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Customer self-service
Let customers send a request, make a booking, report a change or complete a task without waiting for a call back.
Bespoke web apps · Blackburn, Lancashire
Useful software for the awkward bit of work.
A web app is a useful tool that opens in a browser. It can serve customers, help staff or join a whole process together — without forcing your work into an off-the-peg product.
What makes it an app?
It does something useful. The website is simply where it lives.
A normal website mainly explains and presents information. A web app lets somebody complete a task: send the right details, search a library, update a record, manage a case or see what needs attention. It works through a browser, so it can still include excellent public pages when the job needs them.
What could it help with?
Start with a task, not a list of features.
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Internal tools
Give staff one clear place for records, jobs, approvals or the information they currently chase across spreadsheets.
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Search and directories
Help people find the right item, service or resource quickly, with filters built around the decisions they make.
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Connected workflows
Move information from a public form to the right person, record and next action without typing it all again.
A small web app with a clear job
Milk Flow
A customer going away had to catch the milk round by phone. If the call was missed, milk could still be left outside an empty house.
A calm, three-step holiday form. No account. No app. Customers choose their dates and the roundsperson gets one reliable list.
Read the Milk Flow case studyRight-sized from the start
Small app now. Room to grow later.
A useful first version can solve one problem without pretending to be a complete platform. If the work proves its value, it can grow into connected records, staff tools, dashboards or a full bespoke CRM and business system.
- Focused appOne clear customer or staff task
- Connected workflowInformation and next steps joined together
- Full systemShared records, permissions and reporting
Local when useful · remote when easier
Based in Blackburn. Working across the UK.
Spark and Grit works with small businesses and charities in Blackburn, Darwen and across Lancashire, as well as teams further afield. We can meet in person or work online. Either way, you speak directly to the developer building the app.
Web app questions
Plain answers before you begin.
What is a web app?
A web app is a useful tool that runs in a browser. People open a link and use it on a phone, tablet or computer, so there is usually nothing to download.
Could a web app replace our spreadsheets?
Often, yes. If several people update the same information, repeat steps or struggle to know which version is current, a small shared app can make the process safer and clearer.
Can it connect to our public website?
Yes. The public pages and the useful tool can be one joined-up experience, or the app can sit behind an existing website.
How much does a bespoke web app cost?
A focused app commonly falls between £1,500 and £3,500. Connected workflows and full systems cost more. The first conversation is free and you receive a fixed scope and quote before work starts.
Do we need a technical specification?
No. Explain what happens today, where it becomes awkward and what a better result would look like. That is enough to begin.
Focused web apps typically £1,500–£3,500
What should become simpler?
Bring the rough version of the problem. We will help work out whether a web app is the right answer and give you a fixed quote.
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