GUVNR · AI BACK-OFFICE · FOR UK TRADES
The back-office designed to run the contract.
GUVNR is being built to read SLA tiers, rate cards and scope rules — and help chase timesheets, invoices and certs, with a person approving before anything is sent. Operations in flow. Your evenings back.
Built for electricians, plumbers, builders and FM contractors. Early access via waitlist — free tier and transparent pricing intended at launch. No card needed to join.
More throughput
Designed to align scheduling to contract terms so engineer hours count. The team gets more done without working harder.
Less admin drag
Designed to build evidence capture, reconciliation and audit prep into the workflow — not bolt it on at month-end.
Clearer margins
Helps surface chargeability earlier and keep procurement linked to the job, so margin stops leaking between systems.
Confidence at renewal
Helps capture evidence as work happens, so renewal conversations can start from a position of trust, not repair.
The problem
Ten working weeks a year. Gone to admin.
Timesheets you chase. Invoices you write at the kitchen table. Customers you nudge for money you've already earned. Quotes that take time and win nothing. Compliance paperwork stacked up till the auditor calls.
Many firms tell us they do admin in the evenings, often without ever totalling the cost. Illustratively, at £45 an hour, 8 hours a week is over £17,000 a year in time you'll never bill — and every firm's reality varies.
Illustrative figures. Hours, rates and costs vary by firm — not a GUVNR-measured outcome.
Product preview
See it in motion.
A short walkthrough of how a contract-aware workflow is intended to work — helping chase admin, not just storing it.
Product walkthrough coming soon. Join the waitlist and we'll share the first cut when ready.
Get the video first →The shift
When the contract governs the work, not just the job sheet.
For years, many trades tools have organised around the job. That fits when the job is the business. It fits less well when SLA tiers, scope rules, rate cards and compliance obligations are what the operation actually runs against. Then the job is one place where the contract gets carried out — not the whole contract.
Many teams bridge that gap by hand — holding the difference between contracts in their heads, chasing evidence after the fact, reconciling at month-end what the system couldn't reconcile in flow. Where that gap exists, a contract-aware design can help.
Designed to run the contract and the compliance, not just the job.
The GUVNR position — governed AI, human authority.
The architecture
Three principles GUVNR is being built around.
Built around the contract.
Designed so SLA tiers, scope rules, rate cards and chargeability can run as first-class inputs the system can read on every job — not data points your team must reconcile after the fact. Where the contract is configured, the job inherits it.
Compliance that stays with the work.
Designed to check engineer tickets before dispatch, require the right evidence at sign-off, and gather the audit pack as work happens — so it is not reconstructed the week before the inspector arrives. A person still approves before anything is sent.
People stay in charge.
GUVNR is designed to run the routine, while your team keeps command of judgement, the customer and the exceptions. Accountability remains where it belongs — with a person approving before any commercial action leaves the business.
Intended outcomes
Five places the back-office is designed to feel lighter.
Qualitative aims based on early discovery with specialist contractors — not measured GUVNR customer outcomes. Where you land will depend on where you start and how the workflow is adopted.
Evidence, hours and purchase records captured in flow help reduce month-end reconciliation carried by the back office.
Shift reports, timesheets and sign-off surfaced sooner help dispatch and invoicing avoid waiting for a spreadsheet.
Evidence captured at the moment of work helps reduce dispute and chase cycles when invoicing under CIS and domestic reverse charge.
Chargeability and cost against scope surfaced in context help decisions get made while there is still time to act.
Purchase orders linked to jobs and projects help keep parts and supplier spend visible and accountable.
The approach
Software designed to help do the chasing.
Many job-management tools focus on storing admin. GUVNR is being built to help do it — preparing chases for timesheets, nudges for unpaid invoices and flags for expiring certificates, in the background while you're on the tools, with a person approving before anything is sent.
It is being built AI-assisted from the ground up, with governed AI and human authority over material commercial actions — a deliberate design position, not a temporary limitation. Automation prepares; people decide.
Less admin. Fewer missed jobs. Cleaner paperwork. Your evenings back.
What GUVNR is being built to do
Six jobs it is designed to take off your plate.
01Designed to help chase for you
Timesheets, unpaid invoices and expiring certs — GUVNR is being built to prepare nudges for the right person, with you approving before anything is sent. Under active development, not yet autonomous.
02Scheduling & shifts, connected
Plan shifts and share assignments to the operative portal. Designed to help catch holiday clashes and double-bookings before they happen. Your team views assignments and completes shift reports from their phone.
03Timesheets without the chase
Sign-in via the operative portal captures hours as work happens. Approve them in one screen — no forms, no guessing. Geofencing and one-tap validation are designed enhancements, not current defaults.
04Compliance, supported
RAMS, method statements, incident/RIDDOR reports and certificates — versioned and signature-gated, with audit-ready gathering in development. Helps you stay ready when the inspector calls. RAMS generation is currently being tested.
05Quotes, POs & getting paid
Build quotes against scope and capture purchase orders linked to jobs. Payment applications with retention and previous-application figures are built and currently being tested. Designed to help prepare chases, with a person approving before anything is sent.
06A field portal your team can use
View assignments, complete shift reports and add site records from the phone. Designed to be simple enough for the newest person on site. One-tap accept and photo capture are iterative enhancements.
Feature classifications: scheduling, quoting, purchase-order capture and invoicing with CIS/reverse charge are available now at Alpha Controls; payment applications, retention and RAMS are currently being tested; autonomous chasing is under active development with human approval before sending. See llms.txt for the full classification.
For commercial leads
MDs · Commercial Directors · Finance Directors · Heads of Service Delivery
Margin that holds. Growth without dilution.
- Operations — the day-to-day, designed to be redivided by the contract. Helpdesk, scheduling, contract management and admin — where margin is protected or can quietly leak in execution.
- Service Delivery — the customer story, helped to be told from real-time evidence. SDM, compliance, MI and reporting — signals that can determine renewal, surfaced before the customer has to ask.
- Commercial — the P&L, surfaced in context to act on. Quoting, billing and procurement linked to the job — roles closest to the numbers, helped to see them in flow.
Margin. Cash. Growth.
For operational leads
COOs · Operations Directors · Heads of Helpdesk · Heads of Engineering
Coordination cost down. Throughput up.
- Operations — the operational engine, designed to run on the contract. Helpdesk, scheduling, contract management and field operations — intended to be redivided so the team holds the judgement and the system holds the routine.
- Service Delivery — the customer story, helped to be told from real-time evidence. Operational data becomes the customer narrative without a Sunday-night spreadsheet.
- Mobilisation — new contracts, designed to go live without the usual chaos. Contract setup, TUPE, site verification and operational readiness — where new contracts can enter cleanly.
Coordination. Throughput. Retention.
The difference
What the old software tends to get wrong — and what GUVNR is aiming for.
No handcuffs. No surprise “Marketplace” bills. No PhD required to send an invoice. Commercial actions are designed to pause for human approval before sending.
Who it's for
Built for the trades that keep Britain running.
Electricians
Certs, quotes, timesheets, part-P paperwork
Plumbers & heating
Jobs, gas certs, invoicing on the move
Builders & construction
Subbies, RAMS, site sign-in, payment apps
Facilities management
Mobile teams, compliance, multi-site coordination
From sole traders to firms of 200. Whether it's one van or a whole fleet.
A note from the founder
From someone who's seen the graft.
GUVNR isn't built by a software house that's never been on site. It's built by people who watched trades firms drown in admin and thought — this should be automatic by now.
We're onboarding a small group of founding customers first, so we can build this with the people who'll use it. If that's you, get on the list.
— Darren, Founder, GUVNR
Pricing
Intended: fair pricing. A proper free tier.
At launch we intend there to be a genuinely useful free tier — enough to run your first jobs, no card required — plus simple paid plans that don't punish you for growing. No per-seat gouging is the intention. No lock-in is the intention. Pricing is not finalised.
Join the waitlist for early-access pricing →Get in first
Get GUVNR before everyone else.
We're opening to a small group of founding customers. Join the waitlist and you'll be first in — with intended founding-member pricing and a direct line to shape what we build. Early access only — no self-serve signup yet.