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The Challenge Havelock London is a boutique investment management company that analyses financial data from various sources to inform their investment decisions. They needed to move their ETL pipelines from a legacy semi-manual setup to a modern fully automated cloud-based system using Apache Airflow, but lacked the necessary experience internally. They asked us to design…

Rapid discovery, design, validation, and delivery of a key end-to-end data pipeline supporting the future of the UK low-carbon energy market The challenge EMR Settlement Ltd (EMRS) is a subsidiary of Elexon Ltd. It is the settlement services provider on behalf of the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC). EMR Settlement asked Softwire to recommend a…

It started with a problem that every organisation faces Finding the time and energy to write sales bids is a challenge that every leader grapples with alongside their busy schedule. AutogenAI’s founder, Sean Williams, saw this universal issue as an opportunity to be solved and had a great idea. “Anyone who’s worked in a commercial…

The Challenge Design and build the system that ensures book contributors are remunerated when their works are loaned out from the UK’s public libraries.   When we borrow books from public libraries – in print, electronic or audio form – the authors, illustrators, narrators and other contributors receive remuneration for the loan. This is funded…

The Challenge Build the data insights platform used by decision-makers across the British electricity market, while helping Elexon to adopt agile, user-centric product development   Elexon is at the heart of Britain’s electricity system and is responsible for administering the Balancing and Settlement Code. Their reporting service is the primary channel for providing operational data on the…

The Challenge Rebuild two business-critical applications, as part of our continuing IT partnership with Anthony Nolan. Anthony Nolan saves the lives of people with blood cancer and blood disorders. More than 1,000 individuals per year get a second chance at life, thanks to the organisation’s work to recruit potential donors, fund ground-breaking research and provide…

The Challenge Work with RSA to deliver key components of its ambitious digital transformation, driving better customer and business outcomes. These included the rebuild of its flagship Morethan.com website, championing agile working, implementing automated testing and building a fully automated release pipeline to accelerate deliveries and minimise risk. RSA is one of the longest-established insurers in…

The Challenge  Produce the branding for a pioneering innovation startup that would resonate with its large corporate prospects.  intandem aims to revolutionise the way large corporations innovate. Its vision is to work in partnership with these businesses to enable innovation at scale, in a way that delivers tangible commercial outcomes.  As it prepared to launch,…

The Challenge  Provide comprehensive support for the UK’s Register to vote service, to ensure 99.999% availability, and exceptional performance under unpredictable loads. In parallel, deliver a series of enhancements to cut costs and improve efficiency.  *Update: We note the news in August 2023 about electoral hacking, and we would like to share that this relates…

The Challenge Help Moorfields Eye Hospital and its strategic partners take forward their pioneering healthcare research. Our Solution We built a bespoke, cloud-based data platform that automates the ingestion, curation, and transformation of data, and produces an interactive catalogue of scans using Looker. It also standardises images in open-source formats and separates them from their patient-identifiable…

The Challenge Support Change Ahead in its mission to help many more vulnerable people find homes, by using technology to automate its pioneering service to match tenants with available properties. Change Ahead is a charity working to alleviate poverty and prevent homelessness, including by providing practical ways for vulnerable people to find safe, long-term housing….

The Challenge:  Help Hackney Council kick-start its journey to create a modern, cloud-based electoral management system, by understanding requirements, providing estimates and creating a proof of concept to showcase the art of the possible. Of the many essential services councils provide, elections are among the most important. Local authorities maintain the electoral register, and are…