Beacon HQ was founded by Andrew Lennard and Scott Brown. We spent over 20 years in specialist subcontracting, starting out with leading subcontractors in the early 2000s. In 2009 we founded our own business, Flortec, and grew it to £6 million in turnover, specialising in the supply and installation of floor finishes, ceramic and natural stone tiling, and hygienic wall cladding.
We worked for most of the Tier 1 and Tier 2 main contractors on individual packages worth up to £2 million, delivering across large residential developments, hospitals, colleges, schools, offices and MOD contracts. We learned this industry from the ground up.
Our mission is to be that platform.
Running a subcontracting business, we came up against the same problems year after year, the ones every specialist subcontractor knows too well:
And that’s only a sample of what a subcontractor faces. The list goes on.
These weren’t occasional frustrations. They were the daily reality of running a subcontracting business, and no software was ever available that properly understood them.
We believe specialist construction subcontracting is one of the most complex, challenging and stressful businesses anyone can run. Yet all of the tools and software on the market were designed for main contractors or general business, never for the specific way a specialist subcontractor actually works.
When we began working with AI in its early days, we saw the opportunity clearly: a chance to build AI-powered software designed specifically for subcontractors, to solve the exact problems we’d spent two decades living with. The goals were simple. Improve profit through efficiency. Reduce human error. Increase the speed at which work gets done. And manage contract risk, the nasty clauses and the scope creep that quietly erode a subcontractor’s margin. In short, less risk, less stress, more profit.
Beacon HQ is the result: an end-to-end, interconnected platform built by subcontractors, for subcontractors.
Co-Founder & Director
Andrew spent more than 20 years in specialist subcontracting, building and scaling the business with Scott to £6 million in turnover. With a background in ERP software and business systems, he has always recognised where technology could improve a subcontracting business and take some of the weight off a subcontractor's shoulders. Now he's focused full-time on exactly that: building AI tools that solve the problems he spent two decades living with, so subcontractors can work smarter, run leaner, and keep more of the profit they earn.
Co-Founder & Director
Scott spent more than two decades in specialist subcontracting, and built the business alongside Andrew, bringing the deep commercial and contracts expertise that scaled it to £6 million. Working directly with Tier 1 and Tier 2 main contractors, he saw first-hand how admin burden and shrinking margins erode profitability, even on well-run projects. Now he's focused on making sure subcontractors keep more of the margin they work so hard to earn.
This matters, so we want to be clear about it. Our subcontracting business is now closed. No ongoing projects, no clients in the supply chain, no horses left in that race. Beacon HQ is our sole focus.
Beacon HQ works only for you, the subcontractor. We are not owned by, funded by, or affiliated with any main contractor, insurer, or supplier. We have no commercial interest in the outcome of your contracts, your claims, or your purchasing decisions. Every module is built to protect your position and your margin, and nobody else’s. When Beacon HQ flags a risk or surfaces an opportunity, it does so in your interest alone.
We built these tools as contractors. We’re making them available as a technology company, with one goal: to empower every specialist subcontractor with AI tools that deliver less risk, less stress, and more profit.
Every module comes from a problem we lived with, and every improvement comes from understanding this industry from the ground up. It’s a platform built by subcontractors who know exactly what it’s like to run one, and it’s here to make your business faster, sharper and more profitable.
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