Software for Wigan businesses
Wigan's industrial past was built on coal and cotton, and its canal and pier made it a byword for the industrial north. Today the borough is best known in business terms for food manufacturing and logistics.
Heinz runs a very large food factory at Kitt Green, producing baked beans, soups and other products for the UK and Europe, and other food and drink manufacturers operate in the borough. Food factories run on tight schedules, strict hygiene and allergen rules, and detailed retailer specifications, which makes production planning, traceability and quality data important everyday systems.
Logistics has grown on the back of the M6, with junctions 25 to 27 serving the borough and the M58 linking it to Liverpool. Large distribution centres sit around Martland Park and the Logistics North area on the Bolton border, and many smaller hauliers and warehousing firms work alongside them.
Wigan also has a broad base of smaller manufacturers, trades and service firms across Leigh, Ashton-in-Makerfield and Standish. Wigan and Leigh College provides technical training, and the town has strong links with Edge Hill University nearby.
The work we are asked to do for Wigan firms is usually about cutting admin. A food producer wants its specifications and labels managed in one place. A haulier wants drivers' paperwork digital. A service company wants jobs, quotes and invoices linked to Xero.
- Specification, label and allergen management for food producers
- Driver apps, job sheets and proof of delivery for hauliers
- Quote, job and invoice systems for trades and service firms
- Warehouse and stock integrations with retailer and courier systems
Who we build for in Wigan
- Food manufacturers
- Distribution centres
- Hauliers
- Engineering firms
- Trades and contractors
- Service and maintenance companies
- Care providers
- Retailers
How we work with Wigan 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 Wigan
Nearby
- Manchester
- Liverpool
- Preston
- Bolton
- Warrington
- Chester
- Stockport
- Oldham
- Rochdale
- Salford
- Blackpool
- Blackburn
- Burnley
- Lancaster
Frequently asked questions
Can you manage product specifications and allergen data for a food business?
Yes. dijitul builds systems that hold recipes, ingredients, allergen and nutritional data, supplier approvals and label artwork in one place, with version history for audits. Changes to an ingredient can flag every product affected. We quote the build as a fixed price after a free chat.
Do you cover Leigh, Ashton and Skelmersdale?
Yes. We work with businesses across Wigan borough, including Leigh, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Standish, Hindley and Atherton, plus Skelmersdale, St Helens and Bolton. Delivery is remote from Mansfield, so there is no travel cost.
Can you connect our job system to Xero?
Yes. We use the Xero API to create invoices, contacts and payments from your job or booking system automatically, and to pull back payment status. That removes double entry and makes it easy to see which jobs have been paid.
Tell us what you need to build
Free chat, clear scope, fixed-price quote. You own everything we build.