Your spreadsheets have become a system.
We can turn them into one.
Bespoke business software · Manchester
Software built around your business.
Bespoke web applications, APIs and data systems for growing businesses.
We build the systems behind growing businesses: customer portals, internal tools, APIs, databases and automated workflows.
Your business has outgrown the spreadsheet. That's usually where we come in.
Before
- Excel
- Paper
- Manual data entry
- Duplicate records
PAC
- Frontend
- API
- Database
- Automation
- Integrations
After
One
system.
02 · The problem
Your business has grown. Your software hasn't.
We can help if…
Your software doesn't talk to each other.
We can connect it.
Off-the-shelf software doesn't fit how you work.
We can build something that does.
Peel back the page · L1 is the page you are reading
<Sheet edition="0000" motif="flow">
<Display>
Software built around your business.
</Display>
<Button to="#contact">
Start a conversation
</Button>
</Sheet>Fast, accessible screens built from a shared component system, so every new page looks and behaves like the last.
POST /api/submit this site's contact form
validate(name, email, message)
rateLimit(sha256(ip), 120s)
email.send(to: PAC, replyTo: you)
→ 200 { success: true }APIs, sign-in and permissions, business logic, integrations and background jobs that keep running when nobody is watching.
SELECT c.name, count(o.id) AS orders
FROM customers c
JOIN orders o ON o.customer_id = c.id
WHERE o.placed_at > now() - interval '30 days'
GROUP BY c.name
ORDER BY orders DESC;Carefully modelled databases, reporting and data pipelines, with backups that are actually tested.
git push main
├─ build ✓
├─ test ✓
├─ deploy ✓ edge network
└─ monitor ● healthyCloud hosting, automated deployment, monitoring and security built in from the first release.
03 · What sits behind the paper
What sits behind the paper
Every layer of a business system, designed and built by one team.
We don't reinvent things unnecessarily.
We build what makes your business different and integrate what doesn't.
Build
- Your customer portal
- Your workflow
- Your business logic
- Your internal tools
Integrate
- Xero
- Microsoft 365
- Stripe
- Your CRM
- Existing databases
- Third-party APIs
04 · PAC / Business system 001
See inside a business system
A working demo for a fictional company. Click around, then look underneath.
Every click makes a request
The strip along the bottom shows the API call and SQL behind each action. Open an order, move it along, then press View the architecture to see the whole stack.
05 · Case files
Problem. Built. Result.
Written up like engineering reports, because that is what the work is.
Project 001
Orders and stock for a 60-person distributor
- Problem
- Orders, stock and invoicing were tracked across spreadsheets, a shared inbox and a whiteboard.
- Built
- React application · Node API · PostgreSQL · Xero integration · automated reporting · AWS
- Result
- 4 manual processes removed · 3 systems connected · around 12 hours a week saved
Project 002
Customer portal for a field-service firm
- Problem
- Customers phoned for job updates and engineers re-typed their reports at the end of every day.
- Built
- Next.js portal · Python API · Entra ID sign-in · PostgreSQL · Microsoft 365 email · Azure
- Result
- Job status self-served · same-day reports · one record per job instead of three
Project 003
Weekly reporting for a multi-site retailer
- Problem
- Monday figures were stitched together by hand from tills, Stripe and an ageing stock database.
- Built
- ETL pipelines · SQL warehouse · Stripe and legacy integrations · BI dashboards · scheduled backups
- Result
- Monday report automated · 3 data sources unified · figures available daily
Under the surface · northwest_components · PostgreSQL
06 · Under the hood
Under the surface
The part most people never see, and the part that has to be right.
- Frontend
- React · Next.js · TypeScript Quick, accessible screens your customers and team will actually use.
- Backend
- Node.js · Python · .NET · APIs · Authentication Your business rules and permissions, kept in one dependable place.
- Data
- PostgreSQL · SQL Server · Data warehousing · BI Structured, reliable storage that stays dependable as you grow.
- Infra
- AWS · Azure · Docker · CI/CD Monitored, backed up and released without drama.
- Connect
- Microsoft 365 · Xero · Stripe · CRM · REST APIs Use what you already pay for instead of replacing it.
07 · How we work
Discover to improve
A calm, transparent process, and we are still here after launch.
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01
Discover
We learn how the work really happens, including the spreadsheets nobody mentions.
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02
Design
We shape the screens, the data and the integrations, and agree what comes first.
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03
Build
Working software in short increments, so you can see and use progress as it lands.
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04
Launch
Careful migration from the old way of working, with training and monitoring in place.
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05
Improve
We watch how the system is used and keep it growing with the business.
08 · Contact
Got a system that doesn't quite exist yet?
Let's work out what it should look like.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- [email protected]