Layout-wise, keep it usable. Date, client name, location, description, quantities if needed, and a clear signature line. That’s the guts of it. You can add your logo and contact details without turning it into a poster. And you can add terms on the bottom if you must, but don’t make it a wall of text that no one reads. Half the time the page is filled out in the rain or on the bonnet of a car. Keep that in mind.

Perforation matters again. If the tear is messy, it looks unprofessional. Simple. Also, if your lads are left-handed, the binding position can annoy them. Sounds small. It isn’t when you’re filling ten dockets a day.

We see a lot of docket books needed for local trades across Louth and the surrounding areas — builders, landscapers, maintenance companies — and many of them work wider across Leinster. So they want a consistent book they can use everywhere, not different sheets depending on the job. Makes sense.