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.
Digital technology for small & medium businesses
Practical digital solutions, built around your business.
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.
- Microsoft 365 & cloud-first
- Custom apps & portals
- Workflow automation
- Brochure websites
What we do
Services
The practical building blocks of a modern business — chosen sensibly, set up properly, and explained in plain English.
SharePoint & OneDrive
Setup, migration and a sensible structure for your files — so people can actually find documents and stop emailing attachments around.
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.
Custom business applications
Software built around your workflow rather than forcing your workflow around someone else's software.
Job sheet, report & quoting portals
Digital portals that replace paper and spreadsheets — capture jobs on site, generate quotes and reports in a couple of clicks.
Workflow automation
Cut out repetitive manual steps — approvals, notifications, data entry and hand-offs that happen on their own in the background.
Digital forms & approval workflows
Replace paper forms and email chains with structured digital forms and sign-offs — routed to the right people and recorded automatically. Built with the right tools for the job, including Microsoft Power Apps and Power Automate where they fit.
Brochure websites & hosting
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.
Data & document migration
Get your data and documents out of old systems and into something modern — organised, searchable and properly backed up.
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.
A lot of businesses run on spreadsheets, paper forms and software that nearly works. Forge builds bespoke portals and applications that match the way your team already works — so the system fits the job, not the other way round.
Most of it builds on tools you may already have through Microsoft 365, which keeps it affordable, secure and easy to maintain down the line.
Discuss your project- Job sheetsCapture jobs on site, sync to the office instantly.
- ReportsGenerate clean, branded reports automatically.
- QuotesBuild and send accurate quotes in minutes.
- ApprovalsRoute requests to the right person, on the rules you set.
- FormsReplace paper with structured, validated data.
- Internal workflowsTurn manual, multi-step tasks into one smooth process.
Featured Project
A connected operations platform for GB Solutions UK
Forge designed and delivered three bespoke portals for job reports, job sheets and quotations, supported by secure access, shared business data, automated PDF generation and Microsoft cloud integrations.
View the case study
Watch the case study video on the project page.
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.
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.
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.
Clear communication
Plain English, honest timelines and no disappearing acts. You'll always know what's happening and why.
No unnecessary complexity
Every moving part is something we can explain and you can maintain. Simple systems break less and last longer.
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.
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.
Replace paper 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.
Move files into SharePoint
Get documents off scattered drives and personal inboxes into a tidy, searchable, properly permissioned home.
Automate approval workflows
Quotes, holidays, purchases and sign-offs routed automatically to the right people, with a clear record of every decision.
Generate quotes & reports
Turn captured data into polished, consistent quotes and reports in a couple of clicks instead of an afternoon.
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.
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 you've outgrown spreadsheets, you're drowning in paper, 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.
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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.