Software for Hull businesses
Hull sits on the north bank of the Humber, and the estuary defines its economy. The Port of Hull, run by Associated British Ports, handles freight and passenger ferries to Rotterdam, and a large logistics, freight forwarding and warehousing sector has grown around it. Those businesses deal with customs paperwork, container tracking and haulage bookings every day, which makes them heavy users of integrations and workflow software.
Renewable energy is the newer story. Siemens Gamesa makes offshore wind turbine blades at its Alexandra Dock factory, and the Humber has become one of the UK's main bases for the offshore wind industry. Engineering contractors, maintenance firms and suppliers serving the wind farms need tools for job scheduling, asset records, certification tracking and health and safety reporting.
Hull also has a strong manufacturing and health products base. Reckitt, the company behind brands such as Dettol and Strepsils, has a large site in the city, and Smith and Nephew has its roots here. Chemicals, food processing and caravan manufacturing operate across the Hull and East Riding area, with business parks such as Melton Park and Bridgehead at Hessle along the A63.
The University of Hull, and the Hull York Medical School it shares with the University of York, give the city a research base in health, energy and logistics. Hull's year as UK City of Culture in 2017 also helped its creative and digital sector.
For Hull businesses, typical projects include:
- Job and asset management apps for offshore and engineering contractors
- Freight, shipment and haulage tracking portals
- Integrations between warehouse systems, couriers and accounting software
- Compliance and certification tracking for safety-critical work
Who we build for in Hull
- Freight forwarders and hauliers
- Port and warehousing operators
- Offshore wind contractors
- Engineering and fabrication firms
- Chemical and health products manufacturers
- Food processors
- Caravan and leisure manufacturers
- Training providers
How we work with Hull 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 Hull
Nearby
- Sheffield
- Leeds
- Bradford
- York
- Doncaster
- Rotherham
- Barnsley
- Wakefield
- Huddersfield
- Halifax
- Harrogate
- Scarborough
- Grimsby
- Scunthorpe
Frequently asked questions
Can you build software for offshore wind and engineering contractors?
Yes. dijitul builds field service and asset management apps that track jobs, technicians, certificates, inspections and safety documents, and work on tablets and phones. We can link them to your accounts package and Microsoft 365, and we quote the work as a fixed price after a free chat.
Do you cover the East Riding and the south bank of the Humber?
Yes. We work with businesses in Hull, Beverley, Hessle, Cottingham, Goole and Bridlington, and over the bridge in Grimsby, Scunthorpe and Immingham. We deliver remotely from Mansfield, so where you are based does not change the cost or the process.
Can you connect our warehouse and shipping systems to our accounts?
Usually, yes. We connect warehouse management systems, courier APIs and ecommerce platforms to Xero, Sage or QuickBooks so orders, dispatches and invoices flow without retyping. We use queues and retries, so a temporary outage on one system does not lose data.
Tell us what you need to build
Free chat, clear scope, fixed-price quote. You own everything we build.