Practical digital solutions, built around your business.
What we build
Forge builds bespoke business software, automates repetitive workflows, delivers practical Microsoft 365 solutions and builds clean, fast websites — all around the way your business actually works. No bloated software. No jargon. Just systems that make the day-to-day easier.
- Bespoke applications
- Workflow automation
- Microsoft 365
- Websites & portals
One connected system
What we do
Services
The practical building blocks of a modern business — chosen sensibly, set up properly, and explained in plain English.
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Bespoke business applications
Software built around your workflow rather than forcing your workflow around someone else's software.
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Business process automation
Cut out repetitive manual steps — approvals, notifications, data entry and hand-offs that happen on their own in the background.
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Microsoft 365 setup & migration
Tenant setup, licensing that makes sense and security configured properly — so your team starts with the right tools, set up once and handed over cleanly.
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SharePoint & OneDrive
Setup, migration and a sensible structure for your files — so people can actually find documents and stop emailing attachments around.
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Websites & digital platforms
Clean, professional brochure-style websites — much like this one — to present your business, services and contact details clearly. Fast, modern static sites, plus refreshes, migrations and hosting setup.
Also delivered
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Job sheet, report & quoting portals
Digital portals for capturing jobs on site, then producing quotes and reports without re-keying the same details later.
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Digital forms & approval workflows
Structured forms and sign-offs that route requests to the right people and record decisions automatically. Built with the right tools for the job, including Microsoft Power Apps and Power Automate where they fit.
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Email & tenant migration
Move email and your Microsoft 365 tenant cleanly, with no lost mail and as little disruption to the working day as possible.
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Data & document migration
Get your data and documents out of old systems and into something modern — organised, searchable and properly backed up.
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Ongoing technical support
Practical help with day-to-day technical questions, system issues and sensible troubleshooting when your team needs a hand.
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Consultancy & post-launch guidance
A practical second opinion on the bigger decisions, plus sensible aftercare for the systems Forge builds — handover, documentation and advice after launch, where agreed.
Custom systems
When off-the-shelf doesn't fit, we build the thing that does.
Forge builds bespoke digital systems around the way your business actually works — not around a generic package or someone else's process.
The right answer might be a lightweight web app, a Microsoft 365 workflow, an integration with tools you already use, or a focused admin portal. The technology follows the problem.
Discuss your projectExamples
- Booking systems
- Client portals
- Quoting & invoicing
- Forms & approvals
One practical system
- Scheduling & availability
- Dashboards & reporting
- Workflow operations
- Internal admin tools
Customer details, bookings, documents and decisions live in the right place for that business — integrated with existing platforms where that makes sense.
If you can describe the process, I can build the system around it.
Booking platforms, internal tools, customer portals, workflow systems, dashboards and more — built around what your business actually needs.
Featured project
A connected operations platform for GB Solutions UK
Information is entered once and reused.
Three bespoke portals sharing one foundation — so the next change builds on what is already there.
Why Forge
A simpler, more practical way to work with technology
No oversized agency, no padding the invoice with complexity you don't need. Just clear thinking and systems that earn their place.
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Practical, not theoretical
We solve the problem in front of you with the most direct tool for the job — not the most expensive or the most fashionable.
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Built around your workflow
We start from how you actually work today, then shape the solution to fit it — so people adopt it instead of avoiding it.
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Clear communication
Plain English, honest timelines and no disappearing acts. You'll always know what's happening and why.
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No unnecessary complexity
Every moving part is something we can explain and you can maintain. Simple systems break less and last longer.
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Microsoft 365 & cloud-first
We build on the secure, well-supported tools you may already pay for — keeping costs down and your data in safe hands.
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Clean handover, no lock-in
We build, hand over with clear documentation, and offer light-touch aftercare on what we've built where it helps. Either way, you're never tied in.
In practice
Example use cases
A few of the everyday problems Forge is built to solve.
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Digitise job sheets
Swap the clipboard for a digital portal — engineers fill jobs in on a phone or tablet, and the office sees them straight away.
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Organise business information
Centralise files and data in the right place, with sensible access, permissions and search — whether that is SharePoint or another platform you already use.
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Automate approval workflows
Quotes, holidays, purchases and sign-offs routed automatically to the right people, with a clear record of every decision.
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Generate quotes & reports
Turn captured data into polished, consistent quotes and reports in a couple of clicks instead of an afternoon.
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Build or refresh a website
Launch a clean, professional brochure website that presents your business clearly — or refresh, migrate and re-host an existing one with minimal downtime.
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Reduce duplicate admin
Build forms, portals and simple workflows that capture information once and reuse it where it's needed — for example across job sheets, reports, quotes, documents and notifications.
How it works
A clear process, start to finish
No mystery, no surprises — just a straightforward path from problem to working system.
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Understand the business
We start with a proper conversation about what you do, what's slowing you down and what good would look like.
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Map the current process
We get clear on how things work today — the steps, the people and the bits that quietly cause the pain.
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Build the right solution
We build the simplest thing that solves it well — using the right tools for your size and budget.
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Test and refine
We try it with real work, gather your feedback and sharpen the details until it genuinely helps.
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Launch and hand over
We roll it out properly and hand it over with clear documentation, plus light-touch aftercare on what we've built where it's agreed.
About
A small business that likes solving real problems
Forge is a small UK business built on hands-on IT experience and a genuine enjoyment of untangling the everyday problems that hold companies back. Not a big agency with layers of account managers — just direct, practical help from someone who'll actually do the work.
The approach is simple: understand the business, find the bottleneck, and build something sensible that fixes it. Most of the satisfaction comes from seeing a team stop fighting their tools and get on with the job — that's the whole point.
If your current tools are slowing the work down, your admin is scattered, or you're paying for software that still doesn't quite fit, there's almost certainly a better way. Let's have a chat about it.
Most of this work happens remotely, with on-site visits around London, Essex and the surrounding areas where being in the room genuinely helps.
Tell me what you need fixingGet in touch
Tell me what you need fixing
A free, no-pressure consultation. Describe the problem in your own words and I'll come back with a straight answer on whether — and how — Forge can help.
- Email yiannis@forgetechnology.co.uk
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Office address
Office 7420
58 Peregrine Road
Hainault, Essex
IG6 3SZ