Services and prices for small firms
Three kinds of work, each quoted in writing, one stage at a time, before anything is built. You pay per stage, never by the hour without agreeing it first. Projects start from £1,500.
Custom software
A tool built around how your business already works, for the job a spreadsheet or an off-the-shelf app keeps getting wrong.
- What you get
- A web app your team uses on a laptop or phone, its source code, a test suite and a written guide.
- Typical shape
- Two to four two-week stages. The first one ends with something your team can use.
- Price shape
- Small tools from £1,500; most first versions £4,000 to £15,000, fixed per stage.
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AI automation for the admin
An agent that reads the email, documents and spreadsheets a person now copies between systems, then files, matches or drafts. Anything that pays, sends or deletes waits for a person.
What you get
One working agent for one job, its prompts and rules in plain files, and a log of every action it took.
Typical shape
A two-week trial on last month's real documents, then a stage to connect it to your systems.
Price shape
£1,500 to £5,000 a workflow, fixed per stage.
Running costs
Model usage billed at cost, in your own account, with a monthly cap you set.
Self-hosted servers
Your apps, files and backups on a small server in your office or at a UK host, set up so it can be looked after by someone other than me.
- Setupfrom £1,200
Hardware bought in your name, Proxmox, Docker, remote access and backups.
- Care planfrom £150 a month
Updates, a monthly restore test, monitoring and a written report.
- Changes outside a quote£450 a day
Agreed in writing before the work starts.
Stages of a typical software project
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A first call, 30 minutes
You describe the job and what it costs you now in hours or errors. I say whether software is the answer, and if not, what is.
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A written software quote
Each stage has a price, a length and what you will be able to do at the end of it. Nothing starts until you agree it.
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Software in 2-week stages
Every stage ends with a working version on your server and a short call to go through it. You can stop after any stage.
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Handover of the software
You get the code, every password in a shared vault and a plain-English guide, so another developer could take over.
Why per stage, not per hour?
You know the cost before each stage starts. If a stage takes me longer than quoted, that is my problem, not yours.
Who owns the code?
You do, from the first commit. It lives in your account, on your server or a host you pay directly.
What if you are ill or busy?
I am one person, so I take on a small number of projects at once. The handover guide exists so someone else could carry on.
Is VAT included in these prices?
Every quote states clearly whether VAT applies and shows the total you will pay.
What happens after handover?
Either a care plan, or a fixed quote for each later change. There is no contract tying you in.
Do you work outside the UK?
I work with UK businesses, remotely, and visit in person where the job needs it.