"The volume of work, and the profitability has certainly increased exponentially."

Alistair Nicoll
Link Fire
LINKfire is a successful and profitable Program Maintenance company in the Fire and Essential Services space. LINKfire maintains around nine and a half thousand buildings of varying sizes, from small factories to multilevel buildings in the CBD.
As one of the first companies to embrace software, the LINKFire team initially thought they would be able to build his own technology.
"To tell the truth, it nearly sent this business broke and it was in chaos, it really was chaos." Alistair Nicoll, Managing Director
Implementing Uptick and having the team follow through on promises
It was at this time Alistair was introduced to Uptick, and the comprehensive onboarding process that customers goes through to ensure that the platform is configured to gain the most out of it.
"Moving on to Uptick, we were able to create efficiencies within the office which enabled us to streamline a lot of the processes. We had a lot of support from the team members at Uptick sitting next to us day-by-day teaching us all of the processes that we needed to be taught." Madison Barrie, Operations Manager
A product that field technicians love and actually use
With easy-to-use interface and functionality, LINKfire technicians are able to use Uptick with ease, creating a more streamlined workflow and more cohesive process.
"If you've got the field technicians to embrace a product and can use a product to what it's designed to do, it makes everything else through the whole business run so much more simple." Alistair Nicoll, Managing Director
Uptick means everything you need is a click away
Uptick gives LINKfire the power to access any data that they need in a click, creating a user friendly experience.
"I can tell you at any time of the month where we're at on revenue, profit and all those things." Alistair Nicoll, Managing Director
LINKfire now run a paperless environment
"We run a paperless environment now. We’ve goes from using a photocopier that went through thousands and thousands of copies a month that doesn’t do anything these days. And I put that down to the software." Alistair Nicoll, Managing Director
LINKfire has doubled their full-time staff since using Uptick and they are able to generate a higher profit for all office-based employees
LINKFire is now able to generate a higher profit off all office-based employees, going from 40 full-time staff to over 80.
“This has created efficiencies across the board and is also meant we’re able to generate a higher profit for all office-based employees, which as contributed to an increase in business profits.” Madison Barrie, Operations Manager
Revenue has increased threefold
"The amount of staff, the volume of work, and the profitability has certainly increased exponentially. Would I recommend Uptick? Given what I’ve already told you, I think it’s a no brainer" Alistair Nicoll, Managing Director
Key Takeaway
Taking on Uptick has enabled LINKfire to go paperless and streamline, with revenue and profits are up as a result.
What else do you need to know?
How long does it take to get started with Uptick?
The biggest factors determining the length of the onboarding process are:
- The size of your team and their training requirements
- The quality and ease of export of your data
Most companies can get up and running within 2 months.
What platforms and devices does Uptick work on?
Uptick lives in the cloud. That means Uptick is available for your desk/office users on any device (Mac, PC or Linux) via your browser with no additional software downloads.
For your field licenses, on-site staff can use either Apple or Android devices. Our fire safety management app is available in the App store on Apple devices, and the Google Play store on Android devices.
How does Uptick compare to other products?
Uptick is the only modern cloud-based solution that is purposely built for the fire protection industry.
Many alternative solutions are either generic job management platforms that you will need to tailor to your business and/or do not have the same modern cloud-based capabilities.
How does Uptick protect and secure my data?
Uptick takes data security seriously. Our customers include some of the largest companies in the industry. As we work directly with government and banking clients we have have successfully passed through rigorous security auditing and penetration testing.
In addition to being secure, we work hard to provide a reliable service. Customers on Uptick can expect an uptime of 99.95% (including scheduled maintenance). This translates to an average of less than 5 minutes of business-hour downtime per month for office users and no downtime for technicians. If you're a large enterprise and want monetary guarantees around reliability, we offer dedicated hosting and Uptick Support SLAs.
How does Uptick pricing work?
Uptick charges a simple per-user monthly fee for each of your desk and field users. Customer and sub-contractor licenses are unlimited and free.
No hard sell...
But you owe it to yourself to see why 700+ fire protection companies trust Uptick to run their business.
