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Manchester · Custom software studio

You dream it.
We’ll show you how
it works. For free.

Tell us about the software you wish existed for your business. Whether it saves you time, automates the boring part, or fixes something that breaks every week, we will turn the idea into a working demo you can click through.

£0to see your idea built.
No commitment, no card needed.
No need to know what the fix looks like, that’s our job.
Takes a minute · We reply within 48 hours
14
Solutions built in house, from ordering platforms to EPOS
4 to 10
Weeks from scoping call to a live system, for most projects
48h
To a fixed scope, fixed price and fixed timeline, in writing
30
Days on call after launch, included in the project cost

Sound familiar?

You already know what is slowing you down. You just have not had time to fix it.

These are not edge cases. They are how most growing businesses operate, right up until somebody builds the thing that removes them.

Your bookings still come in by phone and email.
Two hours of admin every morning, before the real work starts.
Your regulars order through an app that owns them, not you.
You are charged for every order they place, and you never find out who they are.
Your CRM is a spreadsheet someone built in 2019.
Deals fall through the cracks. Follow-ups get forgotten. You only find out when a client goes quiet.
None of your systems talk to each other.
The same information gets typed in three times, and at least one of those three is wrong.
Your takings, your stock and your online orders live in three places.
Nobody knows the real number until somebody adds it up at the end of the night.
You tried off-the-shelf software. It almost fit.
So you built workarounds. Now the workarounds have workarounds.

What we build

We are not a website shop.
Websites are one of fourteen.

All solutions
01Custom SoftwareYour operation runs the way you designed it, not the way a template allows.02Websites & Web DesignA site that wins work, not one that just exists.03Mobile & Web AppsThe thing your customers or your staff open every day.04E-commerceA storefront built around your stock, your delivery and your margins.05Ordering PlatformsYour own ordering platform, beautiful to use, never rented back to you by the order.06EPOS & Till SystemsOne till that knows about your online orders, your stock and your reports.07Booking SystemsCustomers book themselves. Staff are notified automatically. You stop touching it.08CRM & PipelinesEvery deal, contact and invoice in one place. Built around how you actually sell.09Process AutomationThe tasks your team does manually today are gone. Permanently.10Integrations & DataYour systems talk to each other, and the numbers assemble themselves.11AI SolutionsThe reading, sorting and drafting your team does by hand, done in seconds.12Digital PlatformsA product your customers use. Portal, marketplace or SaaS tool. Built to scale.13Cloud & SecurityIt stays up, it stays fast, and it stays yours.14Ongoing SupportYour systems evolve as your business does. We stay with you after launch.,Anything elseThose fourteen are what people ask for most. We build fully bespoke systems, so the list is a starting point, not a menu.

Selected work

Systems running in production right now.

Every project below is live and public. Open them and check.

The Grillsters online ordering site, live at grillsters.onlineLive

Hospitality · Bolton

An ordering platform of their own, printing straight to the counter

A flame-grill takeaway taking orders by phone and through third-party apps, with no platform of their own. We built one: their brand throughout, an ordering flow designed to be finished on a phone in under a minute, wired to the counter thermal printer so tickets print the moment an order lands, and live control of the menu, the opening hours and the pause button.

Built
Ordering site, menu manager, kitchen printing
Experience
Menu to checkout on a phone, in under a minute
Runs on
Their own domain and hosting, managed by us
Visit Grillsters →
The KB Discount Appliances storefront, live at kbappliances.co.ukLive

Retail · Bolton

A graded-stock shop that cannot oversell a one-off item

A graded appliance and furniture retailer where most stock is a single unit, so two people buying the same fridge is a real problem. We built the storefront on atomic stock reservation, added distance-based delivery pricing calculated from real road miles, and gave them a live stock count on the page.

Built
Storefront, stock control, checkout, admin
Stock
Reserved at checkout, so a one-off cannot sell twice
Delivery
Priced on road distance from the shop
Visit KB Discount Appliances →
The Clearbridge Talent recruitment platform, live at clearbridgetalent.co.ukLive

Recruitment · Manchester

A recruitment platform with AI-assisted CV screening

An end-to-end platform for a recruitment agency: employer and candidate portals, an application pipeline, and AI-assisted screening that reads a CV against a live vacancy. CVs sit in private storage and are reached only through signed links that expire.

Built
Portals, pipeline, AI screening, document vault
Security
Private CV storage, owner-only access rules
Screening
Reads a CV against a live vacancy in seconds
Visit Clearbridge Talent →
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How we work

Idea to live product in weeks, not months.

Fixed scope, fixed price, fixed timeline. You know exactly what you are getting before we start, and nothing about that changes on delivery day.

Start a project
01
Discovery
One focused conversation about your business. We want to know what your team actually does all day and where things break. Not a feature wishlist.
02
Scope
A fixed proposal within 48 hours. Exact deliverables, exact timeline, exact cost. Everything in writing before a line of code is written.
03
Build
Weekly sprints. Real progress shared every Friday. You see it working before it goes live.
04
Launch
We deploy, train your team, and stay on call for 30 days after launch. Included in the project cost, without exception.

Questions

The things people ask before they call.

Anything not covered here, ask us directly and you will get a straight answer.

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Who builds custom software for businesses in Manchester?
Turtle Technologies is a Manchester digital solutions studio that builds bespoke software, websites, apps, online ordering, EPOS and CRM systems for UK businesses. We scope a project within 48 hours, quote a fixed price against a fixed timeline, and most systems are live in four to ten weeks. We build, host and support everything ourselves, so one team is accountable for the whole thing.
Do you only build websites?
No. A website is one of fourteen things we build. We also build custom software, mobile and web apps, online ordering platforms, EPOS and till systems, e-commerce, booking systems, CRM platforms, automation, AI tools, integrations and dashboards, and we host and support all of it. If a problem in your business can be solved with software, it is in scope.
How much does custom software cost in the UK?
Every project is scoped individually, because no two businesses have the same problem. You get a fixed price in writing before any code is written, and that number does not move. Tell us what you are trying to solve and we will tell you exactly what it costs to fix it.
How long does custom software development take?
Most projects are live within four to ten weeks depending on complexity. We scope every project individually and commit to a fixed timeline before we start. You see a working build in the first week, not at the end.
What if what I need is not on your services list?
Ask anyway. We build fully bespoke systems, so the list on our services page reflects what clients ask for most, not the limit of what we do. If we genuinely are not the right people for it, we will say so in the first conversation.
What if I already have software that is not working?
We replace off-the-shelf platforms regularly. Tell us what you are using and we will give you an honest view of whether switching makes sense, including when it does not.
Do you work with businesses outside Manchester?
Yes. We are based in Manchester and work with businesses across Greater Manchester, Bolton, Salford, Leeds and the wider UK. Most of the work happens remotely, and we travel for scoping and launch where it helps.
What happens after launch?
We stay on call for 30 days after launch at no extra cost, and offer monthly retainers covering updates, new features and ongoing development. We host and monitor what we build, so problems are ours to find before they become yours.
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Stop paying for
manual processes.

Tell us what your team does by hand. We will tell you what we would build to remove it, what it costs, and how long it takes. No obligation either way.

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