What we build
Custom software in Preston and Leyland
Tired of a business that only runs because you hold it together? We build the system it runs on instead, from Preston, by a company registered in Leyland: the job tracker that replaces the spreadsheet, the portal your clients log into, the quote that prices itself.
What it is
One system shaped around how your business already works, instead of bending the business around a tool built for somebody else.
It replaces the three apps and a spreadsheet you juggle now, and still works with your accounts package and card payments.
Sound familiar?
- The real system is a spreadsheet only you understand
- You type the same job into three different places
- You do quotes at the kitchen table at ten at night
- Customers ring to ask where their job is up to
- You cannot take a week off without the phone going
What we can build
What we can build for you. What we have already built is further down.
- Job systems that run from enquiry to invoice
- Client portals where customers log in, see progress, sign off and pay
- Quote tools that price the same job the same way, whoever is quoting
- iOS and Android apps for customers, members or staff on the move
- Booking and membership systems with payments built in
How we approach it
We start by sitting with the people who do the job and watching where it breaks. Being in Preston means that happens in the room, not over email.
A fixed price in writing before we start, a working version early, and the software is yours once paid for. Hosting, monitoring and changes are a separate monthly retainer.
Why Preston and Leyland
We build for businesses across the UK, but the first afternoon with your team goes better in person, and from Preston we can be there.
Ownly Digital Limited is company number 17266711, registered in England and Wales, with its office in Leyland, Lancashire.
See it working
A short film of one of our own demonstrations, recorded from the running software. Every company in it is invented, and the link opens the real thing.
Brackenhall Property Services · Construction and property maintenance
Every variation priced, sent, answered and captured, and a job that cannot be released for invoicing while there is a hole in the record.
Ironmere Plant · Gyms and leisure
A fault reported off the gym floor becomes a work order, a quote nobody can spend without approving, and a running figure for what the downtime costs.
Things we have already built
Live in software we have delivered, and part of the 123 things we have built.
What the team is doing, live
You can see a bad week on the Tuesday, while there is still time to change it.
A screen that tells you what today is
The day starts already decided, so the first hour goes on work instead of triage.
Automations that tell you when they stop working
A broken automation announces itself the same day instead of being discovered by a customer.
A daily note when something looks off
You are told when something looks wrong, rather than being expected to go and look.
Numbers that cannot contradict each other
Every number in the system comes from one calculation, so nobody has to work out which screen to believe.
A record of who changed what, and when
When something looks wrong you can answer who did it in a minute, rather than reconstructing it from memory.
Onboarding a new person without doing it from memory
Every new person gets the same first week, and you can see at a glance what is still missing.
Training that does not leave when someone does
The way you work survives a resignation, and new people learn it without booking anyone's time.
What happens when a job is marked done
Every finished job produces the proof and the paperwork it should, without anybody remembering to.
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