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Bespoke Software Development · Portals, intranets, SaaS and complete systems

Software built around your business, with the hardware to run it.

Our bespoke software development turns the way your business runs into a system that fits it: client portals, intranets, mobile apps, software you use as a service, and complete systems with screens, cameras and devices we build and test in our own Dunfermline workshop. We host the software in the UK, look after it and keep improving it as you grow.

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Our own workshop
hardware built and tested in Dunfermline
Microsoft Partner
4.9 on Google, from 64 reviews
Cyber Essentials
certified
HOW WE HELP YOUR BUSINESS

Paying for software that doesn’t quite fit?

Bespoke software works the way your business already does, and it can run the screens and devices around it too.

You pay for several apps and still work around all of them

One system shaped around the way your business actually works

Eye Right Referrals, an independent veterinary eye referral service with clinics across Scotland, takes bookings through a system we built.

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WHAT WE BUILD

Custom software development, from portals to complete systems.

All the custom software solutions we build start with how your business works and what you want it to do. Most of them run in a web browser on our UK cloud hosting, some as mobile apps for iPhone and Android, and where they need screens, cameras or tablets, we supply and set those up too.

01PORTALS

Client portals

A secure log-in where customers see their jobs, documents, invoices and messages, instead of phoning to ask.

02INTRANETS

Staff intranets

Policies, forms, holiday requests and news in one place for your team, connected to Microsoft 365.

03SAAS

Your software, as a service

Your own system in a web browser, hosted in the UK, backed up and looked after by us, with new features as you grow.

04HARDWARE

Complete systems

Screens, cameras, media players and tablets, built and tested in our workshop and run by your software.

05AI

AI built in

Assistants that answer customers’ questions, open support tickets and take call-back requests, like Ping on this website.

06INTEGRATIONS

Connected and automated

Forms, reminders and records flowing between your system, Microsoft 365, your accounts software and the other tools you use.

Booking systems and web applications →
07MOBILE

Mobile apps

iPhone and Android apps for your customers or your team, working from the same system as your portal and website.

08REPORTS

Dashboards and reports

Live figures from your system on one screen, so you can see bookings, jobs and sales without building a spreadsheet.

09MIGRATION

Moving from old software

Your records checked and moved across to your bespoke software, with your team trained before the old system is switched off.

IDEAS FOR YOUR BUSINESS

What could bespoke software do for your business?

Starting points by type of business. Each one is built around the way you work, and most can start small and grow with you.

01CLINICS & HEALTHCARE

Bookings, forms and training screens

Online bookings with reminders, secure forms to fill in before an appointment and screens for the waiting room. For Julia Hart Skin Clinic, we built live viewing of procedures so trainees can watch from another room.

02TRADES & FIELD SERVICES

Quotes, job sheets and certificates

An online quote calculator for your website, job sheets on a phone with photos and signatures, and a customer portal that keeps certificates, warranties and service reminders in one place.

03PLANT & EQUIPMENT HIRE

Availability, bookings and service logs

A live availability calendar with online booking, a planner for deliveries and collections, and a QR code on every machine that opens its service history and manuals.

04PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Client portals and onboarding

Secure document exchange for accountants, solicitors and consultants, onboarding forms and checklists, and a tracker so clients can see where their work has got to.

05RETAIL & SHOPPING CENTRES

Listings, offers and in-store screens

Shop, event and offer listings your team updates once, shown on your website and on screens around the store or centre, with click and collect if you sell online.

06VENUES, HOTELS & HOSPITALITY

What’s on, everywhere at once

Add an event once and it appears on your website, your TV screens and a guide guests open from a QR code, the way the Alhambra Theatre’s system works.

07INDUSTRY & SUPPLIERS

Trade catalogues and service records

A searchable parts catalogue with trade log-ins and quote requests, service records for every machine, and screens on the shop floor showing the day’s jobs.

08CLUBS & CHARITIES

Members, rotas and renewals

A members’ area with renewals, bookings and news, rotas for volunteers, and check-in at events from a phone or tablet.

09REPAIR & SERVICE

Job tracking, start to finish

Booking in, job sheets, engineer notes, customer updates and a warranty register. Our own workshop runs on a system like this, built by us.

FROM OUR WORKSHOP

Hardware and software, from one team you can call.

Because we also build, repair and supply computers in our own workshop on Guildhall Street, we can deliver the whole system: the software, and the screens, media players, cameras, tablets and network it runs on. Your software developers and the engineers who build the hardware are one team, and we test every part on our bench before it goes anywhere near your premises.

For Julia Hart Skin Clinic, we built a live procedure viewing system so trainees can watch from another room: a camera and clip-on microphone in the treatment room, a private network over the clinic’s existing cabling, and a small viewing box behind each TV that starts the picture by itself. Nothing is recorded, there are no monthly licence fees, and we support it remotely.

  • Built and tested in our Dunfermline workshop
  • Screens, media players, cameras and tablets
  • Private, secure networks for your devices
  • Secure UK hosting, with backups and monitoring
  • Remote support for the software and the hardware
  • Training, and a plain-English guide at handover
REVIEWS

Reviews from clients we’ve built systems for.

Word for word from our Google profile, where we’re rated 4.9 from 64 reviews.

“It’s just as good behind the scenes. We add and update shows ourselves, and the same details automatically feed the TV screens in the theatre, so nothing gets updated twice.”
M May
Alhambra Theatre
“Allan did an incredible job on my website, I am so happy I found him, he’s made setting up a business so much easier.”
J Henken
Eye Right Referrals
“Any changes I asked for were done quickly, usually the same day, including a couple of fixes I’d spotted on my older phone. I can now add photos of recent jobs myself from my phone, which is a big help.”
O Duffy
Mini digger hire, Fife
FAQ

Custom software development: common questions.

Something else? Call 01383 840808, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

It’s software designed and built around your business, instead of an off-the-shelf package your team has to work around. Bespoke or custom software might be a client portal, a staff intranet, a booking or job system, or a complete system with screens and devices, shaped around the way you work.

It often is when you’re paying for several apps that each do part of the job, typing the same details in twice or answering the same customer questions every day. A good place to start is the part that saves the most time, and we can add to it as you grow.

A web application is one kind of bespoke software: it runs in a web browser, so there’s nothing to install, and most of what we build works that way. Our web application development page covers booking systems, CRMs and job tracking in more detail.

You use your own system in a web browser while we run it for you: we host it on secure UK cloud hosting, back it up, monitor it and keep it up to date, and we add features as your business changes. You have one team to call, and we’re Cyber Essentials certified.

Yes. Our mobile app development covers iPhone and Android apps for your customers or your team, working from the same system as your portal and website, so bookings, job sheets and updates stay in one place. Sometimes a web app that works on any phone does the job just as well, and we’ll tell you which suits you before you commit to anything.

Yes. We supply screens, media players, cameras, tablets and the network they run on, build and test them in our Dunfermline workshop, install them and support them remotely once they’re in.

Yes, where it makes sense. We can connect it to Microsoft 365, your accounts software, CRM and sales platforms and other tools, so the same details aren’t typed into several places. If an old system no longer fits, we can move your data across and replace it.

It depends on the size of the system and whether there’s hardware to build and install. We agree a timeline at the start and keep you updated through planning, design, build, testing and launch, and a first version can go live while we work on the next part.

Look at systems they’ve built for businesses like yours and read their reviews. Ask who will look after the software once it’s live, where it’s hosted and who you call when something needs changing, and ask for an itemised quote showing the build and any monthly costs. We’re a custom software development company in Dunfermline, working with businesses across Scotland.

Every bespoke software project is priced on what your business needs, so we don’t have a standard price list. Book a free technology review and we’ll send a free, itemised quote in plain English, covering the build, any hardware and any monthly hosting and support, before any work starts. You can choose a low upfront cost with a monthly subscription, or pay for the build in full and own the code.

It depends on the terms in your contract. With a low upfront cost and a monthly subscription, you use the software under licence from us while we host it, support it and keep improving it. If you pay for the build in full, the code is yours. Your quote sets out both options, so you can choose what suits your business.

GET IN TOUCH

Tell us what you’d like your software to do.

We’ll talk through how your business runs today and what bespoke software, and any hardware around it, could do for you, with an itemised quote to follow.

24 Guildhall Street, Dunfermline, Fife, KY12 7NS01383 840808
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