One trusted marketplace for infrastructure subcontracting.
WorkBank is a credential-checked marketplace for the UK built environment — rail, highways, water, energy, construction, social housing and more. Suppliers get found and win work with Walt, our grounded AI bid co-pilot; buyers reach an accredited supply chain, record every award, and see the social value their procurement generates. Both sides benefit, every time.
Subcontracting still runs on closed networks and repeated admin.
For too long, infrastructure work has moved through phone calls and personal networks. Capable firms never hear about packages they could deliver. The same certificates are re-checked by every buyer on every job. Spend is opaque, compliance is a constant burden — and nobody, buyer or supplier, gets lasting credit for doing good work.
Closed networks
Good firms stay locked out because work circulates through who you already know, not who can deliver.
Repeated admin
The same credentials are gathered, checked and re-checked on every bid, swallowing time on both sides.
Opaque spend
Buyers struggle to see and evidence their SME and social-value spend across a fragmented supply chain.
No lasting credit
Delivering well on one job rarely carries forward, so reputation has to be rebuilt with every new client.
Built by people who priced this work from both sides.
WorkBank was founded by Aaron Ratchford after fifteen years pricing infrastructure engineering work from both sides of the table — winning it as a supplier, placing it as a buyer.
From either seat the problem looked the same — and the fixes were always promised, never built. So we built it.
WorkBank is the platform we always wished existed: work finds qualified firms, credentials are checked once and tracked to expiry, every award is recorded by both sides, and the platform pays its buyers for using it properly. Then we added Walt to do the heavy lifting on every bid, and a National TOMS social-value engine so good practice is finally measured — not just claimed.
A marketplace that rewards both sides.
We built one trusted, compliant place where good firms get found and good buyers get value — with credentials checked once and reputation that travels with you.
For suppliers
Get found by buyers who need you, then win the work with Walt — a co-pilot that helps draft and check your whole submission. Build a track record, and a Social Value Score, that travel with you to the next job.
For buyers
Estimate the market cost, reach a credential-checked supply chain, compare bids like-for-like, record awards and earn rebates — and get your supply chain's social value calculated and reported automatically.
Walt — the engine, with you in control
Walt is our grounded AI bid co-pilot for both sides. He assesses tenders, drafts and critiques programmes, commercials and technical answers, scores social value and chases the admin — but he never posts, scores, signs or submits. You approve every step, and you own the result.
Social value, finally measured
The mission — SME growth and real social benefit — made measurable. Suppliers earn a National TOMS Social Value Score and certificate from a ten-minute conversation; buyers see the social value their procurement generates, reported in a click. Evidenced, not just claimed.
A small founding team who've lived the problem.
We are a small founding team of infrastructure and technology professionals who have spent careers on both sides of the supply chain. We know what it feels like to be locked out — and what it costs everyone when good firms can't get to the work.
Join the marketplace built for both sides.
Whether you supply the work or give it out, WorkBank helps you do it with less admin and more trust. Create your account to get started.
Want to learn more, get involved, or become a Founding Patron? Reach us at hello@workbank.co.uk