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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

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 channeels 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.

A national convention organiser

Building a multi-functional convention administration platform 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.

What we've written

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

Simple caching in Laravel 10

We look at how to get started with caching in Laravel

Manage a CSP with Laravel

We look at a powerful way to easily implement a Content Security Policy into your Laravel application

What's new in Laravel 10

With Laravel 10 on the horizon, we take a quick look at some of the new features that we know are included in it