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Software built around how your business actually works.

Off-the-shelf tools make you change your process to fit them. We build the system your business needs, so your people stop working around the software and start working with it.

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Core strengths

  • Scalable Architecture
  • Enterprise-Grade Security
  • Agile Delivery

We don't just write code; we build competitive advantages. Our high-performance systems are engineered to scale with your ambition and solve your most complex business challenges.

Problems we are asked to solve here.

  • “Our orders, stock and jobs live in spreadsheets and chat groups.
  • “We use three different tools and none of them talk to each other.
  • “Only one person really understands how our current system works.
  • “Our software slows down every time the business grows.
  • “We're not sure our customer data is handled safely.

What this looks like in practice.

Typical scenarios, written the way a business owner would describe them. They show what we can build for you; they are not named client projects.

Replace spreadsheets with one operations system

  • Distribution
  • Services
  • Manufacturing

The situation

Orders arrive by phone and chat, stock is tracked in a spreadsheet and job status lives in someone's head. Mistakes and double entry have become normal.

What we build

A single web system for orders, stock and jobs, with roles and approvals, an audit trail and the reports owners ask for every Monday.

What you get

Everyone works from the same live data. Fewer errors, no re-typing, and the owner can see the business without asking around.

  • Roles and permissions
  • Order and stock tracking
  • Approvals
  • Reports

A portal where customers help themselves

  • B2B
  • Distribution
  • Professional services

The situation

Customers call or email for order status, invoices and documents, and your team answers the same questions all day.

What we build

A secure portal where customers sign in to see orders, download invoices, raise requests and follow them to completion.

What you get

Fewer routine calls, faster answers for customers, and your team's time goes to real work.

  • Secure sign-in
  • Order tracking
  • Invoices and documents
  • Support requests

A booking, ordering or marketplace platform

  • Retail
  • Hospitality
  • Services

The situation

You want to take bookings, orders or payments online, or connect buyers and sellers, but standard platforms don't fit the way you trade.

What we build

A platform with listings, availability, payments and notifications, plus an admin back office built around your pricing and rules.

What you get

Revenue that no longer depends on someone answering the phone, and a model that fits how you actually do business.

  • Listings and availability
  • Online payments
  • Notifications
  • Admin back office

Connect the systems you already use

  • Any business with several tools

The situation

Accounting, CRM, e-commerce and delivery each hold part of the story, and people copy data between them by hand.

What we build

Integrations and an API layer that move data between your tools automatically, with checks so errors are caught early.

What you get

Data is entered once and is right everywhere.

  • APIs
  • Accounting and CRM sync
  • Payment gateways
  • Error alerts

Live voice, video and chat inside your own product

  • Education
  • Coaching
  • Communities
We built exactly this for our own product, LUCY.

The situation

You want customers or learners to talk to each other, or to you, inside your own app instead of on a third-party tool.

What we build

Voice rooms, 1-on-1 calls, group chat and live sessions built into your product, with moderation tools for hosts.

What you get

A richer product that keeps people inside your platform.

  • Voice rooms
  • 1-on-1 calls
  • Group chat
  • Host moderation

A training and e-learning platform

  • Training centres
  • Language schools
  • Corporate training
The approach behind LUCY and its web version, LUCY LEARN.

The situation

Your training lives in slides, files and video calls, with no clear way to see who has learned what.

What we build

Courses with video and file lessons, assignments with feedback and grades, live sessions, and a web and mobile experience for learners.

What you get

Learners follow a clear path, trainers see progress, and your training becomes something you can scale.

  • Courses and lessons
  • Assignments and grades
  • Live sessions
  • Web and mobile

Deliverables you can hold us to

  • Requirements and a technical plan you can read
  • A clickable prototype before we build
  • Production software with an admin back office
  • Automated tests and documentation
  • Deployment, handover and ongoing support

Proven in our own products

We have done this for ourselves first.

LUCY combines live voice rooms, calls, chat, courses and an admin panel in one platform, on iPhone, Android and the web. It is built and run by our own team.

LUCY, one of our own products, at lucyplatform.com

Things people ask before they start.

Ask the whale

Pick a question below.

How do we decide what to build first?
We start with the problem that costs you the most today and design a first release that fixes it. You see it working before we expand.
Can you work with the systems we already have?
We can connect to the tools you use and work alongside your team. Tell us what you have and we will say what is practical.
What if we're not sure exactly what we need?
That is normal. Start with a conversation about the problem. We will tell you what we would build, what we would not, and what a sensible first step looks like.
How will we know how it's going?
Short delivery cycles with working software you can try regularly, so you steer as we go.

Have one of these problems? Tell us about it.

We reply with a sensible first step: what we would build, what we would not, and how to start small.

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