Software for Wales businesses
Wales has a distinct business landscape. South Wales, around Cardiff, Newport and Swansea, holds most of the population and a growing professional services, fintech and creative sector, with Cardiff in particular known for TV and film production. Newport and the surrounding area are home to a compound semiconductor cluster. North East Wales, around Wrexham and Deeside, has a strong advanced manufacturing base with links across the border into Cheshire. Mid and West Wales are more rural, with farming, food production and tourism at the heart of the economy.
Universities including Cardiff University, Swansea University, Bangor University and Aberystwyth University feed research and graduates into local firms, and the Development Bank of Wales backs many growing Welsh businesses.
One thing makes software for Wales genuinely different: language. Public bodies covered by the Welsh Language Standards must offer services in Welsh, and many private businesses choose to as well. That affects how an application is built from the start, not as an afterthought:
- Interface text stored as translatable strings, with Welsh and English versions managed side by side
- Bilingual emails, PDFs and invoices generated in the customer's chosen language
- Language preference saved against each customer or user record
- Search and sorting that handle Welsh characters and digraphs sensibly
Beyond language, Welsh firms need what businesses everywhere need: accounts that sync with Xero or Sage, ecommerce linked to stock, booking systems for holiday lets and attractions, and job management for manufacturers and trades.
dijitul has no Welsh office. We work remotely from Mansfield, using video calls, shared repositories and a staging site so your team can test each stage before it goes live.
Who we build for in Wales
- Manufacturers in North East Wales
- Food and farming businesses
- Holiday lets and tourism operators
- Creative and media companies
- Professional services firms
- Public sector suppliers
- Online retailers
- Charities and third sector
How we work with Wales 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 Wales
Areas in Wales
Frequently asked questions
Can you build a bilingual Welsh and English web app?
Yes. We build interfaces with every piece of text stored as a translatable string, so Welsh and English versions can be managed separately and checked by a fluent speaker. Emails, PDFs and notifications can follow each user's language choice. Translation itself is best done by your team or a specialist translator.
Do you work with businesses in rural Wales?
Yes. Because dijitul works remotely from Mansfield, location makes no difference. We have worked over video and email for years. For rural businesses we also design with weak mobile signal in mind, for example offline-capable forms that sync when a connection returns.
Can you integrate with the systems we already use?
Usually, yes. Most modern tools such as Xero, Sage, QuickBooks, Shopify, Stripe and Microsoft 365 have well documented APIs. During a free chat we look at what you use, then scope the integration and give you a fixed-price quote before any work starts.
Tell us what you need to build
Free chat, clear scope, fixed-price quote. You own everything we build.