portals + platforms, built to order.
We build custom web portals and platforms for businesses of every size: customer portals, staff portals, back offices, dashboards, SaaS products and multi-site systems. Everything runs on one secure backend with your apps and website, with the logins, roles and integrations your business needs.
what we build.
customer portals
Where your customers log in to book, order, pay, track progress, download documents and talk to you.
staff portals + back offices
Jobs, schedules, stock, orders, approvals and reporting in one place, replacing spreadsheets, paper and group chats.
saas products
Your own software product: accounts, subscriptions, multi-tenant data, onboarding and billing, ready to sell to your customers.
operations + dispatch consoles
Live maps, queues, bookings and allocation for teams that move people, vehicles or stock.
dashboards + reporting
The numbers that run the business, pulled together from your systems and updated live.
multi-site + multi-team systems
One system for several sites, brands or teams, with roles and permissions so everyone sees what they should.
crm, quoting + invoicing
Pipelines, quotes, online acceptance, invoices and payments, shaped around how you actually sell.
integrations
Connections to accounting, payments, CRM, email, messaging and your existing systems through their APIs.
legacy replacement
Moving off an old system or a tangle of spreadsheets, with your data migrated and the team brought across.
every size
of business.
From a founder's first product to a platform for a large organisation, the approach is the same: you talk to whoever is building it, you get a fixed quote, and we stay on after launch.
founders + startups
A first product built properly: scoped to what matters, launched fast and ready to grow, raise on and scale.
growing businesses
The spreadsheets, group chats and paper replaced with one system that fits how you already work, and grows with you.
large organisations
New products, internal platforms, AI and integrations built alongside your existing systems, teams and processes.
the proof.
Products we build and run ourselves, and businesses we've built for. Full case studies are coming soon.
gaffer
gaffer reads your supplier invoices, turns a voice note into a booked job, chases services before they're due and answers any question about the business in seconds. Fewer evenings in the office, less paid admin, nothing forgotten. It runs MW Plumbing & Heating today.
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nara
nara drafts the rota, reads delivery notes and till reports from a photo, drafts HR letters, screens CVs and answers any question about your sites, so managers spend the shift on the floor, not on paperwork.
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PingCab
A booking platform for licensed local taxi firms: a rider app, a driver app, a dispatch portal for the firm and a website covering 26 towns. Fixed fares from the council tariff, no surge, fully bilingual.
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blob
A campus community app for university students: a feed, societies, a group chat for every module, events, a student marketplace and a way to find coursemates. Our own venture, launching with students in Lisbon and Bangor.
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how it works.
Six steps, from the first conversation to keeping it running. More on working with us →
- 01 /talkWe start with the idea, the problem and where you're at. You don't need a finished brief.
- 02 /scopeWe work out what it needs to become, and what it doesn't, and what it has to connect to.
- 03 /fixed quoteYou get a fixed quote in writing, with the timeline, before anything starts.
- 04 /buildDesign and development under one roof. You see progress as it's built.
- 05 /launchWe get it working and into the world: on your domain, in the app stores or in your team's hands.
- 06 /runWe stay on to host, update and support it, so you're never left with something nobody looks after.
questions,
answered.
what's the difference between a portal and a platform?
A portal is one private web app, like a customer area or a staff back office. A platform is several products on one shared backend, for example a portal, an app and a website, so a change in one shows up in the others.
can one system run several sites or teams?
Yes. We build multi-site and multi-team systems with roles and permissions, so each site, brand or team sees its own work while you see everything.
can you build a SaaS product we can sell?
Yes. We build multi-tenant platforms with accounts, subscriptions and billing, and we run SaaS products of our own, so we know what it takes after launch.
is our data kept separate?
Yes. Each client runs on their own private database and deployment. Your data is never shared with anyone else's.
can it connect to our accounts and payments?
Yes. We connect portals to accounting software, card payments and Direct Debit through Stripe, and to the other systems you already use.
can our team use it on their phones?
Yes. Portals are built mobile-first, and we can add a native app for teams who work in the field.
do you work with large companies as well as small ones?
Yes. We work with founders, small and growing businesses, and large organisations. The process is the same at every size: you talk directly to whoever is building it, you get a fixed quote, and we stay on to run and support what we ship.
how much does it cost?
There's no price list, because no two builds are the same. We scope the work with you, then you get a fixed quote in writing before anything starts. We take on projects of every size, from a focused first version to a large, multi-part platform.
ready?
have something you want to build?
It doesn't need to be figured out yet. Bring the idea, the problem and where you're at. That's enough to start.