Built in Edinburgh

A real tool, built by a real person, for Edinburgh trades

Not a lead marketplace. Not a referral platform. Just a weekly email that does one thing — tells you about construction work happening in your city before everyone else finds out.

Why this exists

I run Braw House, a small creative studio based in Edinburgh. Over the years working with clients in the building and property space, I kept hearing the same frustration: tradespeople were either paying through the nose for leads on platforms like Bark and MyBuilder, or relying entirely on word of mouth and hoping the phone kept ringing.

The problem was never a lack of work — Edinburgh has a constant pipeline of extensions, refits, conversions, and new builds moving through the planning system. The problem was that tradespeople had no easy way to see it before it became an open competition on a lead marketplace.

Planning applications are public. Building warrants are public. Public tenders are public. All of that information is out there — it's just scattered, inconsistently formatted, and buried in council portals that were designed for architects and solicitors, not plumbers and builders.

Leads This Week pulls it all together, filters it to your trade, and sends it to your inbox every Monday morning. That's the whole product.

Edinburgh alone generates 80–150 new planning applications per week. Most tradespeople don't know this. The ones who do, and act on it, get to jobs before they're openly advertised. That's the edge this product gives you.

What we're not

We're not a lead marketplace. We don't sell contact details. We don't take commission. We don't guarantee exclusive access — other subscribers in your trade will see the same leads. What we do is surface publicly available information, make it readable, and get it to you on a consistent schedule so you can decide what's worth your time.

We're also not trying to be everything. There's no app. No dashboard. No profile to fill in. Just an email, once a week, with leads that match your trade. Simple by design.

The principles behind it

Transparent sources

Every lead links directly to the original council portal or tender notice. We don't obscure where the data comes from.

No per-lead fees

£15/month, flat. You're not bidding for the right to contact someone who may or may not be real.

Honest about limitations

We don't guarantee conversions. Planning applications are early-stage signals, not confirmed jobs.

Edinburgh-first

We're not trying to cover all of the UK from day one. We know Edinburgh, and we're doing it properly here first.

Who we are

Leads This Week is operated by Braw House Ltd, a company registered in Scotland (SC778432). We're based in Edinburgh.

The product is built and maintained by Chris Gibson. If you have a question, a complaint, or an idea — email me directly. I read every message.

Get in touch

For questions about leads, your subscription, or anything else — reach out directly.

hello@leadsthisweek.co.uk