Events & Exhibitions · Prudence

You’re losing money 

Meet Prudence, your commercial spine from pitch to pay. She prices every show right, then makes sure the margin you quoted is the margin you keep. You sign off, Pru handles the rest.

The Problem

Every show leaks money at both ends.

You can't see the true margin when you quote the show. You can't see the true costs once you've billed the client. Money slips at both ends. Here's where it goes.

Pricing the show

You’re thinking

Every quote starts from a blank spreadsheet, over an evening I don't have.

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You want this

Your rate card builds the quote, pre-filled and margin-checked, in minutes.

One click from rate card to draft. You review, tweak and send. No more evenings rebuilding the same numbers.

You’re thinking

Quote the same kind of stand twice and the numbers come out different.

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You want this

One rate card, so every show is priced the same way.

Rates, margins and mark-ups live in one place. Update once, every future quote uses the new figures. Consistent pricing across the team.

Recovering the costs

You’re thinking

Stand-build and freight invoices land weeks after the show, after I've already billed the client.

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You want this

The client invoice waits until every expected cost is in.

Before you bill, Pru flags suppliers who normally invoice on this show but haven't yet. No more chasing costs after the fact.

You’re thinking

I only find out if a show made money long after it's packed down.

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You want this

You see every cost on every show, before you bill.

Not in March's accounts. Pru shows you what each show has cost while you can still do something about it.

Priced right at the start. Recovered in full at the end.

How Prudence works

Prudence runs the commercial spine of every show.

From the first estimate to the final recharge, and the forecast that sharpens your next quote.

Win the work · Estimate Builder

Price every show right.

Your rate card, turned into fast, accurate, margin-safe estimates, quoted in any currency, informed by what similar shows actually cost you.

  • Estimates from your rate card, margin-checked, in minutes
  • Multi-currency (FX): quote in the currencies you work in
  • Cost forecasting: see how you priced similar shows before you commit
  • Version, freeze and compare estimates
Live from Estimate Builder
Prudence · Estimate BuilderCurrent rate card · v3 ✓
Expo Live — 6m × 4m custom stand
v1v2
Line itemQtyAmount
Custom stand build1£0
AV & screens3£0
Furniture hire20£0
Graphics & print6£0
Logistics & install1£0
Margin 32% · protectedTotal £0
Rate card loaded

Prudence · Cost Recovery

Recovered this month £8,920

Live
  • Caught

    Stand build invoice

    Q3 Birmingham

    £1,840
  • Caught

    AV & lighting

    BVA Brighton

    £640
  • Recharged

    Freight & logistics

    Manchester show

    £2,100
  • Drafted

    Hartwell Productions

    Invoice drafted

    £3,640
  • Waiting

    Final supplier invoices

    Q4 Olympia

    £1,400

Protect the margin · Cost Recovery

Keep the margin you quoted.

Every supplier cost caught, tagged to the right show and recharged before the invoice goes out, reconciled against the budget Estimate Builder set.

  • Supplier costs caught and tagged to the show
  • Pru drafts, you sign off:Recharges drafted before the client is billed
  • Reconciled against the budget you set
  • Nothing absorbed, nothing missed
Live from Cost Recovery

Estimate Builder sets the budget. Cost Recovery makes sure you hit it. That's the full spine, that's Prudence.

Your Profit Leak Score

See what Prudence picks up on your show numbers.

Four sliders, two answers: the costs slipping through today and the hours Pru picks up. Drag them to match your business.

Costs you're currently absorbing

£4,000/ month

≈ £48,000 / year

Legwork Pru picks up

22hrs / month

≈ 260 hrs / year (≈ £4,420)

Pru does the legwork — you keep the sign-off. Cost estimate based on a £35k salary.

Illustrative, from your own numbers — your Discovery call confirms the real figure.

On most shows, the costs Pru catches in a single reconciliation are worth more than a month's fee, before you count the pitch-stage time saved.

Pricing

Start where it hurts. Add the other half when you're ready.

Win the work

Estimate Builder

Price every show right.

£495/mo

  • Rate-card estimates, margin-checked
  • Multi-currency (FX)
  • Cost forecasting from your history

£95 setup · cancel anytime

Book a Discovery call

Protect the margin

Cost Recovery

Keep what you quoted.

£795/mo

  • Supplier costs caught and tagged
  • Recharges drafted before billing
  • Reconciled against budget

£995 setup · cancel anytime

Book a Discovery call
Save £95/mo · the full spine

Prudence

Both modules, the complete pitch-to-pay loop.

£1,195/mo

  • Everything in Estimate Builder
  • Everything in Cost Recovery
  • The budget you set is the budget you're held to
  • One partner across the whole show

£995 setup · cancel anytime

Book a Discovery call
Pricing shows blind?Start with Estimate Builder.
Costs leaking after the show?Start with Cost Recovery.
Want the loop closed?Take Prudence, save £95/mo.

Book a call

Free 45-minute Discovery call.

We look at where costs are leaking out of your shows and what Prudence would recover for you. You leave with a written report either way.

Free 45-minute call. No pitch, no obligation.