Custom Software Development
Custom software development, built around how you already work
Every business has jobs done by hand every week. Individually none is worth fixing; across a year they add up to a salary. Our custom software development in Nottingham finds those jobs, puts hours against them, and builds only the ones that pay for themselves.
- Free process review first
- Written plan and fixed quote
- From £549, quoted per project
Common problems
The jobs that make people ring us
None of these is dramatic on its own. That is exactly why they never get fixed.
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The same customer details get typed in four times per job.
Entered once, then carried through quote, invoice and accounts without a second pass.
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The business actually runs on a spreadsheet only one person understands.
We replace it with a system your whole team can use, and document how it works.
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Month-end takes two days because the numbers live in four places.
One dashboard, current, with nobody compiling it by hand on a Friday.
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You pay per user, every month, for software that still does not quite fit.
We cost building against renewing, and tell you plainly when renewing wins.
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Job sheets are written in a van and typed up again that evening.
A van-side view engineers fill in once, on a phone, that reaches the office instantly.
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Invoices get chased by hand, from a list somebody has to remember.
Chasing runs itself, and you see what is owed without asking anyone.
What custom software replaces
Here is the one we see most. A customer’s details typed in at quote stage. Then again into the invoice. Then again into the accounts package. Then again into the VAT spreadsheet. Four times per job, forever.
Fixing that one thing usually pays for the build inside a year. Not because typing is slow, but because of everything downstream: the invoice that went to the wrong address, the job quoted twice, the month-end that takes two days instead of two hours.
- Worth building when off-the-shelf software almost fits but never quite does
- Not worth building when a standard package fits, and we will tell you so
- Costed against what the manual version costs you a year, in writing
Repetitive jobs we replace most often
If two or three of these are yours, there is almost certainly a number worth putting on the table.
- Quotes retyped as invoices, then retyped again into the accounts package
- Job sheets written in a van and typed up back at the office that evening
- Booking enquiries copied from the inbox to the calendar to a spreadsheet
- Customer details entered into three separate systems that do not talk
- Invoice chasing done by hand, from a list somebody has to remember to check
- Weekly reports compiled by pulling numbers out of four different places
- Appointment reminders sent one at a time, by whoever has a spare ten minutes
How the process works
Four steps. The first one is free and happens before any money changes hands.
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Step 1
We sit down and map it: free, before you spend anything
A working session, not a sales meeting. We walk through how the work actually flows, job by job, and write down every point where someone is doing something a computer should be doing. You get a written plan and a fixed quote. No money changes hands until you have seen both.
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Step 2
We put hours against each one
How long it takes, how often it happens, who does it. That turns “we are drowning in admin” into a number you can weigh against a quote.
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Step 3
You get the plan and the quote
What is worth building, what it saves per year, and what it costs. Some things will not be worth it. We say so, in writing, on the same page as the things that are.
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Step 4
We build the ones that pay for themselves
Highest-saving and lowest-risk first, so the benefit arrives early rather than at a big-bang launch eight months later. You are using part of it while the rest is still being built.
What we build
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Booking and scheduling
Real availability, deposits, reminders and a diary your team trusts. Customers book themselves in and you stop playing phone tag.
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Job and workflow management
Jobs from enquiry to invoice in one place, with the van-side view engineers will actually use on a phone.
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CRM and customer records
One record per customer, with the history attached, instead of four half-records across four systems.
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Quoting, invoicing and payments
A quote becomes an invoice without retyping, and the invoice reaches your accounts package without a second pass.
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Dashboards and reporting
What is booked, what is owed, what is selling, on one screen, current, without anyone compiling it.
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Integrations
Connecting the tools you already pay for, which is where a surprising amount of the saving actually comes from.
What it costs and how we quote it
Bespoke systems start from £549 and are quoted per project, because no two are the same. What you get before you commit is a fixed number, not a day rate and a shrug.
We are also happy to tell you when the answer is not to build anything. Sometimes the fix is a setting in software you already own. That advice is free and it costs us a project, which is rather the point of a review that is genuinely free.
What custom software costs, in detailNeed something that is not listed?
Ask us. This page covers the work we do most often, not the limit of what we can help with. Business technology rarely stays inside neat categories.
Start with a phone call. We will tell you straight away whether it is something we can pick up, and if it needs a specialist alongside us, we will arrange that and manage it for you. Either way you make one call and get one answer.
Get in touch
Talk to us about custom software
A few lines is enough. We will tell you straight whether we can help, what it would cost and how quickly we can be there. No hard sell, and no follow-up sequence if you decide against it.
- We reply within one working day
- A straight answer, including when it is no
- Free process review available, before any money changes hands
Would rather just ring? 01623 354250, Mon–Fri, 9am–5:30pm.
Frequently asked questions
If the answer is not here, ask us. You will get a straight one, from someone who does the work.
Mon–Fri, 9am–5:30pm
How much does custom software cost in the UK?
Bespoke systems start from £549 and are quoted per project. A small internal tool might be one to three thousand pounds; a full job-management system for a team of fifteen is more likely to be five figures. You get a fixed price after the free process review rather than an hourly estimate that drifts.
Why not just use off-the-shelf software?
Because when it fits, it is the cheaper answer, and we will tell you so. Building makes sense when the package almost fits but never quite does, when you are paying per user forever for features you never open, or when the workaround has become a job in itself.
How long does a custom system take to build?
Smaller tools are a few weeks. Larger systems are built in stages across two to six months so that you get working value early rather than waiting for one big launch. The stages and dates are in the quote before you commit.
Do we own the software you build?
Yes. The system is yours, the data is yours, and there is no licence that expires if you stop working with us. We will hand over the code and the hosting if you ever want to take it elsewhere.
Can it connect to the tools we already use?
Usually, yes, accounting packages, payment providers, your website, email and calendars. Connecting existing tools is often where the biggest saving is, because it removes the retyping rather than replacing the software.
What happens if it needs changing after launch?
Systems change because businesses change, so we expect it. Small tweaks are covered under a support arrangement; larger additions are quoted the same way as the original build, fixed price, before anything starts.
