Software for Dundee businesses
Dundee has a reputation well beyond its size for video games. Lemmings and the original Grand Theft Auto came out of Dundee studio DMA Design, and Abertay University launched the world's first computer games degree in 1997. The city still has a cluster of games studios, and those creative and technical skills now flow into wider digital businesses too.
Life sciences is the other major strength. The University of Dundee's School of Life Sciences and its Drug Discovery Unit have an international reputation, and spinout and supply businesses have grown around them. Firms here handle sample data, lab results and research collaborations, which need careful permissions, audit logging and reliable data import from instruments.
Dundee's industrial history is famous for jute, jam and journalism. DC Thomson, publisher of The Beano and The Sunday Post, remains a major employer and a reminder that publishing and media run deep. Manufacturing continues too: when Michelin closed its Dundee tyre factory in 2020, the site was turned into the Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc, focused on sustainable mobility and low carbon energy.
The regenerated waterfront, anchored by V&A Dundee, has brought tourism, hospitality and new office space. Ninewells Hospital is a large employer and a teaching hospital linked to the university's medical school.
For Dundee businesses, we would expect projects such as:
- Admin portals, back-end services and dashboards for digital studios
- Lab data capture and sample tracking for life sciences firms
- Subscription, content and fulfilment integrations for publishers
- Reporting dashboards for manufacturers and energy projects
Who we build for in Dundee
- Games and digital studios
- Life sciences firms
- Publishers and media businesses
- Manufacturers
- Low carbon energy firms
- Hospitality and tourism businesses
- Professional services firms
- Charities
How we work with Dundee clients
We work remotely from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, using video calls, shared staging sites you can click around in and short build stages you can see. Every project gets a fixed-price quote after a free initial chat and a short scoping stage. You own the code and the data. We have been building software and integrations for UK businesses since 2006.
Free chat
Tell us the problem in plain English: what you do now, what goes wrong and what "better" looks like. No charge, no obligation.
Scoping
We map the processes, systems and data involved, agree what is in and out, and write it down so there are no surprises.
Fixed-price quote
You get a fixed price for the agreed scope, or a phased plan for bigger builds, so you can start small and prove it works.
Build and test
We build in short stages you can see and try, test against real data, then go live carefully with a rollback plan.
Hand over and look after
You own the code and the data. We can host it, support it and keep improving it, or hand it to your own team.
What we build in Dundee
Nearby
- Glasgow
- Edinburgh
- Aberdeen
- Inverness
- Stirling
- Perth
- Paisley
- East Kilbride
- Livingston
- Falkirk
- Ayr
- Dunfermline
- Kirkcaldy
Frequently asked questions
Can you build back-end systems for a games or digital studio?
Yes. dijitul builds the web side that studios often need: admin portals, player or customer account services, licence management, payment integrations with Stripe and reporting dashboards. We work alongside your own developers and agree clear API contracts so each side can work independently.
Do you cover Broughty Ferry, Arbroath, Perth and north Fife?
Yes. We work remotely, so businesses in Broughty Ferry, Arbroath, Forfar, Perth, St Andrews and north Fife get the same process: a free chat, a scoping stage and a fixed-price quote.
Can you import data from our lab instruments?
Often, yes. Many instruments export CSV or XML files or write to a database. We can build an importer that validates each file, links results to samples and stores them with a full audit trail, then presents them through a secure web interface.
Tell us what you need to build
Free chat, clear scope, fixed-price quote. You own everything we build.