Tech consultancy that drives business

The right technology can turbocharge your business. The wrong choices can hamstring it. Wherever you are in the digital journey, technology can open opportunities for efficiencies, operational improvements and growth.

We bring technology, data, people and processes together to help create a powerful business driver:

Empowering your people to focus on work that adds value for the business and clients
Delivering efficiencies to compete successfully with new entrants and market leaders
Simplifying compliance for peace of mind to let you focus on your commercial objectives
Optimising operations to go to market faster, launch new lines, tap fresh markets and win new work

S&W’s technology consulting services support organisations of all sizes, across sectors, and whatever their current digital solutions and sophistication. We help define strategies, select systems and implement the best technology to achieve your goals.

Digital transformation: business as usual

The analogue age is over. Every business depends on at least some digital technologies that are critical to its daily operations, success and survival. But technical innovations, fast-changing markets, and new needs complicate the adoption of new solutions. Past choices can also create present problems, with existing systems frustrating efforts to modernise.

Business must meet this technology challenge or leave themselves exposed:

To competition, with inefficient manual processes and a reliance on spreadsheets unable to match the automation and insights of digitally enabled businesses
To skills gaps as they struggle to recruit and retain talent in IT and elsewhere due to outdated systems and unappealing ways of working
To compliance risks and costs from evolving regulations, with the potential for penalties and reputational damage
To legacy platforms that stop them from innovating, improving and harnessing the power and functionality of new technologies

With the right strategy and support, technology can be transformational instead of a trial, and an investment rather than a cost.

The S&W Technology consulting team

S&W tech consultants maximise your value from technology and minimise costs to the business. We combine industry experience with technical expertise for right-sized and market-focused solutions and a price conscious, results orientated approach: The right technology at the right time, targeted to meet your business needs.

Across fintech and finance, property and professional practices, our partners draw on their experience with organisations from your sector and outside. Working closely to understand your operations, we combine best practice with business insights to support you throughout the lifecycle.

Through the business life cycle, from startup to growth, maturity, change and transactions, we help set strategy, select systems and build technology that meets your evolving needs.

Personal, professional, partner-led

The technology consulting team offers a wide range of services and can work closely with your internal teams. As part of the S&W digital services team, technology consulting takes a broad view of the business to give you focused solutions:

Holistic advice drawing on our digital services team’s data and cyber experts for security and privacy by design
Partner-led with our partners playing a central role in service delivery so you always have access to highly experienced professionals
Industry-informed, with professionals who understand your operating environment and can share insights and experience from across the sector
Independent, vendor-agnostic advice that isn’t tied to software or service platforms. We’ll always recommend the systems and tools that are best for your business

Explore our data consulting services

Digital strategy and planning

For a smooth digital journey, know where you’re heading. We help businesses plan their digital futures. Through systems reviews, gap analysis, and future state requirement studies, we cut through complexity and identify opportunities for system and process improvements and strategic adoption of new technologies. We help develop practical adoption and migration strategies to navigate change successfully and build and develop IT architectures that are robust, easy to manage and fit for the future.
System selection and integration

Whether it’s a CRM, ERP, accounting package or any other solution, we offer whole of market reviews, platform recommendations, and vendor evaluation. Wholly independent, fully informed and commercially aware, we pick only providers and platforms that fit our clients’ unique needs. We also provide expert implementation and integration services based on an in-depth understanding of your systems and business to minimise operational disruptions and make the best use of your existing technologies.
Cloud migration and development

Cloud services offer huge opportunities to cut costs, enhance security, boost productivity and optimise operations – and as many risks in the move. S&W’s technology team can identify opportunities for businesses to move data and applications to Cloud services from niche suppliers or market leaders such as Microsoft Azure, Google and AWS. We also plan and execute migration strategies for workflows and data to keep your systems safe, information secure and privacy protected while minimising the risks of operational disruption.
Tactical automation

Automating manual processes is a quick win for many businesses, cutting costs, increasing output, eliminating errors, reducing regulatory risks and refocusing staff on value-added work. Our technology team has significant experience working to identify and realise opportunities for automation. We work closely with businesses to understand and meet their needs, reviewing processes, mapping workflows, and recommending, designing and deploying effective and efficient process automations.
Digital SaaS

We support businesses with off-the-shelf software-as-a-service packages to provide them with tactical solutions to meet pressing regulatory compliance or other business needs. Combining the technical expertise of our technology team with our capabilities across business tax, assurance and advisory, we offer a range of market-led solutions, from our transfer pricing risk tool to our plastic packaging tax calculator.
Custom software development

If there’s no solution to your requirements, let’s build one together. Our programmers and technical experts can make your vision a reality. They’ll work with you to scope, design and deliver technological solutions and tools tailored to your precise needs, business objectives and budgets. We’ll also work as partner with you to ensure a smooth implementation and integration with your existing systems.