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    Postcode widget

    Postcode Anywhere have a postcode lookup service, we use it in a lot of our apps - however, there is a cost per lookup - it's only pence, but if it's on a public facing site (rather than an internal system, as ours are) you'll have little or no control over how many credits (and £'s) you'll rack...
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    Best software for iPad form creation?

    You could try Gravity forms? I have to say 90% of our client base are looking for what you are looking for and all come up with slightly different solutions and workarounds. There are a lot of industry specific "form builder/signer" solutions out there, particularly for Surveyors and Energy...
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    Startup, Bank etc

    You'll usually be able to get free banking for 12-18 months, and often get some accounting software thrown in. Barclays Business Essentials is what we used - not sure if it's still running now. As for accountants I can only relay my own experience. I do all the book keeping myself, pass the...
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    Networking Events

    I'm not sure quite how you would go about it. The difficulty appears to be that everyone knows what a solicitor does or what a wedding photographer or plumber does. For us it takes probably 3-6 months before our own staff fully understand what we do, and who would benefit, so I think that's the...
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    School holidays killing business

    I would say that budget airlines and the strong pound coupled with our less than predictable weather are more likely to be causing people to jet off to warmer climes than anything to do with rules on taking kids out of schools. Last year, against my wife's better judgement, we swapped Spain for...
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    Networking Events

    I've been to BNI, and joined up. I have to say it was a complete waste of time. Now, there were many there who thought it was a gold mine, and for some it is. The way their system of referrals works is heavily weighted to certain types of business. The solicitor, the wedding photographer, the...
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    What systems do you use to plan projects, manage workflow and track time against jobs?

    Hi Guy, about 80% of businesses who come to us for bespoke software are currently using spreadsheets, often combined with a whiteboard. Sometimes they cobble together bits of apps here and there to deal with different parts of the business. It seems to work for people when the business is small...
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    Help needed please

    Hi Peggy, I think you need to put some work into your website (as others have mentioned). Plain is fine if all the white space is there to accentuate the content - but there isn't much in the way of content. I noticed you have an "About Us" page, which looks like it can only be accessed via a...
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    How to write a company name?

    Personally I would write the name however it appears in Companies House documentation. I would guess it is registered with Comp House as "ABC Ltd", so I would write it as such.
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    Access Control Systems

    You could try tamperproof NFC tags - then people could access using their smartphones (not iPhone unfortunately)
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    Electronics Device Manufacturer Recommendations?

    Hi Max, We have experience in developing embedded systems and are currently doing a project which has some parallels with what I think you are trying to achieve. In essence we are using NFC tags to clock movements of people in and out of a building. It's not quite what you want to do, as it...
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    What are the ways in which I can expand my company to UK ?

    You may have timed your entry into the UK badly. There is a growing groundswell of anti-offshore sentiment in the UK software development community at the moment - which you'll have to overcome somehow. Even for small developments we find that the client wants a face to face (more so than in...
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    Help needed

    I think you will struggle with estate agents - I would aim squarely at the "sell it yourself" market. Estate agents are likely to stick with the big boys like Rightmove and OnTheMarket just because they are household names with massive exposure - which is all they want. If you focus on the...
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    Building survey software

    It's certainly possible to do what you want - we have developed CRM's which allow a user to generate Word documents from templates with keyword and image placeholders which are then replaced with the uploaded items and database content when they click the "create" button. But this kind of thing...
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    IT Field Engineer Start up advise needed.

    I think the easiest way to get your answer is the old school way - put together a letter explaining your services, send it to all the IT companies serving Dublin and Belfast, then call them to follow up on the letter and see what kind of feedback you get. It's the only way you're going to get a...
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