About Traddie

My name is Kian McKiernan. I spent years working as an electrician in the UK, and I loved the actual work. Solving problems, helping customers, finishing a job and standing back to see the result. That part was great.

But the admin? That was a nightmare. Every evening I'd be sat at the kitchen table writing out quotes by hand, chasing invoices, trying to keep track of who owed what and when they were supposed to pay. I'd talk to other tradespeople and they all had the same problem. Plumbers, builders, roofers, decorators. Brilliant at their trade, but absolutely drowning in paperwork.

I tried all the software out there. Most of it was accounting software dressed up for trades. Or American apps that didn't understand VAT, CIS, or how UK trade businesses actually work. None of it fit the way we actually ran our days. Quote on site, do the job, invoice at the end, chase payment for weeks. It was exhausting.

So I decided to build something different. Something that actually works the way tradespeople work. Quote in two minutes from your phone. Convert it to a job with one tap. Invoice when the job's done and let customers pay by card right there. No spreadsheets, no chasing, no more evenings lost to paperwork.

Traddie is the app I wished I had when I was on the tools. It handles VAT tracking, CIS deductions, syncs with your accountant's software, and lets you get paid the same day the work is finished. Everything a UK tradesperson actually needs, nothing they don't.

If you're tired of the paperwork side of running a trade business, give Traddie a try. It was built by someone who's been exactly where you are.

Kian McKiernan
Founder, Traddie