Software built around how your business works
Bespoke systems, integrations and data pipelines engineered on AWS by a senior team with ex-Amazon and Ticketmaster experience — enterprise discipline, SME budgets, and the price fixed before we start.
How we approach it
Every growing business accumulates manual work that software should be doing: data retyped between systems that don’t talk to each other, month-end reports assembled by hand from four exports, approvals chased over email, processes that only work because one person remembers every step. Bespoke software removes that drag. We build systems shaped around how your business actually operates — so the process runs itself, the data is in one place, and your team’s time goes on work that earns money.
The first question we ask is whether you should build at all. If an off-the-shelf product covers what you need, we’ll point you at it and save you the budget — bespoke software is an investment, and it only pays when your process is genuinely yours. Where custom is right, the shape varies: a system that automates your core operation, integrations that connect your CRM, accounts package and warehouse, or data pipelines that pull scattered sources into one reliable set of dashboards and reports.
We engineer on a proven stack — TypeScript and Node.js, PostgreSQL, and AWS cloud architecture using services like Lambda, S3 and RDS — designed so infrastructure costs track your usage and scale without re-platforming. Our team spent years inside AWS itself, Ticketmaster and the UK’s largest news publisher, and we bring that discipline to every engagement: continuous integration and deployment, automated test suites, code review and written documentation as standard, priced for SME budgets rather than enterprise ones.
Legacy systems get the same treatment. If your business runs on an ageing Access database, a creaking PHP application or software whose original developer has vanished, we can modernise it incrementally — stabilising what exists, then migrating piece by piece so the business never stops trading. Pricing is fixed and agreed in writing after a free 30-minute scoping call; custom builds start from £15,000, and you own every line of code we write.
Software Development, done properly
Bespoke business systems
Software shaped around your exact operation — quoting, scheduling, compliance, order management — instead of forcing your process into someone else’s product.
System integrations
We connect the tools you already run — CRMs, Xero, Stripe, warehouse and industry systems — so data flows automatically instead of being retyped and reconciled.
Data pipelines & reporting
Scattered spreadsheets and exports become automated pipelines feeding one reliable set of dashboards — month-end numbers in minutes, not days.
Cloud architecture on AWS
Infrastructure designed by engineers who worked inside AWS — using Lambda, S3 and RDS so costs track usage and the system scales without re-platforming.
Legacy modernisation
Ageing databases and unsupported applications migrated incrementally to a modern stack — stabilised first, replaced piece by piece, with zero trading downtime.
Enterprise discipline, SME budgets
CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, code review and documentation on every project — the practices big tech relies on, priced for growing businesses.
From first call to launch
- 01
Scope
A free call, then discovery to map the process, systems and data involved. We give an honest build-vs-buy recommendation and a fixed written price for any build.
- 02
Architect
We design the system and its AWS infrastructure up front — data models, integrations, security — and walk you through the plan in plain English before building.
- 03
Build & test
Development in two-week sprints with automated tests and CI/CD from the first commit, on a staging environment where you can try each piece as it lands.
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Deploy & evolve
Careful cutover with data migration, training and documentation, then ongoing monitoring and improvement as the system beds into daily use.
Software Development questions, answered
How much does bespoke software cost?
Custom software projects start from £15,000. A focused automation or integration sits at the lower end; systems that run a whole operation cost more. After a free scoping call we put the full scope and a fixed price in writing before any work begins — no day rates, and no invoice that grows as the project runs.
How do I know whether to build custom software or buy off the shelf?
Buy when a proven product covers your process well — it’s faster and cheaper, and we’ll tell you so. Build when your process is a genuine competitive edge, when you’re stitching together five subscriptions that still don’t quite fit, or when per-seat licences across a growing team exceed the cost of owning the system. We give that recommendation honestly at scoping, even when it loses us the work.
Can you take over or modernise an existing system?
Yes — it’s a large part of what we do. We start with an audit of the code, data and infrastructure, stabilise anything urgent, then modernise incrementally: migrating the riskiest pieces first while the existing system keeps running. That staged approach costs less and carries far less risk than a big-bang rewrite, and the business never stops trading.
What technologies do you use?
Our core stack is TypeScript and Node.js with PostgreSQL, running on AWS — Lambda, S3 and RDS for most workloads — with React or Next.js where a system needs an interface. We choose per project based on what your system needs and what your team can support long-term, and we’ll explain every choice in plain English rather than hiding behind jargon.
Who owns the software once it’s built?
You do, outright. Source code, documentation and the AWS accounts all sit in your name from day one, so you’re never locked into us. Because every project ships with automated tests, CI/CD and written documentation, any competent development team could take it over — though most clients keep us on a support plan for monitoring, updates and improvements.
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