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Bespoke business systems

We build digital systems that evolve as you do.Most CRMs are built to record. We build systems that indicate.

Make the right decisions based on facts.

Check in at any time. Real-time data that tells the story and helps you write the next.

Always know where you stand: financial clarity, operational visibility and a better understanding of risk.

What we build

A CRM records what happened. This is a live system that reports, forecasts and runs your business.

We don't just build a CRM. We build a system tailored around what matters in your business: what to measure, what to maintain and what to optimise.

Most businesses share the same foundations: the processes and data sets that belong in any system. The intricacies unique to your business are what boost efficiency, streamline processes and lead to more revenue. That is where we focus.

Your marketing, sales, operations and finances all affect your bottom line, but most businesses run them on a CRM here, a spreadsheet there, accounts software, a job board and a lot of email. Nobody can see the whole picture because no single system holds it.

Whether you deliver projects, services, orders or bookings, we build one system that operates the business end to end. Every enquiry, quote, job, invoice and decision passes through it, so it always knows where you stand. It is the heartbeat of an efficient business.

Tiered data

The right data for whoever needs to know.

Every role sees its own view of the same live system.

  • Owner / Director

    Where the business stands.

    • •Cash position and forecast
    • •Margin by job and customer
    • •Pipeline and conversion
    • •Risks needing attention
  • Finance / Accounts

    Money in, money out, nothing missed.

    • •Unbilled work
    • •Invoices due and overdue
    • •Cost against budget
    • •Cash coming in this month
  • Sales

    Every opportunity with a next step.

    • •Enquiries to chase today
    • •Quotes with no follow-up
    • •Conversion by lead source
    • •Progress against target
  • Marketing

    What actually brings in work.

    • •Enquiries by campaign and channel
    • •Leads that became customers
    • •Spend against results
    • •Where visibility is weakest
  • Operations

    Only commit to what you can deliver.

    • •Schedule and capacity
    • •Jobs drifting off plan
    • •Who is on what, today
    • •Handovers outstanding
  • Office / Admin

    Nothing lost between people.

    • •Today's bookings and visits
    • •Paperwork outstanding
    • •Handovers from sales
    • •Customer messages to answer
  • Field / Front-line

    What's next, and what's been agreed.

    • •Today's jobs and locations
    • •Scope and customer notes
    • •Photos, costs and time to log
    • •Variations to flag
  • People / HR

    The right people in the right place.

    • •Rotas and utilisation
    • •Holidays and absence
    • •Training and certificates due
    • •Workload by person

Insights and improvement

Dashboards your team can understand and use.

Bring the information that matters into one place. Connect revenue, costs, margins and cash flow with sales forecasts, workloads and project progress.

See how your business is performing financially, whether operations are running as planned and where risks need attention. Then use those insights to make changes and measure whether they work.

Margin by project type · last 12 monthsIllustrative
Extensions31%
Refurbishments24%
Commercial fit-outs19%
Small works11%
Financial
On plan
Operations
Running to plan
Risk
2 items to review

How we work

Efficiency is at the heart of what we do.

We help you free up time, act on opportunities and understand where your business makes money, and where it loses it.

  1. 01

    Discovery call

    We find out how your business works: what information is shared, what affects what, where the bottlenecks are and where you're exposed to risk.

  2. 02

    System architecture

    We map exactly what needs to be recorded, reported, automated and optimised, and who owns each stage.

  3. 03

    Build

    We build your system from the map we agreed, then test it against your real processes and data.

  4. 04

    Launch & train

    Once the system is live we train you and your staff on how to use it and why it works the way it does.

  5. 05

    Monitor & feedback

    We watch how the system is used, fix what needs fixing and act on what your team tells us.

  6. 06

    Innovate

    We keep asking questions and pushing the envelope, so the system evolves as your business does.

What type of business are you?

Pick your model to see all ten stages for a business like yours.

  1. 01

    Brand awareness

    Understand where your business stands in your digital market. See how potential customers find you and where there are opportunities to improve your visibility.

  2. 02

    Lead generation

    Connect your enquiries to their sources and eventual outcomes. Understand which marketing activity brings in leads, which leads become customers and what those customers are worth.

  3. 03

    Lead qualification

    Identify which opportunities are the right fit for your business. Capture requirements, budget and timescales early so your team can prioritise enquiries with the strongest potential to become profitable work.

  4. 04

    Enquiry to quote

    Identify what slows down your response, where enquiries stall and why opportunities are lost. Build a clearer process that keeps your team accountable and potential customers informed.

  5. 05

    Quote follow-up

    Give every quote a clear next step. Structured reminders and relevant follow-up help your team keep conversations moving, spot neglected opportunities and maintain a more accurate sales pipeline.

  6. 06

    Sale to delivery

    Make the handover from sales to delivery consistent. Ensure your team knows what has been agreed, who is responsible and what needs to happen next, including scope, deadlines and payment terms.

  7. 07

    Capacity and resource planning

    Understand whether you have the people, time and resources to deliver what you're selling. Spot bottlenecks before committing to deadlines and make informed decisions about workloads, recruitment and outsourcing.

  8. 08

    Project management

    Keep scope, deadlines, communication and costs visible. Help your team and customers understand progress, identify additional work and spot projects that are falling behind or eating into your margin.

  9. 09

    Invoicing and payment

    Connect agreed work, delivery milestones and additional requests to your invoicing process. Keep unbilled work, upcoming payments and overdue invoices visible, with consistent follow-up to support your cash flow.

  10. 10

    Project completion and retention

    Build a consistent process for gathering feedback, staying in touch and identifying future opportunities. Understand whether each project delivered a satisfied customer and a healthy margin, then use that knowledge to improve the next one.

Case studies

What it looks like in a real business

Project-based · Home improvement

Your Home Improvements

The problem

The business was running on paper, WhatsApp and phone calls. Enquiries arrived from several channels with no record of which one, quotes lived in people's heads, and there was no real handle on project management, cash in, or where each job stood.

What we built

One system that runs the whole business, from the first click on an advert to the final stage payment: seven connected sections, each feeding the next.

  1. 01

    Lead capture

    Every marketing enquiry captured and tagged with the channel it came from, imported automatically from Google and Meta.

  2. 02

    Leads & pipeline

    A Kanban board that moves each new lead through the pipeline stages and keeps it worked until the deal is closed.

  3. 03

    Quotes & deals

    DocuSign quotes with full line items. Labour and materials accounted for separately for their different tax treatment.

  4. 04

    CRM

    Every customer, contact, conversation and document in one place, linked to their quotes, projects and payments.

  5. 05

    Company calendar

    See where jobs overlap and where manpower is short because of annual leave, before committing to dates.

  6. 06

    Project management

    Gantt chart with phasing, timeline and line items, plus a customer communication portal. A project-health view covers profitability, VAT liability and CIS liability.

  7. 07

    Stage payments

    Every staged payment logged against its project, so the business knows exactly what has been paid in, what is due next and what is outstanding.

Let's find where your business could work better.

Talk to Data Decisions about the processes, systems and information behind your next stage of growth.

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hello@datadecisions.co.uk