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Bespoke software, web applications and CRM systems in Colchester
I am a freelance web developer based in Colchester, Essex, building bespoke online software for businesses: web applications, CRM systems and online databases. My clients are across Essex, Suffolk and the rest of the UK. Please take a look at the services I offer plus case studies showcasing my work.
Services & Skills
From bespoke web applications and CRM systems to custom websites, e-commerce and SEO.
Bespoke Web Applications
Bespoke web applications for businesses in Colchester, Essex and across the UK: CRM systems, online databases, ticketing, catalogues and automated documents.
Bespoke CRM Systems
Bespoke CRM systems built around how your business works: contacts, sales, documents, reporting and automation, from a Colchester developer.
Online Databases
Take your Access database or Excel spreadsheets online: secure, browser-based systems for orders, documents, reporting and automation, used from anywhere.
Custom Websites
Hand-coded custom websites, built without WordPress or frameworks: exactly the design, responsiveness, SEO and CMS you need, and no third-party updates.
Experience and Skills
Over 25 years' web development experience: e-commerce, payment gateways, online applications, CMS, SEO and project management, with PHP, MySQL and JavaScript.
WordPress Websites
Professional WordPress websites built quickly and cost-effectively, with easy content management, strong SEO and thousands of themes and plugins to choose from.
Responsive Websites
Responsive websites that work well on phones, tablets and desktops alike: one site to promote and maintain, better accessibility and what visitors now expect.
Search Engine Optimisation
SEO built into every project: search-friendly structure, permalinks, sitemaps and meta tags, plus Google Analytics and Search Console set-up and fresh content.
E-Commerce
E-commerce websites from a developer with 25+ years' experience: choosing a platform, payment gateways, shop design and SEO, from Shopify to bespoke PrestaShop.
Mailshot Email Services
HTML email and mailshot services: design, HTML conversion, testing across email software and sending to your list, with unsubscribe links and web versions.
Social Media
Integrate Facebook, X / Twitter and YouTube with your website: account set-up, linking with your existing customer base and embedding content in your site.
HTML5 Banners
HTML5 banner ads built from your designs, singly or in batches of standard sizes, with optimised file weight, clicktag integration and GIF or PSD source files.
Design Agencies
Web development for design agencies: websites, HTML emails, CRM systems and web applications built from your designs, with over 20 years of agency partnerships.
Case Studies
Case studies of client projects: bespoke online applications, CRM systems, catalogues, e-commerce and websites for businesses and organisations across the UK.
Frinton Summer Theatre Online Ticketing Application
Bespoke online ticketing and staff CRM for Frinton Summer Theatre, with seating plans, online payments, gift cards and donations, built with Red Nova Solutions.
Chance To Flourish Bespoke Website
A bespoke rebuild of the Chance To Flourish website with Redface Marketing: the same design, now mobile-first and lightning fast, with a simple CMS.
Always In Lottery Bespoke Website
A 100% custom website for Scottish Children's Lottery – Always In, built with Redface Marketing: mobile-first and fast-loading, with a simple CMS.
Top Job Recruitment Online Application and Website
An online application that runs Colchester's Top Job Recruitment, from sales to invoicing, plus a fast bespoke website integrated with their CRM and jobs board.
Britten-Pears Foundation Online Catalogues
Online library and integrated catalogues for the Britten-Pears Foundation (now Britten Pears Arts), with MARC XML import, flexible search and admin tools.
Shakeaway CMS
A bespoke online database for milkshake bar chain Shakeaway, replacing an off-the-shelf email tool for franchise enquiries, with time-saving custom reports.
Chief Industries CRM and Website
A bespoke online CRM for grain storage manufacturer Chief Industries UK, with one-click branded PDFs and real-time reporting, plus a WordPress website.
Jayne Griffiths-Scott
A professional, search-friendly WordPress website for Colchester Notary Public Jayne Griffiths-Scott, built in days and quickly listed on Google.
Julian Barclay
A WordPress website for Suffolk landscaping and tree services company Julian Barclay, later redesigned with a bespoke responsive theme that kept its rankings.
Euromoney Yearbooks
An online database system for Colchester financial publisher Euromoney Yearbooks, plus a WordPress microsite template rolled out across several titles.
Essex Heritage Trust
A redesigned WordPress website for Essex Heritage Trust, the charity funding the preservation of Essex heritage, with a content management system.
Indigo Online Shop
An e-commerce shop for Indigo, one of Oxford's best-loved independent shops: WordPress product catalogue, PayPal payments and a calm, uncluttered design.
Outsourcing
The design agencies and IT companies I work with, delivering websites, online applications, CRM systems and HTML emails for their clients.
Red Nova Solutions
Freelancing with Red Nova Solutions of Clacton: online applications, CRM systems and WordPress websites for SMEs, including a secure insurance data archive.
Redface Marketing
Working with Redface Marketing of Reading: online database and CRM systems, HTML5 banners and landing pages, including a franchise portal for a pizza chain.
Website Design Limited
Working with Website Design Limited in Colchester on online applications: pre-sales consultation, specifications, new bespoke applications and upgrades.
Fever Marketing
Working with Fever Marketing, an award-winning Colchester digital agency: responsive and WordPress websites, PHP programming and design-to-web conversion.
Satellite Creative
Websites I produced with Satellite Creative, a branding and design agency in Tring, Hertfordshire: responsive WordPress sites, PHP programming and consultation.
VCG Catapult
Outsourced work for VCG Catapult of Witham, Essex: HTML email production, interactive PDFs, scripting, database programming and turning designs into web pages.
Run Wild Creative
Working with design agency Run Wild Creative: hosting and domain admin, database programming, WordPress set-up and turning visual designs into web pages.
One Hundred Proof Limited
How I worked with One Hundred Proof, a Colchester IT company, delivering web projects through a VAT-registered limited company with extra IT support.