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HummingbirdUK

Coding solutions to business problems

About us

We use code to create solutions to business challenges, bottle-necks and headaches.

If you think your business has a problem that can be solved through code, we are happy to chat things through without any obligation.

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What we do

We leverage the power of code to streamline our clients' business processes.

That brief sentence covers a huge range of areas where can help our clients save, or make, money.

That may be the automation of manual tasks, reporting, marketing, data processing, making diverse systems communicate with each other, or building unique platforms to handle specific projects.

Whatever the task, the code we write makes our clients' lives easier, and frees their employees from hum-drum tasks to allow them to focus their time and effort elsewhere.

What we've done recently

Project Boo

Developing and launching our SAAS platform - a multi-functional convention administration site that handles all stages of the process from start to finish, including ticketing, accommodation, marketing, information, events and networking, powering some of the UK's largest hobby conventions each year.

Microsoft

Coding the platform powering the Microsoft Global Skilling offer, delivering multi-lingual learning in dozens of languages to hundreds of thousands of students worldwide allowing them to up-skill with free Microsoft certifications.

Cloud Ready Skills

Creating the Cloud Ready Skills SaaS platform to streamline online event ticketing and delivery, online exam booking and proctoring, managing tens of thousands of learning journeys per week.

National car parts retailer

Creating a behind-the-scenes platform to amalgamate product lines and stock information from hundreds of diverse manufacturers covering half a million different products and consolidate the output into a standardised format for internal usage.

International online retailer

Coding a customised, fully-automated, seamless integration between multiple different sales channels for an online retailer to streamline their stock and sales reporting whilst avoiding any disruption to their annual seven-figure turnover their international sales network generates.

What we've written

Announcing the launch of Project Boo

We are delighted to announce the launch of Project Boo, our SAAS platform for convention organisers

Redesigning our website for speed

We look at a few of the things we implemented in our recent redesign to improve the speed of our website

The benefits of using Laravel 10

We look at just a few of the powerful features Laravel 10 that developers can harness to help make your projects run fast and smooth

Cache-busting a CSP in Laravel 10

We look at how to make your caching and your content security policy play nicely together in Laravel 10