What We Build for Field Teams
Job Management Systems
From enquiry to quote to job to invoice — one system tracking every job's status, history, and paperwork, instead of a whiteboard and four spreadsheets.
Offline-First Mobile Apps
Job sheets, checklists, photo capture, and signatures that work in a basement or a rural dead spot, then sync automatically when signal returns.
Scheduling & Dispatch
Who's where, who's qualified for what, and what happens when a job overruns — visible to the office in real time.
Evidence & Compliance Capture
Timestamped photos, test results, and completion certificates attached to the job automatically — so disputes end with a link, not an argument.
Customer Portals
Clients book, see engineer ETAs, approve quotes, and download certificates themselves — cutting inbound "any update?" calls dramatically.
Invoicing & Back-Office Integration
Completed jobs flow straight into your accounting system, priced and evidenced. The gap between "job done" and "invoice sent" is where cash flow dies.
Why Field Service Companies Work With Us
Offline isn't a feature, it's the starting point. Most field software assumes connectivity and falls apart the first time a crew works somewhere without it. We design offline-first where it matters: the app keeps working, queues everything locally, and reconciles cleanly later.
We've built for engineering realities. Our background includes systems for telecoms and engineering operations — job packs, whereabouts reporting, industry system integrations, and the unglamorous data plumbing that field operations run on.
Adoption is designed in. Field tools fail when crews won't use them. We design for the person in the van: big targets, minimal typing, photos over forms, and nothing that takes longer than the paper it replaced.
One System, Both Sides
The office system and the field app share one database, so a change made at 7am reaches the crew before they've left the yard, and a job completed at 4pm is invoiceable by 4:01. That single-source-of-truth architecture is the same approach behind the TrotBritain platform — different sector, same discipline.
FAQs from Field Service Businesses
Our crews aren't technical. Will they use it?
If the app is slower than paper, no — and rightly so. That's why we design for the van, not the boardroom: fewest possible taps, photos instead of typing, and offline reliability so it never becomes "that app that loses my work".
Can it work with our existing accounting or industry systems?
Almost always. We build integrations with accounting platforms, payroll, and industry-specific systems — including the awkward ones without proper APIs.
iOS, Android, or both?
Usually both from one codebase, which keeps the cost close to a single-platform build. For company-issued devices, a single platform is a sensible way to start cheaper. More on our app development page.
What does a job management system cost?
A focused field app starts in the low thousands; a full job-management platform with scheduling, mobile apps, and integrations typically lands in the £15,000–£50,000 range depending on scope. Fixed quote before any work begins — see the cost guide.