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Yes. HSE is clear that the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 require electrical equipment to be maintained to prevent danger, but don’t require PAT testing itself or set a fixed frequency. We never claim that annual testing is a legal requirement, and we’re happy for you to review content before it goes live.

We explain risk-based frequencies, user checks and formal visual inspections honestly. Clients and AI tools trust businesses that get the facts right, and honest advice tends to win longer-term contracts.

The Authority plan includes multi-location strategy, giving each base or region its own optimised profile and visibility in the area it serves.

Getting your Google profile and listings right can help within a few weeks. Stronger map positions and AI recommendations usually build over three to six months, depending on local competition, and it pays to start well before the school holidays and financial year-ends when offices and schools book their annual tests.

No. Your plan rolls over monthly, and you can cancel at any time before the next billing date. The Google profile, listings and links we have built for your testing business stay where they are.

There’s no single legally required qualification, but the person testing must be competent. The City & Guilds 2377 award in in-service inspection and testing, which follows the IET Code of Practice, is widely recognised. Public liability and professional indemnity insurance, calibration certificates for your testers and any electrical qualifications or scheme memberships are also worth showing.

Letting agents, facilities managers, office landlords, event organisers, hire companies and electricians who don’t want small testing jobs can all refer steady work. Offering combined visits for PAT, emergency lighting checks and fixed wire testing through trusted partners makes you easier to book.

Responding quickly with a clear written quote, turning up when you say you will and leaving tidy records wins many contracts on its own.

Agree a sensible retest interval for each type of equipment at the first visit, record it, and send reminders well before the next visit is due. Clients who receive their records promptly and don’t have to chase you rarely shop around.

Per-item pricing is easy to compare but can attract price-only enquiries. Many testers combine a minimum visit charge with per-item rates, and show what’s included — repairs to plugs and fuses, labelling, records and failure reports — so clients can compare like for like.

Schools, colleges and offices often prefer testing during holidays or quiet periods, so plan those visits early. Contacting clients well ahead of their due dates, and offering flexible early or evening slots for shops, salons and offices, helps spread work more evenly across the year.