South East England
Portsmouth is a naval city and a ferry and cruise port, with a historic dockyard that draws visitors from around the world. We build web apps, websites and system integrations for the marine, defence supply, freight and visitor businesses that grow up around that waterfront, and we run every project remotely.
Local context
Portsmouth is the home base for around two-thirds of the Royal Navy's surface fleet, including the aircraft carriers HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales. Naval logistics, maintenance and support on that scale create a long chain of suppliers, from engineering and fabrication firms to training providers, caterers and transport companies, many of whom handle strict documentation and security requirements.
Next door, Portsmouth International Port calls itself Britain's biggest municipal port and is part of Portsmouth City Council. It runs ferry routes to France, Spain and the Channel Islands, handles cruise calls and roll-on roll-off freight, hosts conventional cargo berths operated by Portico and forms part of the Solent Freeport. Hauliers, travel firms, shore excursion providers and hotels all plan their week around its sailing schedules.
The waterfront is also a visitor destination. Portsmouth Historic Dockyard brings together the Mary Rose Museum, HMS Victory, HMS Warrior and several Royal Navy museums, and the port works with Visit Portsmouth to connect cruise passengers with local attractions and hospitality. The University of Portsmouth offers degrees with a full extra placement year, which links students directly to employers.
Sectors
Engineering, fabrication and support firms that work on naval programmes deal with drawings, certificates, inspections and access controls. We build job and quality systems that keep that evidence organised and restricted to the right people.
Hauliers and port service companies schedule work around sailings that can change at short notice. Booking, dispatch and tracking tools help them reshuffle jobs quickly and keep customers informed.
Attractions, tour providers and hospitality businesses near the dockyard and seafront sell timed tickets, group visits and packages. They need booking flows that work for cruise passengers with only a few hours ashore.
Colleges, training companies and employers that host student placements manage applications, attendance, assessments and certificates. A web application keeps those records in one place rather than across inboxes.
Plumbers, electricians, cleaners and maintenance firms serving homes and businesses across the city need quoting, job booking, route planning and invoicing that works from a van as well as a desk.
Common requests
Life around a working harbour creates some distinctive problems that the right system can take off people's plates.
Role-based permissions and audit logs so only cleared staff see particular drawings, contracts or records, with every view recorded.
Dispatch and booking tools that update jobs, drivers and customers together when a crossing time moves.
Ticketing and package booking that fits a cruise passenger's limited time ashore, with clear meeting points and timings.
Applications, timesheets, supervisor sign-offs and certificates tracked in one system that students, employers and tutors can all use.
Job sheets, photos, signatures and payments taken on a phone at the customer's door, synchronised with the office straight away.
Services
Whether you supply naval programmes or run a guest house near the seafront, we build fast, accessible websites that explain what you do and turn visitors into enquiries or bookings.
For marine, defence supply and port businesses we build web applications around your jobs, inspections, bookings or approvals, with permissions and audit trails built in.
Engineers in workshops, drivers at the port and staff at attractions can use one installable web app across phones, tablets and laptops, kept current without app store releases.
If you have spotted a gap in software for maritime, logistics or training, we can build a subscription product with accounts, billing and administration for your first customers.
For attractions, independent retailers and marine suppliers we build online shops and ticketing with gift options, trade pricing and delivery rules that fit your products.
We connect booking engines, accounting packages, carrier systems and CRMs so schedules, orders and invoices stay consistent everywhere they appear.
How we work
Portsmouth projects are delivered online. We discuss requirements over video, including any security or confidentiality rules your contracts impose, and share progress as working builds that your team can test on their own devices.
Scope, milestones and price are set out in a written proposal before work begins. Everything after that, from design approvals to invoices and handover documents, is kept in your client panel, so there is a clear record of what was agreed and delivered.
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
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