CIS-ready software for UK subcontractors

Every hour logged is provable.
Every invoice is defensible.

Site to Invoice. With Precision.

HolGrig turns a day's work — logged on site, against a rate card, with a location and a timestamp — into a CIS and VAT-correct invoice a client can't credibly dispute. Crew logging, review, day-rate pay, and materials tracking all feed the same paper trail. Nothing is re-typed. Nothing quietly changes after the fact.

UK CIS & VAT handled correctly, not bolted on Point-in-time invoices — they never change by themselves Role-based access for admins, office staff, and crews Grid-reference evidence for every logged entry
See it working

A crew’s day, from the van to a paid invoice.

Recorded in HolGrig itself, on a demo company. No sound needed: the captions tell the story.

What the video shows
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See it running

Real screens, from a running org — not mockups.

Screenshots straight from a live HolGrig instance, in the dark theme the app itself offers: the admin dashboard, and the Grid Reference tool behind every entry's location evidence.

HolGrig admin dashboard on a phone: entries logged this week, an overdue invoice total, and a needs-attention list showing work entries pending review and an overdue invoice
Dashboard — what needs attention, at a glance
HolGrig Grid Reference tool on a phone: a map pin over a logged location with the calculated Ordnance Survey grid reference, eastings, northings and nearest place shown below
Grid Reference — exact location evidence for every entry
Why subcontractors switch

The paper trail is the product.

Most disputes over hours and materials don't come from bad work — they come from a record that can't stand up to "prove it." HolGrig is built so it always can.

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Evidence, not memory

Every entry carries a grid reference and timestamp captured at the moment of logging — not typed from memory back at the office.

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One review step

Work is checked once, against the day's target, by an admin — not re-keyed through a chain of edited spreadsheets.

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Invoices that don't drift

Editing work or rates later never rewrites an invoice that's already gone out. It only changes if an admin rebuilds it before it's paid, with a reason, and the original stays on file.

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Everything in one place

Not just invoicing — the whole job, end to end.

HolGrig runs a subcontractor business's field operations, not just its billing — six pieces feeding one shared record.

Field logging with GPS evidence

A crew logs work from a phone against the job's rate card. A grid reference and timestamp are captured automatically, at the moment of logging — not typed from memory back at the office.

One review step, not a spreadsheet chain

An admin checks each day's entries against the target and approves them once — no re-keying through a chain of edited spreadsheets before anything reaches an invoice.

CIS and VAT invoicing, done properly

Construction Industry Scheme deductions and the domestic reverse charge are calculated as part of raising the invoice, not bolted onto a generic template afterwards.

Day-rate crew pay, tracked individually

Pay and working-hours overrides belong to each worker, not a lump sum split across a team — clocked time, overtime, and pay run separately from client invoicing.

Materials and stock tracking

Materials used on a job are logged and billed alongside labour, with your own general stock tracked separately from what's charged to a client.

Role-based access for everyone involved

A crew sees its own work. Office staff see what they need to run the business. A client, if given access, sees only its own contracts — nothing else on the platform, ever.

Measured, not guessed

A new client to their first invoice in minutes.

We timed it in the app: adding the client, its rate card and prices, a crew login, logging the work, reviewing it and issuing the invoice. See what that could mean for your office.

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Built where it's used

Built inside a real subcontractor business, not around one.

HolGrig started as internal software for Grigwells, a working UK subcontractor business — before it was ever offered to anyone else. Every workflow here (the rate cards, the review step, the CIS calculation, the day-rate pay) reflects what an actual crew, office, and set of clients needed day to day, not a generic template built for no one in particular.

Grigwells is HolGrig's first customer, and still runs on it every day. Ask us and we'll tell you plainly whether it fits your setup.

Common questions

Straight answers, before you ask

Is HolGrig built specifically for CIS subcontractors?

Yes. CIS deductions and the domestic reverse charge are calculated as part of raising an invoice — built for UK time-and-materials subcontractors specifically, not adapted from generic invoicing software.

Does HolGrig track more than just hours?

Yes — materials and stock used per job, and day-rate pay for individual crew members, separate from client invoicing.

How is crew time logged and verified?

From a phone, against the job's rate card, with a grid reference and timestamp captured automatically at the moment of logging.

What does a client see if they're given access?

Only their own contracts and invoices — role-based access means nobody sees another client's data.

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Built for subcontractors who are tired of chasing their own paperwork.

About 30 minutes, on a working demo company. We'll tell you plainly whether it fits.

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