Send the invoice the moment the job is done.

The cash-flow problem most service businesses actually have

It's not that customers won't pay. It's that invoices go out late, get lost in inboxes, and don't carry a payment link. By the time the chase happens, the job is two weeks old and the customer has moved on. Cushty issues invoices the moment work is signed off, attaches a Stripe payment link, and reconciles the payment against the job automatically. The average gap between work completed and cash in the bank shrinks dramatically.

1. Invoice on the way to the next job

   Engineer signs off the previous job on their phone. Office invoices it before lunch. Customer pays by card by the end of the day. Cushty marks the invoice paid in Xero automatically.

2. Deposit before, balance after

   Big install with materials ordered in advance. Cushty raises the deposit invoice with a Stripe payment link before the materials are ordered. Balance invoice is generated when the work is signed off. Both reconcile back to the same job.

3. Weekly bulk run for a landlord client

   A property manager wants one invoice per week covering all jobs that week. Cushty groups completed jobs by customer and invoices them in one batch — without copy-pasting into a spreadsheet.

4. Chasing an overdue account

   An invoice goes overdue. Cushty sends a polite reminder seven days after the due date and a firmer one fourteen days later. The owner doesn't have to remember to chase — but does see who's been chased and what's still outstanding.

5. Reconciling with Xero

   All invoices and payments sync to Xero with the correct UK VAT treatment. The bookkeeper doesn't have to re-enter anything. Month-end takes hours instead of days.