Are you looking to expand your supply chain network, effortlessly maintain company profile information and increase quote coverage for your business? Our Network can help!

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About The Network

Our Network contains thousands of subcontractors and suppliers in a variety of trades, containing up-to-date, relevant information. By using our Network, you'll have access to a wider supply chain pool connections, allowing you to find the best fit for your specific project needs.

By using our Network, you'll be able to:

Receive automatically updated profile data

Expand your supply chain network

Increase quote coverage

Find subcontractors and suppliers with the specific skills and experience you need for your project

View a company’s project history, and other details before reaching out to them

Finding new companies

Using our Network is simple and easy, you’ll find it in the Network tab.

To get started, select a Trade from the dropdown menu.

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You’ll see a list of results ordered by mile radius and suitability. You could browse this list, but we strongly recommend applying at least the location filter to narrow in on the right companies. If you’re looking for coverage for a particular project, we recommend adding the project location.

Click one of the filter buttons below the search bar, or click ‘All Filters’ to open the filter options.

Here, you can select from the optional filters to refine your search.

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Top Tip - the Contract Size refers to the trade’s typical contract size that they take on, and not the total value of a project.

Once you’ve applied your filters, the results will be sorted by distance between the nominated area and the subbie’s office location, and core trade relevance.

Trades highlighted with a star icon indicate that this is the company’s Core Trade - what they mostly do or specialise in.

You’ll see a mix of connected companies, companies that have a profile in the Network but are not yet connected, and companies from your Address Book.

View a description of the different company types here

There are 3 types of company relationships on E1

A Connected Company - This company exists in both your Address Book, and the E1 Network.
- You will receive automatic updates to the company-managed data when a company makes changes to their details
- Your internal information will not be affected by any changes made by the company
- You can send an enquiry to a connected company and issue correspondence
- A connected company can be identified on the E1 platform by the blue icon:

An E1 Network Company - This record is in the E1 Network, but is not yet in your Address Book.
- This record is a published profile by a company in the E1 Network
- They are created by registered companies on E1 looking to create relationships with contractors
- You are not currently connected to this company and cannot send them an enquiry or issue correspondence without connecting with them
- An E1 Network company can be identified on the E1 platform by the grey icon:

A Company - This record exists solely in your Address Book, and any information or contact details are visible to and maintained entirely by your team.
- You can send an enquiry to a company from your Address Book and issue correspondence
- Note that the company may also have an E1 Network profile that has not yet been matched with your records
- There is no icon associated with this type of record

Connecting a company

You can view the company profile by clicking on the profile name, and you can add the company to your Address Book by selecting 'Connect'

The company will now appear in your Address Book, and the icon next to their name will show in blue.

The company profile will be automatically updated with any changes the business makes to their profile, keeping your Address Book seamlessly up to date. You can also start sending the company enquiries.

Matching existing profiles

It’s common to have a company in your Address Book that also has a Company Profile in the Network. We recommend combining these into a connected company wherever possible, so your data is seamlessly maintained and up to date.

E1 will highlight probable matches for your review, you’ll see these suggestions in a banner at the top of the profile:

Click ‘Connect’ to check the details, and click ‘Confirm Connection’ if they are a match.

Connection Suggestions

There’s also the option to review connection suggestions in bulk in the Address Book, under Connection Suggestions.

You’ll see a list of all suggested connections where we are able to match an email address from a company profile with one found in your Address Book.

Once you’ve checked the details, you can select either the ‘Ignore’ button to dismiss the suggestion, or ‘Confirm Connection’ to create a Connected Company.

Once ‘Confirm Connection’ is selected, you’ll see the full profile of the connected company.

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Note that if you ignore the suggestion, it will disappear from the Connection Suggestions list, but will still appear in the banner at the top of the company profile.

Connected company profile overview

There’s plenty of information on a company profile to help you make informed decisions. You’ll see:

The connection status (icon) and the company’s recent activity

The company name and type of connection. If you have your own internal company name, you’ll see it noted in brackets.

Toggle between tabs to see:
1. Profile Details
1. Any Notes that you or your team have added
1. Any Files you or your team have uploaded to the profile
1. Projects that you’ve awarded
1. Their project Experience as noted by them
1. An Audit Trail relating to activities taken on the profile (e.g. any edited fields, date of connection etc.)

The Engagement statistics will reflect your relationship with the company, tracking your enquiry count, response and quote rates, and number of awarded packages.

The Details section is where you’ll find trades, including any you have tagged in the blue section, and the published company details such as preferred contract sizes and company bio.

The Contacts section will surface the primary contact at the company. You can add any contacts here using the + button.

The Offices section will show the primary company address, and any additional addresses the business may publish. You can also add details here manually.

Editing a company profile

A Connected Company profile is a blend of the company’s published profile, with optional details added by you and your team, enriching your address book with automatically updated content.

You can edit some fields on a connected company profile, but only those maintained by your team. Any additions or edits you make won’t affect the company’s public profile, and are only visible to you and your team.

You can update information such as company name, trades, and contact details, as well as add notes and attach files. Fields maintained by you are highlighted in blue.

Click the pencil icon to edit the Details section, and the plus icon to add your own contacts.

How to Remove a connected company

There are 2 options to remove a connected company, depending on whether the company already existed in your Address Book.

If you already had an Address Book entry for a company and connected a company from the E1 Network, you can remove the connection and retain your Address Book entry. Click the three dots in the top left of the company profile and select ‘Remove Connection’. The company will remain in your Address Book but only notes and updates maintained by your team will be possible.

If the company was a new connection (they didn’t already exist in your Address Book), you can remove them by selecting the ‘Archive Company’ option, they will no longer be visible in your Address Book.