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About Us

Kaleida, founded in 1997 by Cath Kenyon and Damien Byrne, provides dedicated IT solutions across construction, insurance, leisure and financial sectors. Bespoke, high-quality and secure software designed to streamline business, save time and make money.

Our Services

From our Manchester HQ in the North West we provide technical solutions to clients all over the UK, including strategic consultancy, expert development, system integration, infrastructure hosting and IT support. We provide:

Web Applications

Bespoke Solutions

Integration Services

Infrastructure Planning

Support Solutions

Cloud Services

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Our Strengths

At Kaleida we’re not just great listeners, we’re great doers too. Working in close partnership with our clients we build collaborative, flexible and powerful software systems – agile software development that delivers brilliant business results.

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Honest & fair Expert knowledge Deal directly with developers Family business Robust, secure systems Solid reputation Can do attitude We always deliver

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We Provide

Everything we do is focused on real world business problem solving; software designed to make your business easier, safer and more profitable. By taking the time to understand your industry, your business model and your challenges we can deliver the technical solutions that are right for you.

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Case Management

Smart, real time, case management insights.

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Point of Sale

POS solutions that help you boost sales and make more money.

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Universal Price Calculator & Price Optimisation

Multiple channel product pricing made easy.

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Messaging and Collaboration

Secure, scalable, cost effective information sharing.

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Cost Management

Take control of your cost management.

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Workflow

Reduce administrative errors and improve enterprise-wide business processes.

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Document Management

Document management made easy.

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Real-Time Accounting

Real time decision making for improved margin and better profits.

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CRM Solutions

The art of managing your customer relationships.

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Telephony Integration

Great telephony integration for great business.

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Content Management Systems

Time you took control of your website?

Industries we work with

Housing and Property Management

Finance

Smart software to unlock the potential of your data.

Insurance

Insurance software that make your company better.

Business Services

High performance business services

Retail

Win more business with Kaleida. Software that sells.

Why do people choose Kaleida?

Urban Bubble

The software's paid for itself many times over
Andrea, Urban Bubble

Themis

Not only did they read the situation brilliantly, they asked brilliant questions.
Simon, Themis

Snapshot – Real Time, Real Benefits

An education app that delivers everything you need to know about pupils’ learning levels in real time

“We had a lot of face to face meetings with technicians sorting out all the behind the screen stuff and also with Cath Kenyon who’s come into the school and been a bridge between our world of education and their world of software.”
James Marsh, Headteacher at Leigh St. Thomas Church of England School

BWA Water Additives

Ability, open channel communication and certainty in the relationship - the three core reasons BWA Water Additives turned to Kaleida for their new water analysis system.

Always there to help and support. Always willing to take questions. Kaleida were really good and really receptive.
Dave Rose, Desalination Technical Support Scientist at BWA

Best International Group

An estimated £40k resource saving plus application processing savings of £12k in year one alone

Kaleida really understood what we did and were really good at suggesting things we hadn’t thought of ourselves.
Shane Scott, Project Consultant, Best International

Sofology

How Sofology doubled the speed of their in store sign ups and boosted acceptance rates to more than 90% with smart new finance software from Kaleida.

Kaleida devised a smart in-store interface between our POS and our finance providers. I am happy to recommend them.
Jon Cleaver, CTO at Sofology

Turner & Townsend

Kaleida were brought in to help streamline and consolidate a data collection and storage process.

Great skills. Great expertise. Not just on the development side but they understand how the solutions need to be deployed.
Justin Pearson, Associate Director, Turner & Townsend

Face For Business – Cost Savings

How a bespoke system led to a 35% saving on salaries

I’m in business, all I want to do is achieve a goal. They’ve done really well helping us succeed in that.
Andy Macgregor, MD Face For Business

RightCalc

RightCalc has undergone rigorous testing in a busy insurance environment and come through with flying colours. We are now starting to see margin improvements as a result of using the new system.
Simon Tennyson, Managing Director, RightCalc

FastTrak Solutions

The FastTrak system manages the tenancy application process, including seeking references, verifying housing benefit allowances and matching applicants with available property. The system includes case and workflow management, property search and customer profiling tools.

From understanding bespoke requirements through to the delivery of the end product, we have been delighted with the quality of service delivered by Kaleida. We have no hesitation in providing the highest levels of recommendation.
Damon Thomas, Managing Director, FastTrak

Customer Web POS

Kaleida has developed, supported and administered Motorway Direct's (MWD) Admin System for 14 years.

Having worked with Kaleida for many years, I have no hesitation in recommending them.
Daniel Antcliff, IT Development Manager, Motorway Direct

Face For Business – Call Answering Service

The system manages calls for a variety of different businesses. Face For Business can provide either geographic or non geographic phone numbers to their clients and calls to that number will be routed through to one of the FFB PAs in the Call Centre.

We looked at various software providers, however, Kaleida stood out from day one. Their consultative approach and attention to detail helped ensure that they developed a system which met all of our requirements.
Andy English, General Manager

Debt Free Direct

Debt Free Direct

In 2001 Kaleida developed the Insolvency Management System (IMS) for Debt Free Direct. The system has been subject to a structured program of modifications and enhancements to meet the increasing business demands of DFD as they continue to grow.

Compo2Go

Kaleida was commissioned to develop a web-based case and claims management system for the newly formed division of InterRisk Solutions Ltd.

We have been working Kaleida since June 2011 and I have nothing but praise for the way the team works with us.
Mark Brickles, CEO, Compo2Go

TeachBest

The system controls the full appraisal process including: allocation of pupil progress, career stage and global objectives.

Brinc Ltd

Kaleida came highly recommended and we have found them to be dedicated technology partners.
Stephen Whiteley, Head of Data and Digital Marketing

Renaker Build Ltd

Renaker Build Ltd

Our bespoke software for Renaker succeeds in improving accuracy and reducing the time needed to upload, query and approve timesheets through a simple to use, but comprehensive, management solution.

We were impressed with Kaleida's thorough approach from the start. They knew how to ask the right questions.
Andy Lofthouse, Commercial Director, Renaker

Byzak Ltd

An Exchange 2010 environment was setup to host mailboxes for 230 users. This had 10 times the capacity of the previous Email system.

Motorway Direct

Motorway Direct

Kaleida recently adapted the Customer Web system to be used by dealers and banks operating in Abu Dhabi. We developed an ASP .Net MVC website and released to “Live” within 3 months.

All of Kaleida's staff work in an extremely professional way, and have a high attention to detail. Over the years Kaleida has been key to our company's growth and an absolute pleasure to work with.
Daniel Antcliff, IT Development Manager, Motorway Direct

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Kaleida Keate House, 1 Scholar Green Road, Cobra Court, Trafford Park, Manchester, M32 0TR

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