic when reading from a customer point of view. The layout when scrolling through previous certs helps to locate and browse in quicktime.

“Getting up and running was simple enough, too,” says Marc. “I work on a Mac, but I spoke with the team at Clik, and they made this process simple, even for an amateur skilled computer person like myself.

“Getting used to new software is always a challenge no matter what industry you work in. I’m fortunate enough that the Clik software is simple to grasp and you have help to get up and running as soon as you’ve downloaded,” says Marc.

The Future

“For me personally, the main benefits are that I can use my tablet onsite and upload certificate bundles whenever and wherever I am. Now I’m using this software, I can’t see myself using any other.

“Clik has saved me time in the office producing certs as I can do them onsite and upload as soon as I am back in the office with ease. This has helped the company hugely as it has saved a lot of time on unneeded clerical work for certificate production.

“As my business expands, so will the use of Clik for myself and others. I’ll use it onsite with engineers, and in the office. I’ll review certs as soon as they are uploaded and produce the certificates quickly for customers’ peace of mind. Which in turn means I’ll get the invoice out immediately to our customers.”