Purple Crane has clients across most sectors, and many of our customers are SMEs (small and medium enterprises). This was a key area of potential growth for the UK economy even before the pandemic created a new template for how the British business is supposed to look.
Ping. Your lightbulb moment happens. You’ve had the gamechanging idea that will shake up the market or revolutionise how you do things. Now you just need software that will bring it to life. But should you do this in-house, or appoint a development partner?
In our last blog, we looked at 10 potential challenges for IT in the – hopefully – post-pandemic world. But what are the experts considering – and how relatable is that to smaller companies? Purple Crane crunches the numbers…
This is not a criticism of our current (or prospective) customers, or an admission of our incompetence, but more a statement of the realities of the early stages of most software development projects we encounter.
Build for the Future with Purple Crane. As the vaccine rollout gathers pace, UK businesses emerge blinking into an uncertain world. But, as Andy Rix, Purple Crane co-founder outlines in his new blog, when you get your IT right, challenges become opportunities.
While 2021 hasn’t been kind to the SME, opportunities for growth exist if you get the footings right. Andy Rix, Purple Crane’s co-Director, looks at how IT supports new builds in the SME market.
The latest Purple Person to be featured in our staff Q & A series is none other than co-founder / owner of Purple Crane and Crystal Palace nut, Andy Rix. You’ll see from his answers he’s not only the ‘Saviour of Software Development’ but also a willing wordsmith. Over to you, sir!
Purple People is our regular ‘show and tell’ blog series where we interview Purple Crane staff members about their loves and hates, passions and pains. This week, software royalty, or is that chief cook and bottle washer? Company co-founder, Mr Chris Bond.
Say hello to the second Purple Person in our staff profile blog series: Matthew Yates, Software Developer, budding pilot and all round nice guy.
Purple Partners is our business partnership project, where we work with and alongside like-minded companies who supply complementary skills to Purple Crane's. First up, SR Cloud Solutions
Purple People is our new blog series where we talk to the (Purple) People within Purple Crane and get to know them a bit better. They are after all the beating heart of our company and we love them dearly.
In our previous blog we ‘created’ a human algorithm that aggregated the most relevant questions clients ask when it comes to the initial stages of a software development project with yours truly. Now, in the second episode of this compelling box set blog blockbuster, (who knows where it will end?!) that same algorithm has got a taste for the action and wants to develop their own, bespoke application from scratch. Or do they…? Read on for what happened next…