DIGITAL SERVICES / HERTFORDSHIRE
LOCAL SIGNAL / HERTFORDSHIRE
Stevenage was designated the first of the post-war new towns in 1946, and its neighbourhoods, from Bedwell and Shephall to Chells and Pin Green, still follow that plan. The industrial story sits along Gunnels Wood Road. GSK runs a major research and development campus there, and next door the Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst houses young life sciences companies, while the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult operates a manufacturing centre in the town. Airbus Defence and Space builds spacecraft here and MBDA designs missile systems. The A1(M) and the East Coast Main Line, with fast trains to King's Cross, connect it all.
WORKING IN STEVENAGE
That mix creates demanding software needs. Early-stage biotech firms must record experiments, samples and batches in ways that will survive regulatory scrutiny and investor due diligence, often with a team of twelve and no IT department. Engineering subcontractors feeding the aerospace and defence primes handle configuration control, export restrictions and first-article inspection paperwork. Specialist recruiters and contractors serving these sectors juggle clearances and scarce skills. Alongside them, the town centre is being redeveloped, and local retailers, trades and services are adapting to new residents and changing footfall.
We work from Wellingborough, roughly an hour's drive across to the A1 and south to Stevenage. Delivery is largely remote, with fortnightly demos and written decisions, and we visit for discovery and launch. We are candid about limits: we are a small studio and do not hold defence security clearances, so for classified environments we would support the unclassified parts of a supplier's business, or not bid at all.
AREAS WE SERVE / STEVENAGE
CAPABILITIES IN STEVENAGE
Websites for Stevenage life sciences start-ups, aerospace and defence suppliers, specialist recruiters and local businesses, each written for audiences that range from investors and prime contractors to new residents.
02 / 8–14 weeksCRMs and secure portals for Stevenage organisations managing sensitive relationships: biotech partners and investors, aerospace customers, specialist candidates, and local service clients who expect clear communication.
03 / 10–18 weeksOperational systems for Stevenage labs, engineering workshops and service businesses that need traceability, scheduling and controlled records without adopting an oversized enterprise platform too early.
04 / 8–16 weeksCareful AI and automation for Stevenage organisations, focused on literature review support, document handling, quality paperwork, recruitment admin and routine reporting, with sensitive data protected.
05 / 4–10 weeksWorkflow reviews for Stevenage organisations where scientific, engineering, recruitment or local service work is slowed by manual handoffs, duplicate records and approvals that nobody clearly owns.
06 / 6–12 weeksReporting and analytics for Stevenage organisations tracking research progress, lab utilisation, supplier quality, recruitment pipelines and local business performance, with clear definitions and reliable data.
PRIORITIES / STEVENAGE
Companies growing out of the Bioscience Catalyst need sample, reagent and experiment records that are attributable, time-stamped and hard to alter silently. Getting those foundations right early, whether through configured lab software or a focused custom tool, avoids painful remediation when a partner or investor looks closely.
Machine shops, electronics assemblers and test houses supplying the primes along Gunnels Wood Road must trace every part to its drawing revision, material certificate and inspection record. Joining these records per batch makes customer audits quicker and reduces the risk of a shipment being rejected on paperwork.
Scientists, engineers and cleared staff are scarce. Recruiters and contract engineering firms in Stevenage benefit from candidate systems that track qualifications, clearance status, availability and right-to-work checks accurately, so they can respond to a client's urgent request with confidence rather than a frantic search of old spreadsheets.
QUESTIONS / STEVENAGE
Only on the parts that do not require security clearance. We do not hold clearances and will not pretend otherwise. We can help defence suppliers with unclassified systems such as quoting, commercial CRMs, public websites, HR and reporting, following export control guidance from the client. Anything within a classified environment should go to a cleared supplier.
We understand the principles, such as attributable, legible, contemporaneous, original and accurate records, audit trails and controlled change. We are not a validation consultancy. For regulated systems we work alongside your quality lead or a validation specialist, and we build with documented requirements, testing evidence and change control so validation is realistic.
Yes. It is roughly an hour from Wellingborough by car. We normally come to you for discovery and key workshops, and for launch and training. Everything else runs remotely through video calls, a shared test system and regular written updates, which keeps costs down without losing contact.
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