An Employee Owned Company

Where people and projects thrive

Too many IT suppliers get away with over-promising and under-delivering Behind them lies a costly trail of destruction and frustrated IT departments picking up the pieces

We think that's wrong

It's why everything we do at Bluesmith is about making things right and delighting customers We think clients like you appreciate no-nonsense professionalism and no nasty surprises, so we solve IT issues using a clear methodology, and highly-cohesive teams who are a pleasure to work with

We've nurtured a special kind of culture at Bluesmith, one that turns capable individuals into close-knit collaborators Like clients, our people stick around because they know we're devoted to their welfare and investing in their potential

Just ask Oliver Wyman and The Co-op

They tell us our teams are the kind of can-do colleagues you need first thing on a Monday morning - upskilling your in-house team, and tackling problems with the creativity and graft you deserve

Building on our employee led culture, we marked our ten year anniversary by moving a majority 75% shareholding into an employee ownership trust (EOT), with all staff automatically benefitting from the future success of the business

Simply put, your success leads to our success. In that order.

Our specialities are agile data warehouse design and build, and bespoke high-volume, high-performance transactional systems - especially in retail We often build new systems from scratch, but our passion is for rejuvenating complex and disparate legacy systems, and unlocking the value in corporate databases

We help you become a true data led, intelligent organisation

We do data It's our core competency Our largest data engineering challenge to date was to create, populate and manage a data warehouse for a global airline with 300 billion records in it, and hundreds of millions of amendments arriving daily from over 450 data sources Not all requirements are this challenging but it illustrates our capabilities

We deliver speed-to-value AND a pathway to strategic centralised data and Master Data Management without a major rewrite or redesign We have delivered BI value to more than 30 blue chip and Government organisations in this way, including Virgin Media, The Co-operative Group, University of Hull, Moss Bros, Oliver Wyman and Direct Line Group

STRESS FREE APPLICATION DESIGN

We help you build new business applications without fuss and worry

Bluesmith has always excelled in what is now known as Agile DevOps, and the support, enhancement, and cloud conversion of legacy IT systems in complex 'brown-field sites' and mixed technology environments

We are NET and SQL Server experts, but also experienced in many other technologies such as Teradata, NoSQL, Node, Python, HTML/CSS etc We also have experience of integrating with dozens of technologies and bespoke systems and proprietary software products

We're the right people for the job

You won't find ranks or ego here at Bluesmith - just dedicated engineers with a common philosophy Mutual respect is fundamental, and high-value, easily-maintained, extensible IT systems are the result

Clients say we're an open book At Bluesmith one person's problem is the team's so we always speak up We stand for straight-talking relationships where quality is right at the heart of everything we do - not just the software

We look after our people so they look after you

We invest in the most talented software and data engineers in the industry; not a slick IT sales facade Our only focus is people, process and results Because of this we haven't just survived, we thrive amongst rivals many times our size

Despite our humble beginnings, we've delivered ambitious projects for dozens of renowned brands like Morrisons and Direct Line Group, on-time and to budget - without that trail of destruction

All because of our unique team-centred philosophy

We have decades of experience with high volume, high performance bespoke commercial applications, both transactional and for data analytics.

We are experts in NET and SQL Server, and we have in-depth experience of other databases and technologies, essential in a world where single-vendor software estates are rare

Data is a core competency, at the heart of everything we do We do real commercial 'Big Data', extracted and processed in near real-time from seemingly impenetrable operational silo systems It's hairy stuff, but working at these extremes means that we are pretty good at building and tuning high concurrency, high performance systems

"Bluesmith is one of the best I have worked with: professional, agile, collaborative and with rapid speed-to-value I initially contracted Bluesmith to help build and manage one of the world's largest retail data warehouses, with hundreds of billions of sales records Over the last three years, I have engaged them to build custom data marts and analysis tools for a further 27 high street retailers " "At the heart of our data strategy at Yorkshire Water is the Strategic Data Platform that Bluesmith have helped us design, build and implement in Azure We're already using the platform as an enabler for the data science team who are producing actionable insights to the business Bluesmith have proven to be technical experts, working closely with our internal teams and other delivery partners to constantly evolve solutions " "For our modern data stack in Azure, with Databricks and Synapse, Bluesmith's expertise has been invaluable and they have proven to be strong and reliable delivery partners " "We brought in Bluesmith because of their 'speed-to-value' claims and we were not disappointed We knew we had the base data in our systems Bluesmith enabled us to prove that our Membership programme is working I wouldn't hesitate in recommending them " "Bluesmith achieved more in six weeks than other suppliers did in six months We have valuable information now instead of vast silos of data They delivered real business insight and quickly established a firm foundation for Moss to further exploit its data assets They really do 'walk the walk' " "I have nothing but praise for the Bluesmith project leader and his team They are professionals, grafters, and technically excellent, but with a helpful 'can do' attitude to everything that is thrown at them They are not afraid to work with established core systems, breathing new life into them, avoiding a costly rewrite and de-risking the project by cleverly wrapping and reusing proven services in the new architecture they designed " "I know what good looks like when it comes to technical IT services, and Bluesmith is it They only provide very capable people, they bring structure and process via a clear methodology They deliver but don't leave a trail of destruction like many suppliers do; they ensure the opposite - managed handovers and continuity where it's needed I can't recommend them enough " "Bluesmith are a talented bunch who go about their business in a very professional manner They deliver on their promises and support their customers to ensure technical excellence and quality, delivered according to what they commit to They're a trusted supplier and a supplier to be trusted in every sense "