Systems that still work on the Monday after we leave.
Consulting Services
Most IT problems are not technology problems — a process nobody wrote down, two systems never introduced to each other, a spreadsheet holding up a department. Usually fixable with less software than people expect.
This division exists because we build and run the systems behind our own trading operation, and clients kept asking who did it. We now sell that work directly, to anyone.
- What we source
- Specialist capacity where a brief needs it — security testers, data engineers, platform specialists.
- Who we supply
- Businesses that need something built, joined up or kept running — a first internal tool, or an estate that has outgrown whoever set it up.
What we handle.
Sold directly, scoped and priced per engagement.
- Software and applications
- Built to order, in a stack your own team can still maintain after we hand it over.
- Web apps
- Mobile
- Internal tools
- APIs
- Cloud and infrastructure
- Migration, architecture and pipelines sized to what you actually run, not to what looks good in a diagram.
- AWS
- Azure
- Google Cloud
- DevOps
- CI/CD
- Data and integration
- Joined up so a number is entered once — ERP and CRM, data pipelines, reporting people actually open.
- Integrations
- ERP
- CRM
- Pipelines
- Dashboards
- Support and managed services
- Helpdesk, monitoring, patching and backups on a retained arrangement.
- Helpdesk
- Monitoring
- Backups
- Patching
Who we are
- We run what we build, so an estimate comes from having done it rather than from a template.
- We will say the thing you asked for is not the thing you need, before quoting for it.
- An engineer’s answer, including when it is that you do not need us yet.
What sets us apart
- You own the code, the accounts and the documentation from day one. Nothing is locked to us.
- Trade and logistics needs no explaining — grades, Incoterms and release notes are already our vocabulary.
Looking ahead
- Published prices for small, well-understood work, so starting needs no quote.
- Reusable components for the trade and logistics workflows we are asked for most.
- Client teams trained to run what we build, and the shorter engagements that follow.
How an engagement runs.
Three steps, from a two-week integration to a system we run for years.
- 01
What the problem actually is
We start from the outcome, not the technology, and say when a smaller change would get you there.
- 02
Scope, price and plan
The work is broken into pieces and priced, so you can see what you are taking on.
- 03
Built, handed over and supported
We ship it, hand over the code and the accounts, and support it for as long as you want.
A partner before the build, not after it
For companies starting something, we are the check while changing direction is still cheap.
For companies running something that creaks, we find what is actually broken, not what is easiest to replace.
Other divisions
- Matched, specified, shippedFood & Consumer ProductsVolume from growers and producers, placed with wholesalers, caterers and retail chains.
- Sellers and buyers, matchedAutomotive & ManufacturingScrap and factory waste placed with the refiners and mills that want it; graded metal, parts and machinery sourced for industry.