Features

Set up once. Your team just runs.

Configure your agency in the back end. Your consultants and sales team send branded proposals and Terms of Business all day. You see every quote, every signature, every status in one pipeline.

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  1. Stage 01

    The owner sets brand, quote defaults, cost items and cover tiers once.

  2. Stage 02

    Consultants price a role and send a branded, trackable link.

  3. Stage 03

    Accepted proposals become signed Terms of Business, all in one pipeline.

Stage 1 of 3

Set up your agency.

An evening's work for the agency owner. Logo, brand colour, on-cost stack, cost-item library, negligence tiers, default margin. Configured in the back end once, and every proposal your team builds from here on uses these defaults.

01  Branded by default

Your colour. Every page.

Pick a colour or paste a hex code. Header bar, table accents and bill-rate row all update instantly. Three template styles to choose from, with a live preview while you edit.

  • Logo upload (PNG / SVG)
  • Hex code or preset palette
  • Three template styles: Classic, Editorial, Modern
  • Live preview while you edit
LiveBrand colour
Pinewood Recruitment
CONFIDENTIAL
Bill Rate£23.44
02  One source of truth

Quote defaults, configured once.

Statutory on-costs, finance, default margin and payment days. Set in agency settings, applied to every new quote your team builds. Different sector? Different on-cost stack? Override per role or per client.

  • NI, holiday, pension, apprenticeship levy
  • Invoice finance rate and free period
  • Default margin and payment days
  • Override per-quote on the Rates tab
SettingsQuote Defaults
Statutory on-costs
Holiday Pay
12.07%
Employer NI
15.00%
Pension
3.00%
Apprenticeship Levy
0.50%
Invoice finance
Finance rate
5.75% p.a.
Free period
30days
Document defaults
Default margin
10.00%
Payment days
60days
Edit once, applied to every new quote.
03  Flexible billing

Cost items, hour · shift · placement.

DBS checks, PPE, out-of-hours premiums. Per-hour items roll into the bill rate; per-shift / per-placement charges show on the doc as separate lines. Build the library once for the whole agency, reuse on every quote.

  • Per-hour, per-shift, per-placement basis
  • Show on doc / hide on doc per item
  • Per-hour items priced into bill rate automatically
  • Build the library once, reuse everywhere
LivePer-shift / per-placement charges
DBS Check
Per placement
£44.00
PLACEMENT
PPE Pack
Per placement
£28.00
PLACEMENT
Out-of-hours premium
Per shift
£12.00
SHIFT
04  Editable cover tiers

Negligence tiers, your rates.

Add, rename, remove cover tiers. Set the cover amount and the per-hour rate you charge. Pick a default for new quotes. In cost or on doc only: your call.

  • Default tiers (none / £10k / £20k) shipped, edit any
  • Add custom tiers (£30k, £50k) with your rates
  • Default tier pre-fills new quotes
  • In-cost / on-doc toggles per quote
LiveSettings · Drivers Negligence
Default negligence cover tier
Stage 2 of 3

Your team sends proposals.

Consultants and sales staff log in and just go. The defaults you set in Stage 1 are already there. They pick a role, type a pay rate, choose whether the client sees the breakdown, and send a branded link. Five minutes, end-to-end.

05  Live calculator

Type a pay rate, see your bill rate. Instantly.

Real PAYE on-costs, real invoice finance, real DNI. No estimates, no rounding. The same engine that powers your saved quotes, running off the defaults the agency owner set up in Stage 1.

  • Holiday Pay, NI, Pension, Levy auto-calculated
  • Margin slider, bill rate updates live
  • Negligence cover in cost or on-doc only
  • Override per-quote, never lose your defaults
LiveAdjust pay or margin
£
10.0%
True Employment Cost£20.82
Invoice Finance + DNI£0.28
Margin£2.34
Bill rate£23.44
06  The real number

Surface margin isn't your real margin.

Most rate calculators show you the gap between cost of employment and bill rate and call that a margin. It isn't, once invoice finance on your client's payment terms is in. RateCalc.io shows both numbers on every saved quote, consultant-side only. The client sees the clean branded view, you see the gap.

  • Surface vs true margin on every saved quote
  • Driven by your on-cost stack + invoice finance rate
  • Adjusts live as you change the days field
  • Hidden from the client. Visible only to your team.
Same quote, two numbers
Surface
21.4%
What most calcs show
True
14.2%
After 90-day terms
Gap: £4.20/hr the surface number hides.
07  Show / hide

Full breakdown, or just the bill rate.

Some clients want every line. Others just want the number. One toggle on the proposal, same calculation either way: the rate is identical, only what the client sees changes.

  • Itemised cost build per role and shift
  • Negligence and finance lines toggleable on doc
  • Margin row visible only to your team
  • Layout updates live in the preview pane
Live
Base Pay£16.00
Holiday Pay£1.93
Employer NI£2.33
Pension£0.48
Apprenticeship Levy£0.08
True Employment Cost£20.82
Invoice Finance£0.10
Negligence Cover£0.18
Bill rate · 10%£23.44
08  Trackable, branded link

Not a PDF in their inbox. A real proposal page.

Your client gets a branded URL they can open on any device. Watch them open, view, accept, decline or sit on it. Every state surfaces back to your dashboard the moment it happens.

  • Hosted at ratecalc.io/p/your-slug
  • Open / view / decide / accept events tracked
  • Decline-with-reason captured for follow-up
  • No separate e-signature tool: it’s built into the platform
Trackable linkBranded proposal
ratecalc.io/p/northgate-logistics-q3
P
Pinewood Recruitment
Class 1 driver · Q3 rates
Viewed 2m ago
Bill rate£23.44
Accept
Decline with reason

No PDFs. No attachments. A real branded link your client can open, view and respond to in seconds.

Stage 3 of 3

Sign & track.

Accepted proposals convert into a signable Terms of Business in one click. Client signs in their browser. You see every proposal, every signed contract, every status in one searchable pipeline.

09  E-signature, in-browser

Terms of Business, signed in seconds.

Accepted proposals convert into a Terms of Business with the rates baked in. Client signs in their browser: no print, no scan, no third-party platform charging per envelope. Signature image, IP and timestamp captured for audit.

  • One-click convert: accepted proposal → signable ToB
  • Upload your own ToB template or use ours
  • Signature image + IP + browser + timestamp captured
  • Audit-ready under Electronic Communications Act 2000
E-signatureBranded Terms of Business
P
Terms of Business
Pinewood Recruitment · v1.2
Ready to sign
Charges & Payment Terms60 days from invoice
Conversion Fee25% of first-year salary
Rebate ScheduleTapered 4 → 12 weeks
James Pearsonsigned · 14:22 · 213.205.x.x
Accept and sign

Signature image, IP address, browser and timestamp captured. Audit-ready, no e-signature fees.

10  Pipeline visibility

See exactly what your team is putting out.

One dashboard. Every proposal, every status, every signed contract. Filter by recruiter, by client, by sector, by week. The numbers a business leader actually needs to coach the team.

  • Live pipeline: sent · viewed · decided · accepted · signed
  • By-recruiter activity and win rates
  • Margin floor alerts before send
  • Searchable archive of every rate ever quoted
PipelineThis week · all team
Sent
23
Viewed
17
Accepted
7
Signed
5
MonNorthgate LogisticsAccepted
MonWillowbrook Care GroupViewed
TueAshford ConstructionSent
WedBeaumont Hotels GroupDeclined
ThuMeridian EngineeringSigned ToB

Every proposal, every status. Filter by recruiter, by client, by sector. Know what's gone out and what's come back.

11  Client roster (CRM-lite)

Every client a row, every signal one glance.

The client roster that builds itself as your team works. Sector-tagged, sorted however you want, with a 7-stage funnel chevron showing where each relationship sits. Margin pill, win-rate pill, weekly pipeline value, last-contact age: the at-a-glance signals that tell you who to chase, who to nurture, who needs a rate review.

  • KPI strip: total clients · active 30d · roster avg margin · review-due count
  • 7-stage funnel per client: Drafts → Sent → Accepted → Declined → ToB draft → ToB sent → ToB signed
  • Per-client signals: target margin, win rate, weekly pipeline £, days since last sent
  • Tags (VIP, Watch list), per-contact notes, timestamped notes log, activity feed per client
  • CSV import for bulk roster setup + export anytime
  • Typeahead picker in the proposal builder, so no more duplicate clients in your data
Client roster34 clients · 5 review due
Clients
34
Active 30d
22
Avg margin
17.6%
Review due
5
Northgate LogisticsDriving21.4% AVG74% WIN£3.2k/WKVIP
DRAFT›SENT 3›ACCEPTED 1›DECLINED›TOB DRAFT›TOB SENT 1›SIGNED
Harbour Foods LtdHospitality14.8% AVG52% WIN£1.9k/WK
DRAFT›SENT 3›ACCEPTED 1›DECLINED›TOB DRAFT›TOB SENT 1›SIGNED
Willowbrook Care GroupHealthcare10.5% AVG38% WIN£820/WKWatch
DRAFT›SENT 3›ACCEPTED 1›DECLINED›TOB DRAFT›TOB SENT 1›SIGNED

CRM-lite that builds itself as your team sends proposals. Contacts, tags, notes log, activity history per client.

12  Rate Review calculator

Annual rate reviews, on autopilot.

Every accepted proposal carries a Rate Review button. One click clones its rates into a fresh draft with the transformation you pick: annual %, NLW pass-through, flat pence, on-cost change, or a one-button 2026/27 government preset (NLW +£0.50, employer NI stays at 15%). Live preview shows every cell's current → new pay + bill + margin before you save. Content fields (why-this-rate copy, bullets, footer) clear so the renewal conversation is fresh.

  • 5 transform modes: Annual % · NLW % · Flat pence · On-cost · 2026/27 government preset
  • Live preview per cell: current → new pay, current → new bill, Δ bill highlighted
  • Self-maintaining 12-month schedule per client: auto-set on accept, auto-rolled on send
  • Tool surfaces clients due for review with overdue / due-30-days filter chips
  • "Next 1 Feb" quick-set preset for agencies that bulk-review ahead of April uprating
  • Saves as draft → opens in the builder with new rates + cleared content
Rate review · Northgate LogisticsDue in 12d
Annual %NLWPenceOn-costGov 26/27
2026/27 government changes
+£0.50 on every pay rate (NLW £12.21 → £12.71). Employer NI stays at 15%. Bill rates auto-recalculate at the original target margin.
Role · ShiftPay nowPay newBill newΔ Bill
Class 1 driver · Weekday£14.50£15.00£20.53+£0.68
Class 1 driver · Saturday£16.50£17.00£23.28+£0.68
Class 2 driver · Weekday£12.21£12.71£17.40+£0.68

Save as draft → opens in the proposal builder with the new rates + cleared content, ready to review and send.

Set up your agency in 10 minutes.

Save your defaults, add roles, send your first proposal today. Or jump on a 20-minute walkthrough with us first.

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