Web Development & Automation Consulting for UK Businesses
Slow spreadsheets, manual data entry, outdated websites or engineering systems that need expert support? I solve these problems for small businesses and engineering teams across the UK. Delivered remotely across the UK. On-site available in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire.
Business Systems
Faster spreadsheets, automated workflows and websites that generate enquiries
Excel/VBA Optimisation & Automation
Slow spreadsheets killing productivity? Complex VBA code nobody understands? I'll optimise, fix and document your Excel systems. Cut report generation from hours to minutes.
What 4 hours gets you:
Complete audit of your spreadsheet: identify performance bottlenecks, logic errors and risks. Receive detailed recommendations report with estimated hours for implementation. Small fixes included in audit session.
Services:
- Performance optimisation (slow calculations, large files)
- VBA code debugging and refactoring
- Formula optimisation and error fixing
- Automation script development
- Documentation and knowledge transfer
- Power Query migration from legacy VBA
Business Process Automation
Stop copying data between spreadsheets, emails and apps by hand. I'll build automated workflows that move information between your tools so your team can focus on actual work.
What 8 hours gets you:
Map your current process, design the automation and deliver a working solution for one complete workflow. For example: invoices from your CRM automatically sent via email, or form submissions routed to a shared spreadsheet with notifications. Includes testing and handover documentation.
Services:
- Workflow mapping and automation design
- Make.com, n8n or Zapier setup and configuration
- Connecting apps and tools via API (e.g. Xero, HubSpot, Google Sheets)
- Automatic data transfer and formatting between systems
- Email parsing and auto-extraction of key information
- Custom scripting for complex logic (Python, JavaScript)
- Error alerts and monitoring so automations don't fail silently
Website Performance & UX Refresh
A faster website ranks higher on Google and converts more visitors into enquiries. I'll fix the technical issues holding yours back.
Ideal for:
Local trades, small shops, solo professionals with outdated, slow, or hard-to-use websites that lose enquiries.
What's included:
- Page speed optimisation (Core Web Vitals)
- Site modernisation (outdated code, broken dependencies)
- Mobile responsiveness fixes
- Technical SEO (meta tags, structured data, crawlability)
Website + Automation Upgrade
Never miss an enquiry again. Your website automatically confirms bookings, notifies your team and follows up outside office hours.
Ideal for:
Tradespeople, clinics, agencies and service businesses getting regular enquiries who lose leads to slow responses or missed emails.
What's included:
- Automated enquiry and booking forms
- Instant email/SMS confirmations to you and the customer
- Lead tracking dashboard (see every enquiry in one place)
- All leads stored and searchable. Nothing lost in inboxes
- Optional: smart auto-reply emails based on enquiry type
Smart Business Site / Mini Portal
Let customers book, pay, track jobs and get updates online without you answering the same questions by phone and email.
Ideal for:
Growing businesses that spend too long on admin: managing bookings by phone, chasing updates or emailing quotes manually.
What's included:
- Online booking and scheduling systems
- Instant quote calculators (customers get prices without calling)
- Customer login areas with job status and documents
- Job/repair tracking visible to you and the customer
- Payment integration (Stripe, GoCardless or similar)
Engineering Systems
Technical consulting for hardware/software integration, test automation and embedded systems
MATLAB & Simulink Technical Consulting
Expert consulting for organisations with MATLAB licences who need specialized expertise to unlock the platform's full potential.
What 4 hours gets you:
Debug a problematic Simulink model, optimise slow-running scripts or create a live script dashboard for recurring analysis tasks. Includes documented code and a brief handover to ensure you can maintain the solution.
Services:
- MATLAB scripting & data analysis - creation, debug, optimisation
- Simulink/Stateflow model development - creation, debug, optimisation
- Algorithm development & validation (M-script or modelling)
- App development in MATLAB environment with runtime (licence-dependent)
- Add-in module analysis for required goals
- Live script dashboards for data visualisation
- Technical documentation automation (licence-dependent)
Robotics & Hardware Systems Consulting
Expert guidance on control systems, sensor integration, and hardware architecture for robotics and mechatronic applications.
What 4 hours gets you:
Review your system architecture, troubleshoot motor controller integration issues, or design sensor feedback loops. Includes video consultation, schematic/code review and documented recommendations with implementation guidance.
Services:
- LabVIEW development and integration
- Motor controller selection and integration
- Sensor feedback system design and troubleshooting
- Control system architecture and design
- Hardware selection and component specification
- Remote debugging via video consultation
- System validation and performance optimisation
CAN Protocol & Database Consulting
Expert CAN bus services for industrial, marine, and robotics applications. From database creation to system optimisation and logging setup.
What 4 hours gets you:
Create a basic .dbc file with signal definitions and scaling, optimise an existing database for message priorities and ID allocation or set up a CAN logging system with proper filtering and data capture. Includes documentation and configuration files.
Services:
- .dbc file creation from specifications or reverse engineering
- Database optimisation - ranges, limits, priorities, message grouping
- Message ID allocation and network architecture
- Value table (VTAB) creation for enumerated signals
- CAN logging system setup and configuration
- Debugging existing CAN networks and communications
- Testing and validation with CANalyzer/PCAN tools
Test & Data Integration Systems
Complex data pipeline architecture connecting test equipment, analysis tools and visualisation platforms for automated workflows.
What 8 hours gets you:
Design and implement a complete data flow: sensor acquisition → processing pipeline → database storage → visualisation dashboard. Includes API integration between systems, custom DLL processing modules, and automated report generation. Full documentation provided.
Services:
- API integration between test equipment and analysis tools
- Custom DLL integration with VBA for advanced processing
- Dashboard creation with live data feeds and visualisation (Excel/Python[streamlit])
- Log file processing (.dat, .mf4, CSV) with automated analysis
- Test automation systems with CAN/serial protocol integration
- Database architecture for time-series and measurement data
- Automated reporting and threshold alerting systems
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