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Supplier Network

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Overview

The Supplier Network is where your building keeps its contractors. It has two sides:
  • Trusted Suppliers — your building’s own saved list of contractors, with contact details, trades, and ratings.
  • Checkatrade search — a live search of verified UK tradespeople, powered by our Checkatrade partnership.
Together they answer the everyday question: “Who do we call for this job?”

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Trusted Suppliers

Your trusted list holds the contractors your building already knows and uses.

Add a supplier

Record the company name, trade category, contact details, website, and address. Postcode lookup helps fill in the address.

Search and filter

Find the right contractor quickly by name or trade category.

See ratings and verification

Suppliers imported from Checkatrade keep their rating, review count, and verified status.

Keep services listed

Each supplier can list the specific services they offer, so the list stays useful as it grows.
The Checkatrade tab searches verified tradespeople across the UK:
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Search by location and trade

Your building’s postcode is pre-filled. Pick a trade category and search radius, then search.
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Review results

Results show ratings, reviews, and verification — sorted by rating so the strongest candidates come first.
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Save to your trusted list

Import a tradesperson into your Trusted Suppliers so the details are there next time.

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Posting a job

You can also post a job through Checkatrade directly from the platform:
  • Directors and managers can post building-level jobs (communal repairs, shared areas).
  • Residents can post jobs for their own flat.
Track posted jobs from the same tab — open a job to see its details and progress.

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For management companies: portfolio suppliers

Management companies manage suppliers once, across the whole portfolio:
  • Add a supplier with trade categories, multiple phone numbers, email, website, and notes.
  • Assign the supplier to buildings — only residents and directors of an assigned building can see that supplier.
  • Edit or remove suppliers centrally; every assigned building stays up to date.
See the Management Companies supplier guide for the full workflow.

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Suppliers and maintenance issues

Suppliers become most useful when linked to work:
  1. A maintenance issue is reported in Issues & Requests
  2. The right supplier is identified from the network
  3. The job is arranged (or posted via Checkatrade)
  4. Outcomes and costs feed future decisions about who to use again
Start by importing the contractors you already trust, then use Checkatrade search when you need a trade you do not have. Over time your trusted list becomes a real asset for the building.