Choosing the right software can bring increased profits, improved productivity and better efficiency while at the same time streamlining a business – especially if opting for products that work together as an integrated suite. Selecting software can be difficult without pragmatic advice on what it can do, how it can fulfill your company needs and information on investment costs.

The BMF are delighted to welcome new member, HBXL, who have joined this spring.
HBXL are one of the UK’s leading providers of estimating and take off software to the building industry, with over £1Billion of estimating being carried out per annum by thousands of small to medium builders. HBXL have now […]

A new estimating system that will help plumbers and heating installers dramatically speed up the way they produce quotes and estimates has been launched.
Developed by HBXL the new software called EstimatorXpress Plumbing & Heating Trade edition, will allow plumbers and heating installers to accurately price up jobs without having to spend […]

The latest version of HBXL’s Health & Safety Xpert software has been launched.
The new edition (version 3) includes a number of brand new features that will help builders across the country produce the necessary health and safety paperwork for every job.
With the number of deaths on construction sites rising by a […]

Having set up on his own only nine months ago Mark Jennings who runs his plumbing business MJS Plumbing in and around the Cannock area in the West Midlands goes through a typical day including the mandatory ‘emergency’ call out!
A day in the life of a domestic plumber….

7.15 am
 
Time […]

Making sure builders order the correct quantity of building material is to become more important than ever with the introduction of the new site waste management legislation on 6 April 2008.
That’s the view of Anthony Botibol, marketing manager at HBXL, the building software specialist company, who believes that builders not […]

Builders can now get hold of three of the UK’s best building software packages for under £3 a day!
Part of a unique rental package launched by HBXL it will provide builders with an excellent opportunity to use the company’s award-winning software for a low financial outlay.
Not only will they be able to produce building […]

In the construction industry Health and safety compliance has never been a higher priority and the need for small and medium sized building businesses to comply to the increasing raft of legislation comes from the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) and is enforced through site visits and checks for the relevant paperwork.
Under the many regulations […]

In association with HBXL, we take a look at a typical day in the life of a builder. Here David Stayte, general builder from Evesham describes his work following the recent floods which hit the area.
28th November

10am – Meeting with an insurance engineer in the little village of Alderton the day I should be […]

January 2008 Press Release

HSE Head of Construction Stephen Williams outlines HSE major ‘Falls and Trips inspection initiative’ after major rise in number of deaths on construction sites.
Last year the number of deaths in construction rose by a massive 28% to a total of 77 workers.
Although this figure is still lower than five years ago, […]