RewardsPilot for construction and trades
Construction and trades are RewardsPilot's largest group of members: builders, groundworkers, decorators, flooring, mechanical and electrical contractors. They put materials invoices, subcontractor payments and payroll through the programme and earn 4 RewardsPilot points per £1 of net spend, on bills they were paying anyway.
The bills that earn
- Materials and builders' merchants' invoices
- Subcontractor payments
- Plant and equipment hire
- Payroll through CrestPay
- VAT and PAYE bills
What members in the sector do
- One decorating and spray-finishing contractor put £87,000 of supplier invoices through in its first weeks.
- An industrial flooring specialist put £68,000 of supplier invoices and £30,000 of payroll through in a month.
- An engineering firm funds £120,000 a month of payroll through CrestPay and earns on all of it.
- Around 18 of RewardsPilot's members are construction, trades or engineering businesses.
Figures are RewardsPilot members’ own, rounded, with no business named.
A typical month
| Supplier bills | Payroll | HMRC bills | Eligible spend | Points a month | Points a year | Or cash a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £60,000 | £30,000 | £15,000 | £105,000 | 420,000 | 5,040,000 | £3,150 |
A month of £60,000 supplier bills, £30,000 payroll and £15,000 HMRC bills is £105,000 of eligible spend: 420,000 points a month, 5,040,000 a year, or £3,150 a month as cash. At 4 points per £1 of net spend; each point is one airline mile. See what the points buy on the Avios calculator.
Questions
Do CIS subcontractor payments count?
Yes. A payment to a subcontractor is a supplier payment. The business keeps operating CIS as normal; RewardsPilot pays the net amount the business instructs, to the subcontractor's account.
Can a merchant account be paid through RewardsPilot?
Yes. A merchant's monthly statement is a supplier bill: submit it with the pay-by date and the merchant is paid by bank transfer with the account reference.
How does a construction firm earn points with RewardsPilot?
By paying the bills it already pays through the programme: supplier invoices, payroll through CrestPay, and HMRC bills such as VAT and PAYE. RewardsPilot invoices the business, pays the bill on its behalf, and credits 4 RewardsPilot points per £1 of the net amount when the invoice payment clears.
Does the supplier or HMRC know the difference?
No. The payee is paid by bank transfer with the business's own reference, on time: RewardsPilot's invoice is due one day before the bill's pay-by date.
What are the points worth?
Each point transfers to one airline mile, Avios included, for flights, upgrades, hotels and car hire. Or the business sells them back for cash at 3% of the spend behind them, paid within 24 hours. Points never expire.
What does it cost?
There is no subscription or set-up fee for qualifying clients. RewardsPilot's invoice carries VAT on its service; for a VAT-registered business using it for taxable activities that VAT is intended to be recoverable through the normal VAT return, subject to its own position. This is not tax advice.
Programme facts come from the published RewardsPilot rate and the Rewards Programme Rules. Rewards are corporate rewards earned on genuine business expenditure. Other sectors: Logistics and haulage · Recruitment and staffing · Hospitality · Wholesale, retail and e-commerce · Facilities and cleaning · Care providers.