Guides
Written for people about to spend money on software, including the parts that argue against hiring us.
What is bespoke software? Eight examples
What the word covers, the three different things sold under it, and eight systems that show what it looks like in a working business.
8 minUpdated 4 October 2026
Software maintenance and support: what you pay for
What keeps changing under a finished system, where maintenance money goes, and eight things a support agreement should say.
8 minUpdated 4 October 2026
App development cost in the UK, for business apps
Published UK prices for business apps, the parts that move the figure, and the yearly costs nobody quotes for.
9 minUpdated 4 October 2026
Fixed price vs time and materials for software
The two ways UK software firms charge, who carries the risk under each, and how to tell which one your project can stand.
8 minUpdated 4 October 2026
Developer disappeared? What to secure first
What to secure when the person building your system disappears, what UK law says you own, and how to decide what happens next.
9 minUpdated 4 October 2026
Workflow automation: what it costs
The four processes worth automating first, and the three cheaper fixes to rule out before you pay anybody.
8 minUpdated 19 September 2026
Systems that do not talk to each other
How to put a yearly number on the retyping, and how to check the cheap fixes before paying for the expensive one.
7 minUpdated 19 September 2026
Legacy system replacement: four routes out
The expensive risk is not the software. It is that one person understands it. Four routes out, honestly costed.
9 minUpdated 19 September 2026
What custom software costs in the UK
Real 2026 bands, the four things that move the number, and how to tell a serious quote from a hopeful one.
9 minUpdated 19 September 2026
Custom CRM vs Salesforce
Replacing it is the expensive answer and rarely the right one. How to tell which of the four problems you actually have.
7 minUpdated 19 September 2026
How to make your business run without you
Everybody says delegate. This is about why that does not work yet, and what has to change first.
8 minUpdated 19 September 2026
Choosing a UK software development company
How firms differ by size and price, the ten-minute checks, and the questions that expose a bad fit early.
8 minUpdated 19 September 2026
Capitalising software development costs in the UK
The intangibles default, the election most companies never make, and the R&D claim you probably cannot make.
8 minUpdated 19 September 2026
Custom software vs off the shelf
Most of the time you should buy. This is how to work out whether you are in the other case.
8 minUpdated 19 September 2026
Tell us what is not working
Describe the process that is costing you time. If software is the wrong answer we will say so, and if a product already covers it we will name the product.
From £10,000Most projects land between £15,000 and £55,000.