What would your dream building firm be like?

Imagine you could create your dream building firm, the ideal business… Would you charge more for your work? How about a 4 day week? Would you pick and choose your building projects? Would you offer Design & Build? The very best tradesmen? The latest kit? A drone to film your job as you work on…

Crystal Direct: as recommended by another satisfied HBXL builder

“I have been using the HBXL Crystal Direct link for nearly 6 years now” You can’t beat a testimonial from a satisfied customer to make the point that Crystal Direct really do provide a great service manufacturing and delivering PVC-u windows, doors, French doors, roof lanterns and conservatories for building firms across the UK. HBXL…

Future Space welcomes interns for inaugural programme

HBXL recently joined the Future Space intern programme and signed up our first intern! See what Future Space, where our head office is based, have to say on the subject: The start-up and scale-up businesses at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) tech and science innovation hub Future Space have opened their…

Win a £370 Lenovo laptop in the HBXL prize draw!

Election? Not another one? Well this is something quite different. We’re not one for speeches but… HBXL’s aim is to improve the chances for building firms across the UK. We want to see all builders feeling more confident about their future with help from digital technology and outstanding support. Our spending plans include continued investment…

PlansXpress and the two buses at once

PlansXpress 2019 – the journey continues You know the analogy “you wait ages for a bus then two come a long at once”, well such is the journey with PlansXpress. This is what happens when you leave our development team in a darkened room! Bus No.1 – it’s arrived! First came PlansXpress v.5. This was…

Builder testimonial: How James changed his way of estimating

Hi James, tell us a bit more about who you are and what it is that you do? Mainly from a commercial QS background, I consider myself quite set in my ways using my Excel spreadsheet, spending 4 to 5 days on every job which gave me a sense of confidence that the price was…