Bespoke database development

A database system tailored to your business will provide a competative advantage by enabling you to :

1) Increase efficiency

2) Enhance your quality of service

3) Make the work lives of your staff easier

We specialise in building bespoke business database solutions using industry standard tools such as Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Office. 

A bespoke database solutions offers:

Flexibility

A custom database solution can be designed and built to meet your precise requirements. You can have a system that supports and enhances your business processes as you want them to be. You are not forced to compromise or adapt to meet the more rigid working patterns found in off-the-shelf software.

We aim to ensure that you get a solution that meets your requirements as closely as possible. As such we welcome changes to the requirements during the course of the development project and have built our processes and working methods accordingly.

Agility

With a custom database solution you have the option to change the way it works or add features and functionality at any time according to the demands of your business and your market.

Being able to make and deploy changes quickly and easily can give you a significant competitive edge. If you are a small or medium sized business it can also make you much more nimble than the larger players in the market who often take longer to adapt to change.

Ease of Use

All of our systems are designed to be user-friendly and simple and intuitive to use with minimal training required. A custom solution allows us to build screens and processes that make the lives of your people as easy as possible while maintaining the control required over the use of the system. A custom database solution can help you perform complex tasks with ease.

Cost Savings

Although you pay to develop the database in the first place you are then able to roll it out to users in the business with no further licencing costs. You have full control over when changes are made and how you take the database forward which can lead to significant cost savings as you are able to respond quickly to changing business needs.

Our experience

We have help clients implement custom database in many industries including:

  • Advertising
  • Air Travel
  • Banking
  • Building
  • Call Centres
  • Car Rental
  • Clothing
  • Commercial Applications
  • Communications
  • Contract Flooring
  • Construction
  • County Council
  • Couriers
  • Defence
  • Distribution
  • Education
  • Electrical Testing
  • Engineering
  • Entertainment
  • Event Management
  • Finance
  • Fleet Management
  • Food Manufacturer
  • Health & Fitness
  • Horticultural
  • Housing
  • IFAs
  • Solicitors
  • Telecommunications
  • Training Companies
  • Transportation
  • Travel Management
  • Universities

Why Microsoft Access?

Efficiency

Microsoft Access enables you to deliver powerful solutions, quickly and very cost effectively compared to other development environments and tools.

Popularity

As a Microsoft product, Access is widely availably and very widely used within organisations of all sizes. It is a well established and proven product and there is a large pool of people who know how to work with it and develop it.

Openness

Microsoft Access is a very open product. You can import and export information in a wide variety of formats and seamlessly integrate with Microsoft Office,  web sites, back office systems and most common business solutions.

Flexibility

Access systems are easy an to enhance and change as the needs of your business change.  You can always build on what you already have.

Personalisation

 An Access database solution can be tailored to your precise requirements and the way that you do business. As such it can offer a unique competitive advantage.

Growth

A Microsoft Access solution will grow with your business. If you grow rapidly or have particularly demanding requirements you can upgrade to a combined Microsoft Access and Microsoft SQL Server solution to give you power and resilience of SQL Server while preserving your investment in MS Access.