Too much repetitive admin
Your team spends hours repeating tasks that feel like they should be automatic.
We help small businesses work better.
We take the time to understand how your business works, identify what's slowing your team down, and build practical software solutions that make everyday work simpler.
From automating repetitive tasks and connecting existing systems to improving the software you already use or building something new.
Independent UK software developer • Practical solutions • No technical knowledge required
- Spreadsheets
- Manual entry
Streamlined workflow
- Data processed
- Systems updated
- Confirmation sent
Does any of this sound familiar?
Small inefficiencies can become expensive when your team deals with them every day.
The same information gets entered more than once
Staff copy details between emails, spreadsheets and different systems.
Spreadsheets are running part of the business
What started as a simple spreadsheet has gradually become something everyone depends on.
Your existing software is frustrating
It might be slow, awkward to use, missing important features or simply no longer fit the way your business works.
Your systems don't talk to each other
You already have useful software, but your team still has to move information between systems manually.
You've got an idea but don't know how to build it
You know something could work better, but you don't have the technical resource internally to make it happen.
You don't need to know what software you need.
Start by telling me what's causing the problem.
Start a conversationUnderstand. Improve. Support.
Good software starts with understanding the problem properly.
- 01
Understand
Before suggesting technology, I take the time to understand how your business works today, where time is being lost, and what you're actually trying to achieve.
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Improve
Then we'll find the simplest sensible way to make things better - whether that's automating a process, connecting existing systems, improving software you already use, or building something new.
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Support
If you need ongoing help, I can stay involved as your business changes, so you have someone who already understands your systems and the way you work.
Technology comes second. Solving the right problem comes first.
How I can help
Every business is different, but the problems often follow familiar patterns. These are the main areas I can help with.
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Custom Business Software
Practical web applications built around the way your business works.
Learn more about Custom Business Software - 02
Business Process Automation
Reduce repetitive work and give your team more time for the tasks that actually need them.
Learn more about Business Process Automation - 03
Existing Software Improvements
Your current system might not need replacing. It might just need improving.
Learn more about Existing Software Improvements - 04
System Integration
Connect the software your business already relies on.
Learn more about System Integration - 05
Ongoing Development & Support
A developer who gets to know your business and stays involved.
Learn more about Ongoing Development & Support
Not sure which service you need?
You don't need to decide before getting in touch. Tell me what's causing the problem and I'll help work out the most sensible next step.
Example workflow
Small changes can remove a lot of unnecessary work.
Sometimes the biggest improvement isn't a completely new system. It's removing the manual steps your team repeats every day.
Before
Customer sends information by email
Staff copy the details into a spreadsheet
The same information is entered into another system
A confirmation is created manually
The customer is emailed
After
Customer submits their information once
The details are processed automatically
The relevant system is updated
The customer receives confirmation
That's the kind of problem I look for — not technology for the sake of it, but practical opportunities to save time, reduce duplication and make day-to-day work simpler.
See how business process automation worksYou don't always need to start again.
Replacing an existing system can be expensive, disruptive and unnecessary.
If the software your business already uses mostly works, it can often make more sense to improve the parts that are causing problems rather than rebuild everything from scratch.
That might mean:
- Adding missing functionality
- Improving slow or frustrating areas
- Automating manual steps
- Fixing recurring problems
- Connecting the system to other software
- Modernising older parts gradually
The goal is to get more value from what you already have wherever that makes sense.
Improve an existing systemFaster reports
Automation
Your existing system
New features
Integrations
The technical side
You don't need to know which technology your solution needs — that's my job.
But if you do want the technical detail, my work focuses on web-based business software, databases, automation and integrations.
- PHP
- Laravel
- CodeIgniter
- MySQL / SQL
- JavaScript
- REST APIs
- Webhooks
- Third-party integrations
- Automation
- Cloud-hosted web applications
I also work with existing and legacy PHP applications where businesses need ongoing development, performance improvements or gradual modernisation.
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Hi, I'm Chris.
I'm the developer behind CG Web Solutions.
My professional background is in building, maintaining and improving web-based business software — including internal systems, databases, automation, integrations and performance improvements.
I started CG Web Solutions because I've seen how much time businesses can lose when software doesn't fit the way they actually work.
I want to work directly with small businesses, understand the problems they're dealing with, and build practical solutions that genuinely make day-to-day work easier.
If we work together, you'll deal directly with me from the first conversation through to development, delivery and ongoing support.
A developer who gets to know your business.
Not every business needs a full-time software developer.
Ongoing development support gives you access to someone who already understands your systems, your processes and the way your business works.
Use your development time for things like:
- Small feature improvements
- Business process automation
- Bug fixes and investigations
- System integrations
- Reporting and database changes
- Technical advice and planning
Instead of finding a new developer every time something needs changing, you have someone familiar with the business who can continue improving things over time.
Plans are available for businesses that need a small amount of regular development support each month.
Getting started is simple.
You don't need a technical specification or a finished idea before getting in touch.
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Tell me what's not working
Explain the problem in your own words — what's taking too much time, causing frustration or getting in the way.
- 02
We'll talk it through
I'll take the time to understand how the process works today, what's causing the issue and what you're trying to achieve.
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I'll recommend an approach
If I think I can help, I'll explain the most sensible way forward, what would be involved, what it will cost and what's included.
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We build and improve
I'll develop the agreed solution, keep you informed as the work progresses and, if useful, continue supporting and improving it afterwards.
What's slowing your business down?
Maybe it's a spreadsheet that's become too complicated.
A process your team repeats every day.
Two systems that don't communicate.
Software that's become slow, awkward or difficult to maintain.
Or simply an idea that could make the business run better.
You don't need to know the solution yet.
Tell me what's not working and we'll start there.
Tell me what's not workingNo technical specification required. No obligation to proceed.