Log the work
Record days and hours as you go.
Build the invoice
Slate assembles it from approved time.
Send it
PO number, VAT and bank details included.
Get paid
Mark the invoice settled on arrival.
Timesheets built from the hours you log
Record each day's work with a full description rather than a single line. At the end of the period, Slate assembles those entries into a formal timesheet, set out day by day and ready for your client to approve.
Approved time becomes an invoice
Slate builds the invoice directly from your approved timesheets, carrying across your day rate, VAT, PO number and payment details so none of it has to be entered a second time.
Invoices that pass accounts payable first time
Large companies will not pay an invoice that is missing a reference. Slate puts the PO number on every invoice, keeps your VAT and company registration numbers where accounts payable expect to find them, and produces a one-page supplier details pack for onboarding.
Expenses billed alongside your time
Record an expense on the day you incur it. Slate holds it against the client and adds it to the next invoice as a separate line, so costs you have already paid do not go unbilled.
Documents built for printing and filing
Every timesheet, invoice and supplier pack prints to one page of A4, carrying your business name and address, your VAT and company registration numbers, and the bank details you want to be paid into.