Software for UK businesses. No account managers, no handoffs, no junior doing the work.
A fixed price where the job is clear. Where it is not, an agreed rate and an honest estimate.
Everything sits in your name and your accounts from day one. Nothing is held hostage.
If I am not right for the job I will say so on the first call, and point you somewhere better.
Fifteen years as a developer, mostly on apps used by people who never think about who built them.
Kept two apps, Super6 and iTV7, running smoothly for a large number of customers. Found and fixed problems in code that had built up over several years, keeping everything within the rules of a heavily regulated industry.
Took over a partly built app from a large consultancy and got it finished and released, then kept a high-traffic app running smoothly afterwards.
“A true expert in his field - a fully rounded developer demonstrating skills across both Android and iOS.”
Richard Ogden, Head of Software Delivery, Pets at Home
Led the app used to print parcel labels in store, and built a system that let its behaviour be updated remotely without pushing a full update to every device. It ran on more than 5,000 devices across Parcel Shops and Tesco stores, handling millions of transactions a year including Amazon returns.
“Consistently impressed with technical skill, attention to detail and commitment.”
Paul Ottley, Product Owner, Hermes
The system your business runs on, or the one your customers use. Built to hold up on a real day, not just in the demo.
For when your customers need you in their pocket rather than in a browser tab. iPhone, Android, or both.
Your orders, your stock and your accounts stop disagreeing with each other, and stop needing someone to retype things.
Before you commit to something expensive, a straight read on whether it is the right call and what it will really take.
Build the smallest version real customers can actually use, and find out what they think before you spend the rest.
Nobody tells you that the person who knows that bit is on holiday. You talk to the person doing the work, because it is the same person.
I spent years in agencies, startups and big corporates watching good work stall in the gap between designers, account managers and junior devs. Pennine Digital is the opposite of that: one experienced developer, start to finish, from the first conversation to the day it goes live.
Based in Barnsley. Working with clients across the UK and further out.
Tell me what you need. You come away knowing whether it is worth building, roughly how long it will take, and what it will cost.
You get an update every week and something you can actually click on, not a progress report. You never have to wonder what I have been doing with your money.
It goes live, I keep an eye on it, and everything is written down properly. I am still here afterwards for the things that always come up.
We talk about what you need. No cost, no obligation, and you’ll know by the end whether it is worth building.
Once the job is clear, you get one number before I start. Not an estimate that grows once you are committed.
Most projects need the odd thing checked or changed after launch. Say how much of that you want and it is agreed as a simple ongoing rate, not a surprise invoice.
You get the number after the first call, never before it. A price quoted before I understand the job is a guess with a decimal point on it, and it is always the client who pays for that guess being wrong. See what it costs above for the full breakdown.
It is the fair question to ask anyone working on their own. I write everything down as I go rather than at the end, so another developer could pick it up on Monday and carry on, instead of quoting you for a rebuild.
Yes, no problem. I can take a defined slice of the work, sit in on your meetings if that helps, and look over your team's work if you want a second pair of experienced eyes on it.
Brand and marketing design. I have got an eye for design and can make your product look professional, but I'm certainly not a specialist graphic designer or branding guru.
Remote by default, which works for most projects. I am in Barnsley, so Sheffield, Leeds and Manchester are a short trip away if a kickoff is better done face to face.
Tell me what you are trying to do, and I will tell you what it would take to do it.