Project Management & App Development

Tax admin built
for the trades

CIS deductions, mileage at HMRC rates, job tracking — all in one app. Making Tax Digital for sole traders, freelancers, and anyone on the tools.

🚀 Now in Beta

MTD4Trade

CIS deductions, mileage, and job tracking — MTD compliance for sole traders, whether you're on site or behind a desk.

🔨 Built for trades 🚗 Mileage at HMRC rates 💷 CIS deductions ☁️ Cloud Backup

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Tax admin built for
the trades

CIS deductions, mileage at HMRC rates, and job tracking — built for sole traders who need to stay MTD compliant without the headache.

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Snap receipts on site

Photograph receipts as you go. AI extracts the data automatically.

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Mileage at HMRC rates

55p per mile, automatically calculated with the 10,000-mile threshold built in.

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CIS deductions

Scan your CIS statements. Deductions tracked automatically for year-end.

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Job labels

Working multiple sites? Organise everything by job for clean, auditable records.

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MTD export with tax estimate

Quarterly and year-end exports with your full tax breakdown built in.

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Cloud backup

Every receipt and expense backed up securely. Access from anywhere.

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Apps built for real problems

Practical tools designed to save time and remove friction for sole traders and small businesses.

Now in Beta

MTD4Trade

MTD compliance for any sole trader. Snap receipts, log mileage, track CIS deductions, and export MTD-ready spreadsheets — no accounting experience needed.

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Project Management
Services

Senior infrastructure and cloud delivery expertise, available as contract or consultancy engagement.

01 — Project Management

Infrastructure & Cloud Delivery

  • End-to-end project planning and delivery
  • Datacentre exit and cloud migration programmes
  • AWS and Microsoft Azure workstream management
  • Multi-vendor and third-party delivery coordination
  • Budget management up to £24m programme value
  • Technology project governance and reporting
02 — Programme Governance

Stakeholder & Risk Management

  • Risk, issue and change management (RAID)
  • SteerCo and Programme Board reporting
  • C-suite and executive stakeholder engagement
  • Vendor and supplier coordination
  • Process optimisation and workflow design
  • ITIL, Prince2 and Agile framework delivery

Built on delivery experience

Connect Solutions Ltd brings together senior project management expertise and hands-on software development to deliver practical, results-driven technology solutions.

Founded by a project manager with deep experience delivering complex cloud and infrastructure programmes, we understand that successful outcomes depend on clear planning, effective communication, and the right tools for the job.

Our flagship product, MTD4Trade, was built because we saw a real gap in the market — sole traders and tradespeople needed a simple, honest tool for MTD compliance. So we built one.

£24m
Largest programme managed
10+
Years delivering complex programmes
AWS
& Azure certified delivery
UK
Based, regulated market focus

Work with us

Looking for a senior infrastructure or cloud project manager? Or want to be first in line when MTD4Trade launches?

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Have a project or question?

Whether you're looking for a senior project manager for a cloud or infrastructure programme, or you want to know more about MTD4Trade, we'd love to hear from you.

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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 8 June 2026

1. Who We Are

Connect Solutions Ltd is a UK-registered company. We operate the MTD4Trade mobile app and this website. Contact us at info@connectsolutionsuk.co.uk with any questions about this policy.

2. Information We Collect

When you use MTD4Trade, we collect:

  • Account information: your email address and encrypted password (via Supabase Auth)
  • Receipt images and extracted data: photos of receipts, supplier names, dates, amounts, VAT, and line-item data extracted by AI
  • Manual expense entries: supplier, category, amount, and date
  • Mileage claims: miles driven and dates
  • Income data: quarterly income figures for MTD reporting
  • Job labels: labels you create to organise receipts and expenses
  • Usage data: anonymised crash and performance data to help us improve the service

3. How We Use Your Information

  • To provide the MTD4Trade app and its features
  • To generate reports and spreadsheet exports for HMRC Making Tax Digital submissions
  • To extract data from receipt images using AI (Google Gemini)
  • To communicate with you about your account or support requests
  • To improve the app based on usage patterns

4. AI Processing

Receipt images are sent to Google Gemini for text extraction and data structuring. Images are processed transiently and are not used to train or improve Gemini's underlying models. You can review and edit all extracted data before saving.

5. Data Storage and Security

All data is stored on Supabase (hosted in the UK/Europe region). Data is encrypted in transit (HTTPS/TLS) and at rest. We implement strict Row-Level Security ensuring each user can only access their own data.

6. Data Sharing

We do not sell your data. We share personal data only with: Supabase (database and file storage) and Google Cloud (Gemini) (AI receipt data extraction). Your financial data is yours.

7. Your Rights

Under UK data protection law, you have the right to access, correct, delete your data, and object to processing. You can delete your account and all associated data at any time from the app's Dashboard menu. Alternatively, contact us to exercise any of these rights.

8. Cookies

This website does not use tracking cookies. Cloudflare may set essential cookies for security and performance. No personal data is collected through cookies on this site.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be notified via the MTD4Trade app.