Good fit
- You run a UK building or construction business
- You have a directly employed team, subcontractors, or both
- You want tighter quoting, protected margin, and a diary that holds
- You are ready to be challenged by another operator
Builder business coach UK
Builder business coach for UK firms ready to scale past £1m.
Help from an owner still running a £1.8m trades business today, not a career coach who has never priced a job.
Book a 15-min intro call
Free, no pitch
£1.8m+
Annual revenue at SD Plumbing & Heating
8
engineers Managed on the road
Since 2015
Operating, not retired
Who it is for
For building firm owners past the early chaos.
This is built for owners with real demand, real team and subcontractor pressure, and a business that needs sharper decisions rather than more motivation.
Wrong fit
- You want technical build or regulatory advice on the work itself
- You are looking for a magic marketing trick
- You want a big group programme
- You are not willing to change how the business runs
The difference
Coaching from an operator, not a classroom.
Shaun is not a builder and will not pretend to be. He is an owner running a £1.8m trades firm with eight engineers, and he has spent a decade on the same problems: quoting work that moves, chasing subcontractors, and watching cash sit in someone else's account. The trade differs. The business does not.
Generic business coaching
- Advice built from old playbooks or a classroom
- Large groups with limited operator context
- Broad tactics that ignore your team and your numbers
Dunn Right Trades
- Still pricing, hiring, managing, and learning this week
- 1:1 support for a small client base
- Real SOPs and decisions from a live trades firm
Building-specific work
The problems are usually operational, not motivational.
A building firm can have a full order book and still finish the year wondering where the profit went.
Quotes that drift.
Fixed price plus variations, delays, and scope creep. We look at how the job was costed, how changes get priced and recorded, and where the margin actually lands by the final invoice.
Subcontractor control.
Standards, snagging, sequencing, and who carries the cost when a trade turns up late or leaves a mess for the next one.
Cash flow across long jobs.
Stage payments, retentions, and materials bought up front. A firm can be profitable on paper and tight in the bank every month.
Why Shaun
An operator's view of your building business.
Shaun founded SD Plumbing & Heating in Edinburgh in 2015 and built it to a £1.8m+ business with eight engineers. He is not a builder, and the work here is not about how the job gets built. It is about the business wrapped around it: what work gets priced at, why people leave, where the week goes, and what the numbers are actually telling you. That comes from a firm he is still running, not a story about one he used to.
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Questions about builder business coaching.
Plain answers for UK building firm owners considering the free intro call.
You are not a builder. Why would this help?
Because the problems that stall a growing building firm are not build problems. They are quoting, variations, subcontractor management, cash flow, and hiring. Shaun deals with those every week in a £1.8m trades business. If you need technical or regulatory input on the build itself, this is not that, and he will say so on the call.
What is a builder business coach?
A builder business coach helps a building firm owner make better operational decisions around pricing, margin, hiring, systems, and growth. At Dunn Right Trades the work is 1:1 and led by a still-operating trades business owner.
Who is the right fit for this support?
The best fit is usually a UK building firm past the sole-trader stage, running a team or regular subcontractors, with revenue building and an owner who wants senior operator input rather than a generic course.
Do you cover pricing and variations specifically?
Yes, it is usually the first thing that comes up. How the original quote was built, how variations get priced and signed off, and what the job actually returned once everything settled.
Is this group coaching or 1:1 support?
It is 1:1 support. Shaun works with a small number of clients at a time so the advice can be specific to your business rather than general advice for a crowd.
Can the coaching be remote?
Most conversations happen remotely through calls and WhatsApp. That keeps the work practical for owners who are already busy running jobs and teams.
Do you show pricing on the site?
No. The first step is a free 15-minute intro call. If there is a fit and a reason to go deeper, the next step can be discussed clearly without a public price list.
Free intro call
Talk to an owner who is still running the business.
A 15-minute conversation. No slides, no pitch. We'll see if there's something here, or there isn't.
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