South East England
Canterbury mixes a world-famous cathedral, two universities and a city centre of independent shops, with the seaside towns of Whitstable and Herne Bay a short drive away. We build the websites, booking systems and web apps that businesses across the district use to serve visitors, students and residents, and we deliver every project remotely.
Local context
Canterbury Cathedral was founded by St Augustine in 597 and is the principal seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, who leads the Church of England and the worldwide Anglican Communion. It remains a major pilgrimage destination and one of the most visited historic sites in the UK. Around it, Visit Canterbury promotes medieval streets lined with independent boutiques, a traditional Christmas market, a calendar of festivals and six vineyards in the surrounding countryside.
Higher education is the other pillar of the city. The University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University are, according to a study published by the University of Kent, among the largest employers in the region, and spending by their students supports jobs in almost every part of the local economy. That gives Canterbury an unusual calendar: term-time trade, summer visitors and a quieter winter outside the Christmas season.
The wider district takes in Whitstable, Herne Bay and Fordwich, together with villages and farmland, and parts of it lie in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Seafood restaurants, beach huts, holiday lets, farm shops and wineries all depend on being easy to find and easy to book, and many of them are run by small teams who cannot afford to spend evenings on admin.
Sectors
Guides, tour operators and attractions near the cathedral need timed-entry booking, group enquiries from travel trade and schools, and multilingual information pages that work on a visitor's phone in the street.
Colleges, tutors, language schools and student housing providers serve a large student population. Common builds are enrolment forms, course and room booking, payment plans and portals for parents or sponsors.
Boutiques and specialist retailers on Canterbury's historic streets compete with national brands nearby. An online shop with click and collect, gift cards and a clear view of stock helps them sell beyond opening hours.
Restaurants, cafés and holiday properties in Whitstable and Herne Bay are busiest in summer. They ask for table reservations, direct booking for lets and simple tools for changing availability when the weather or season turns.
Wineries and farm businesses in the surrounding countryside sell tastings, tours, cases and gift boxes. They need shops that handle age checks, delivery rules and event tickets in one place.
Common requests
These are the kinds of software that match how trade works in a cathedral and university city with a coast of its own.
Slots, capacity limits and group rates for tours and attractions, with confirmation emails and a simple door list for staff.
Booking, lettings and course tools that cope with the surge at the start of term and the quieter weeks in between.
Holiday property owners with cottages in the city and on the coast can manage every property, price and changeover from one screen.
A shop for producers with delivery zones, collection times and event tickets for tastings, linked to stock and accounts.
A fast, well-structured website that shows up when visitors search for what to do, where to eat or where to shop in Canterbury.
Services
Many visitors plan a day in Canterbury on their phone while on the train or already in the city. We build light, clear sites that answer their questions quickly and point them to a booking or a visit.
For tour operators, letting agents and education providers, we build web applications that manage bookings, tenancies, enrolments or groups in the way your team already works.
Guides, housekeeping teams and event staff can use one installable web app on phones and tablets to check schedules, mark tasks complete and record issues.
If an idea has come out of research or teaching at one of the universities, we can help you turn it into a subscription product with accounts, billing and administration.
Shops, vineyards and food producers get online stores with age checks where needed, delivery and collection options, and gift cards for the visitor trade.
We join up booking platforms, payment providers, accounting software and mailing tools, so a reservation or sale only has to be entered once.
How we work
All of our work with Canterbury businesses is carried out remotely. We start with a video conversation about how your business runs through the year, then share designs and working builds as links you can try on your own phone and computer.
You get a written proposal covering scope, milestones and price before any development, and each finished milestone is reviewed with you in the client panel. Because questions and answers are written down there, seasonal staff can pick up where someone else left off.
A video call to understand the business, the people who will use the software and what has to change.
Scope, milestones and price in writing. Nothing starts until you accept it.
Each milestone is reviewed with you; progress, files and decisions stay in your client panel.
Go-live when you are ready, then maintenance and hosting if you want them.
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FAQ
Prefer to give the full picture? The quote wizard asks about your business, your current systems and what should change, and we reply with a clear, competitive proposal.