Spon's Estimating Cost Guide to Small Groundworks, Landscaping An

All the cost data you need to keep your estimating accurate, competitive and profitable. Do you work on jobs between £50 and £50,000? Then is book is for you. Especially written for contractors and small businesses carrying out small works, Spon's Estimating Costs Guide to Small Landscaping Work, Gardens and External Works contains accurate information on thousands of rates, each broken down to labour, material overheads and profit. This is the first book to focus specifically on: * Garden maintenance work on blocks of flats and individual houses * Schools and sports fields * Garden makeovers * Laying patios and paths * Small land drainage schemes on farmland * Small-scale local authority maintenance work. More than just a price book, it gives easy-to-read, professional advice on setting up and running a business, including: * Taxation * Book-keeping, VAT and CIS4s * Legal obligations For the cost of approximately two hours of your charge-out rate (or less), this book will help you to: * Produce estimates faster * Keep your estimating accurate and competitive * Run your business more effectively * Help save you time No matter how big your firm is from one-man-band to an established business, this book contains valuable commercial and cost information that you can't afford to be without.Spain, Bryan is the author of 'Spon's Estimating Cost Guide to Small Groundworks, Landscaping An', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415434423 and ISBN 0415434424.