Gera Guides

Plain-English, free guides to the decisions people actually search for — hiring a tradesperson, posting a job, getting started with EU AI Act compliance. Each guide points to the Gera product that does the job.

What is this? Gera Services operates 37 AI-powered products across healthcare, home services, hiring, compliance, fintech, and more. These guides explain a common task end to end, then link you to the right Gera product — and to free, no-signup tools like the UK salary guides and food-hygiene ratings directory.
Home services

How to hire a vetted cleaner, plumber, or electrician online

What to check before you book a home professional, how vetting and reviews work, and how a verified provider passport and capped action warranty protect the job.

Hiring & work

How to post a job and hire locally

Write a job post that gets applicants, set a fair pay range using open UK salary data, screen candidates, and hire quickly on a local job marketplace.

Compliance

EU AI Act compliance: a practical starter guide

Who the EU AI Act applies to, how risk tiers work, what documentation you need, and the fastest path to a defensible compliance baseline.

Trust & verification

How to verify a business or provider before you buy

Which official registers to check, how to read a food-hygiene rating, and how a verified provider passport lets people and AI agents confirm trust independently.

Health

How to choose an online doctor

When telemedicine is appropriate, and how to decide between waiting for the NHS and going private using real waiting-time data.

Hiring & work

How to check a salary before you apply or negotiate

Read salary ranges, place yourself in the band, and set a fair number using a free real-pay salary directory — before you apply, negotiate, or post a role.

Food & ordering

How to check a food hygiene rating before you order

What the 0–5 FSA scale means, how to look up any UK venue for free, and what to do about an unrated or low-rated place before you order.

Trust & verification

How to protect a booking with a service guarantee

How a verified provider passport and a capped, receipt-backed action warranty work — and how to check coverage before work starts.

Home services

What a home job should cost before you book

Read a real UK trade cost range for the job, spot an over-quote, and book a vetted pro at a fair price using free trade cost guides.

Hiring & work

How to find healthcare jobs — nursing, care & social care

Where to browse nursing, care-worker and social-care roles by category, how to check what a role should pay before you apply, and how to strengthen your application.

Health

How to find a CQC-registered clinic or GP surgery near you

Browse a directory of CQC-registered clinics by English region, look up a doctor, and decide between waiting for the NHS and going private using real wait data.

Deciding between two options? See our head-to-head decision guides: NHS wait vs going private, rent vs buy a home, employee vs contractor, a vetted pro vs classifieds, and DIY compliance vs a sprint.
Browse another way: see the compare-all-products matrix or pick a topic silo (home & trades, health & care, work & hiring, trust & compliance, money & cover, AI & agents).

Free tools & open data — no signup

Free tools

Gera Tools — calculators & converters

Thousands of free online calculators and converters across finance, health, home, and cooking. No account required.

Open data

UK Salary Guides

Typical UK pay ranges by role and region from GeraJobs — check before you apply, negotiate, or set a job budget.

Open data

Food Hygiene Ratings

A free directory of UK food-hygiene ratings from GeraEats — check any restaurant or takeaway before you order.

Open data

UK House Prices by Area

Average house prices for 360 UK local-authority areas from GeraRent, built on Land Registry data — check before you rent or buy.

Open data

UK Trade Cost Guides

What you should pay a UK tradesperson by job, from GeraHome — check a fair range before you accept a quote.

Open data

UK Clinics & GP Surgeries

A directory of CQC-registered clinics and GP surgeries by English region, from GeraClinic — find and shortlist providers near you.

Browse jobs

Healthcare Jobs by Category

Browse live healthcare, nursing, care and social-care roles by category on GeraJobs — then check the pay in the salary directory.