Hillcroft Surgery Supplies

We initially reviewed Hillcroft’s existing codebase with a view to expanding upon it to be able to deliver the new functionality that they so desperately wanted. We’re used to hitting the ground running on existing code however once we had carried out our preliminary review we advised that it was in their best interests to move away from the old bespoke CMS from a previous agency that hadn’t received any updates for a number of years in favour of building their own platform from the ground up.

Hillcroft were already using 3rd party management software to handle all their stock, pricing and order fulfilment which meant that their new website needed to be able to handle syncing data with this system. We built scheduled importers that handled XML files sent from the existing system and processed them to ensure that the site was always up to date. The previous site was using the same XML files to push orders to their backend every 15 minutes however we were able to move these to use updated API requests meaning that orders are now instantly reflected in their management software.

After the initial rebuild of the website we worked alongside their new development team to create the new features that had originally been requested which included integrating new 3rd party monitoring systems for clients.

Quantock Horsebox Hire

Using Stripe and Laravel we built a bespoke booking flow that captured the data required for a rental booking including drivers details, DVLA check codes and full payment for the booking upfront which reduced the number of no-shows and lost bookings.

By implementing Stripe’s preauthorisations API we were able to reduce the cost of security deposits from 1% to 0%, saving the business considerable money on every hire. By reducing the commission charged on security deposits Quantock Horsebox Hire were able to preauthorise the full insurance excess therefore reducing their risk of large losses should the worst happen.

We produced all content for social media and search engine listings which meant that organic traffic to the website created enough leads to keep them fully booked, as well as increasing turnover year on year.

We have since been able to offer the same platform to other horsebox hiring businesses across the UK to help them reduce time spent on administrative tasks and to ensure quick and easy payment.

WithPrint

Spoolit is an industry leading print management application that allows digital print studios to quote, manage and invoice their products. The in depth quoting system allows granular control over how product prices are calculated, right down to the cost of a staple.

This large scale application was rapidly prototyped to an MVP over the course of a few months with continuous tweaking from early users. Over the last 5 years new features have been implemented and existing features polished to leave us with an accurate and reliable system.

Spoolit now handles over £3.5m of quotes and sales per year and integrates with leading invoicing tools such as QuickBooks.

Victoria Plum

We came on board to support their frontend teams, having helped with their frontend build during the previous year which meant that we already had in-depth knowledge of how their systems worked. We hit the ground running developing the architecture for their frontend pattern library as well as working closely with the DevOps team to help create build pipelines and deployment scripts to ensure a fast workflow through to production.

We worked with Victoria Plum for 2 years whilst the transformation took place to ensure a smooth transition to their newly recruited in-house team of developers as well as seeing features through from the design phases to live deployment.

Internet Fusion Group

Internet Fusion Group came to us initially looking for a fresh set of eyes to oversee another agency who were part way through rebuilding their portfolio of websites in to a React single page application. We spent this initial 2 month phase being the technical link between developers and the executive team to help progress the project and offer support to their in house frontend team.

After multiple delays and a realisation that the solution being built would be costly to maintain with their existing teams knowledge along with the lack of thought for SEO, it was decided that the best way forward was to begin development in house for a Laravel powered application.

Internet Fusion’s existing development team had strong knowledge of building Laravel e-commerce applications so we managed to hit the ground running, and with our support building a reusable frontend that would work across their portfolio of websites, managed to get the first site Surfdome.com launched within 3 months. After the success of this initial site we then worked building frontends for more of their portfolio, launching on average a new site every month.

Once the replatforming was completed we remained on hand supporting Internet Fusion with adding new features and enhancements to the websites as well as continuing our work advising the executive team on the platform moving forward.