ESMA
Network
An FMCG network trading since 1976, with no way to prove its own worth. We built ESMA one custom platform, public site, member dashboard and native app, where every company and connection is finally searchable.
Web and mobile app development,
designed and engineered.
Web and mobile apps, customer portals and internal platforms, designed around real use and engineered to last by one senior team.
The problem
A templated app can’t carry
a real product.
Page-builders and no-code shortcuts get you a demo, not a product. The moment real users, real data and real workflows arrive, the seams show, and you’re rebuilding on foundations that were never meant to scale.
What we build
Apps built to
do real work.
From portals to native apps, designed and engineered by the same senior team.
How we work
Consult. Design. Build.
We are based at The Digital Hub in Dublin 8 and work with companies in Cork, Galway, Limerick and across Ireland. Most projects run remotely, with a handful of sessions in person.
01
Consult
We find where the work pays back: scoped, costed and honest about trade-offs.
02
Design
The system and the experience, around how your business really works. You see it before it’s built.
03
Build
Engineered and shipped by the same senior people. Working software in production, and you own it.
Recent work
Mobile and web app development in Dublin, built and live.
ESMA
ProfitPays
Cost and risk consultancy for construction, taken from the first idea to launch, with a CMS the team extends themselves as the offer grows.
ERP
HEADtoHEAD
One event brand selling two events, in two countries and two currencies. We rebuilt the site and wrote the booking and payments engine that bills each order from the right company.
Trident
Holiday Homes
An Irish holiday-home network rebuilt around one question: find the right house, on a phone, in one session. Map-and-filter search, availability and booking on a custom theme.
Palmer
Shore
A new specialist in data-centre workforce governance, launched with a site that had to project authority from a standing start.
Total
Expo
An events business with three different buyers and a visual direction already set, taken from static pages to a site that actually moves.
Irish School
of Motoring
Driving lessons across eight vehicle categories, taught since 1961 and rebuilt around one booking spine, from sitemap to server.
FAQs
Web and mobile apps, answered.
What people ask us before a project like this starts.
Native app or web app?
Whichever fits the job and the budget. A web app reaches everyone immediately and ships updates the moment they are ready; a native iOS or Android app earns its place when you need the camera, offline use, push notifications or a home-screen habit. We will tell you honestly which your case needs.
Do you design and build, or just one?
Both, with the same senior team. No hand-off between the mockup and the live product.
Can you take over an app someone else built?
Often, yes, and it starts with a short audit rather than a promise. We read the code, the dependencies, the release setup and the store accounts, then tell you what is worth keeping, what carries risk and what would cost more to inherit than to rebuild. You get that assessment whether or not you go ahead with us.
How do you handle logins, accounts and user data?
Authentication is built on proven libraries and identity providers rather than hand-rolled, with hashed credentials, session and token handling done properly, and role-based permissions so people only reach what they should. Personal data is minimised and documented, so you know what the app stores and why if you are ever asked.
Who owns the app, the code and the store accounts?
You do, all three. The repository, the infrastructure and the Apple and Google developer accounts are registered to your business, and we hand over documented access at launch. If you move to another team later, nothing has to be rebuilt or renegotiated to let them take it on.
How do you keep scope under control?
Working demos as we go, so priorities are visible and decisions are made early.
What about app-store submission?
We handle the build, the store listings, the review process and the submission itself, on your developer accounts. Apple and Google both reject apps for reasons that have nothing to do with code, so we prepare the listing, the privacy declarations and the review notes with the build rather than after it.
What happens if something breaks after launch?
You contact a senior person who already knows your build. There is no ticket queue. A retainer covers fixes, improvements and new features, and we agree response expectations for urgent issues in writing when it starts, so nobody is guessing what counts as urgent at the worst possible moment.
Funding
Know what a grant
will and will not cover.
The Local Enterprise Office Grow Digital Voucher pays 50% of eligible digital adoption costs, up to €5,000: off-the-shelf software subscriptions, their configuration and training. It does not cover bespoke website development or custom software, and you need a completed Digital for Business project first. We scope which parts of your project qualify before you spend a euro.
Let’s talk
Let’s build
your app.
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