Locations · Manchester, MAN
OlDevs builds software and marketing for Manchester organisations across digital, manufacturing, life sciences and education. We are in Vancouver, we ship a working demo weekly, and you own the code, the designs and every account.
Remote from Vancouver, on-site when useful Weekly working demos Reply within one business day
Illustrative product interface — not client data.
Yes, Manchester clients are welcome. OlDevs works from a Vancouver studio, remotely by default, and travels to the UK when a phase of the project is better done face to face.Manchester sits eight hours ahead of us, so live calls happen in your late afternoon while our day is starting, and the rest of the work is written down and passed between time zones. We deliver web apps, Android and iOS apps, websites, full-stack systems, AI development and performance marketing.
Key facts
Services
Seven services from one accountable team — delivered remotely in your working hours.
Built for England
The local rules and realities we design for from the first call.
UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 are overseen by the Information Commissioner's Office. We ship consent records, retention settings and export tools, so the evidence of how personal data is handled lives inside the product rather than in a document nobody updates.
Equality Act 2010 duties sit behind public-facing services, and public bodies also carry the Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations 2018. The working standard is WCAG 2.2 AA, so we build components that meet it and test them with assistive technology.
Content, interface copy and error messages are written in British English, with UK date, currency and address formats. Postcode lookup and phone validation accept what people in Manchester actually type, which quietly removes a common cause of abandoned forms.
We can place applications, databases and backups in UK regions, or in the EU if your group policy prefers it, and set up the account so it belongs to you. Every processor and cross-border transfer is written down for your data protection lead.
Sectors
Agencies and publishers need publishing tools that editors enjoy, fast pages and clean analytics. We build the platform and the pipeline, and we can white label the delivery when the work sits behind your own brand.
Production teams want fewer spreadsheets and more signal. We connect machine and ERP data, build shop floor interfaces that work on gloves and tablets, and add forecasting where the data genuinely supports it.
Research and clinical organisations need careful data handling, clear consent and interfaces that reduce error. We design for accessibility and auditability, and keep records on infrastructure inside the jurisdiction you choose.
Universities, colleges and training providers come to us for course discovery, applications and student portals. Accessibility and plain content structure matter most here, so both are set before any visual design work begins.
Process
Discover
We start with a late-afternoon call your time to understand the Manchester context, users and systems, followed by a written scope covering data protection and accessibility expectations.
Design
Designs are shared for review during your working day and discussed on the next call. We check contrast, focus order and keyboard paths against WCAG 2.2 AA while it is still cheap to change.
Build
Weekly increments from one accountable team. Our working day runs through your evening, so most weeks a fresh demo build is waiting before your first meeting.
Launch
A rehearsed cutover in a low-traffic UK window, after content migration, performance work and an accessibility pass. We agree who is on call around it, then pick the work back up at the start of our day.
Grow
Search and content, paid search and shopping, paid social, email and lifecycle, analytics and CRO, iterated month by month. Reports say what changed and why, without dressing it up.
FAQ
No, we do not. We are a Vancouver studio with no premises or staff in Manchester. Projects are delivered remotely, with calls held in UK hours, and we travel over when the work warrants it, for example a discovery workshop, user research sessions or being present for a significant launch.
By design rather than by luck. Live sessions sit in your late afternoon, our early morning. Everything else is written down: decisions, questions and demo notes, so neither side waits on a call. Our full working day also runs through your evening, so progress shows up before you start.
Yes, it can. We deploy to UK regions when that is what you need, hold backups and logs in the same place, and can build inside a cloud account owned by your organisation. Where a service sits outside the UK, we say so plainly and record it rather than leaving it buried.
We build for education and public sector organisations, with accessibility to WCAG 2.2 AA and documentation that a procurement team can read. That covers the working standard behind Equality Act 2010 duties and the Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations 2018 for public bodies.
It is straightforward, because you already own it. Code, designs, cloud accounts, analytics and advertising platforms are yours throughout. We hand over documentation and run sessions with your developers so nothing depends on us being available after the transition.
Often a web build or a web app, then full-stack development as the system grows. Android and iOS apps follow when there is a mobile audience. AI development ranges from automation and agents to language tools, and performance marketing keeps the pipeline fed.
Let’s connect
We’ll reply within one business day, in your working hours, with next steps and a tailored quote — no obligation.