IT Consultancy
Independent technical advice: what to build, what to buy, and what to fix first.
- In service
- Capital Smart City, 2019 – now
- First version
- Usually 2–4 months
- Quote
- Fixed price for the first phase
- Contract
- UK company, you own the code
Many technology decisions are made with advice from people selling the answer. We give business owners straight advice from engineers who build and run software every day: whether to build or buy, what a system will really cost to run, and where the risks are.
Typical starting points are a review of an existing system, a plan for a new one, or a second opinion on a supplier’s proposal.
What we build
Technical audits
Code, hosting and security reviewed, with the risks ranked by how much they matter.
Architecture and roadmaps
A plan for what to build first, what it will cost and how it fits together.
Build or buy
Products and suppliers compared against your needs, including when not to build.
Fractional CTO
A senior engineer in your planning, hiring and supplier meetings, a few days a month.
Running cost reviews
Cloud, hosting and licence bills checked for waste.
How we work
- 1
A first call
What you’re trying to decide, and what you already have.
- 2
Review
We look at the systems, code, contracts or proposals involved.
- 3
Report
A plain-English report: what you have, what’s at risk, and what to do first.
- 4
Follow-through
Help carrying out the plan, from us or from the team you choose.
Related work
CRM & Call Centre – Capital Smart City
One 24/7 call centre for a sales team of over 400, and call-centre payroll cut in half.
2019 – now
Berlitz CRM & LMS Case Study
Sign-ups, payments and course progress from six customer channels in one CRM and learning platform.
2017 – now
Questions
Do you only recommend things you can build?
No. If an off-the-shelf product fits, we’ll tell you so, even when it means we build nothing.
What do we get at the end of an audit?
A written report in plain English: what you have, what is at risk, and a prioritised list of fixes with rough costs.
Talk to us about consultancy
Tell us what you need to build. We reply within one working day with a clear next step.
- Reply
- Within one working day
- First phase
- A written scope and a fixed price