- 20+ years professional development
- Elgin-based, working UK-wide
- Fixed-price proposals
- 90-day managed launch care
- PageSpeed 80+ on every build
- UK company & ICO-registered
- Cloudflare-protected
- Stripe secure payments
Any of these sound familiar?
Most small business websites have the same problems — they just don’t know it yet.
Does your website have security gaps you don’t know about?
The most popular website platforms are also the most targeted. Add-ons, themes, and plugins all introduce risk — and most small business sites have never been checked. A vulnerability doesn’t announce itself. By the time you know about it, the damage is done.
Is an off-the-shelf solution holding your business back?
Ready-made website builders look fine until your business needs something they weren’t designed to do. You end up working around the template instead of the other way around — and when you outgrow it, you start from scratch.
Is a social media page or hosted shop your main online presence?
You don’t own it. The platform controls who sees you, how it looks, and what happens if the rules change. A real website means your content, your customers, and your reputation sit somewhere you actually control.
Is your website still creating work instead of reducing it?
If every enquiry, booking, or order means someone has to manually copy details, send a confirmation, or update a spreadsheet — your website isn’t doing its job. We can connect it to the systems you already use so the routine work takes care of itself.
Are you GDPR-compliant — or just hoping you are?
The moment someone fills in a contact form on your site, you’re handling personal data. That comes with legal obligations around how it’s stored, transmitted, and protected. Every site we build handles this properly from day one — encrypted, handled correctly, and documented — so you’re not left hoping for the best.
Most developers build pages.
We build systems.
Every build includes
Not add-ons. Not extras charged later. These are the things we check and confirm on every single project before it goes live.
Emails reach the inbox
Your domain is configured to improve deliverability, so your email is far more likely to reach the inbox — and much harder for anyone to send email pretending to be you.
Loads fast — verified by Google
We don’t sign off until Google’s own speed test scores 80 or above — and your care plan keeps performance monitored and tuned, not just on launch day.
Data encrypted and handled properly
Everything sent between your visitors and your site is encrypted with modern HTTPS/TLS. Data handled in line with UK GDPR from the first contact form onwards.
Protection from common attacks
The most common ways attackers try to abuse websites — fake form submissions, hijacked links, malicious scripts — filtered at the edge, so most never reach your site. Delivered through Cloudflare so there’s a layer of protection before traffic even hits your server.
You approve every change before it goes live
Every update is automatically tested and security-checked, then put on a private preview site for you to approve — nothing reaches your customers until you’ve seen it. Automated and repeatable, not done by hand, and every change can be undone.
Check it yourself
We don’t ask you to take our word for it. Run a free automated security scan on your domain — malware blocklist, HTTPS, SSL/TLS, email setup, and security headers — and see exactly where you stand.
Where does the name come from?
Where does the name come from?
Smaoin is the Scottish Gaelic word for “thought” or “idea.” It reflects how we work: careful thinking first, then clean, practical engineering that solves the actual problem — not just the one that was described.
With 20+ years of professional software development, we focus on the messy reality: integrations that actually work, automation that doesn’t break, systems that keep running when they need to. The behind-the-scenes stuff most people ignore until it costs them. Based in Elgin, working with businesses across the UK.
More about usWhat a typical project looks like
Most engagements combine a website with at least one integration or automation.
Website + Customer Records
A new site where contact forms and enquiries flow straight into your customer records — the system you already use to track customers (a CRM) — no manual copying, no lost follow-ups.
Website + Booking System
A business website with an integrated booking or appointment tool, connected to your calendar or back-office software. No more inbox scheduling.
Automation Replacing Spreadsheets
Identify the manual process eating your team’s time — we build the system that eliminates it. Reports, approvals, syncing orders into your accounting software: automated and reliable.
Internal Portal or Admin Tool
A secure, role-based web app for your team — reports, approvals, data entry — built to spec, without the SaaS subscription cost or the compromises.
Connect what you already use
Most businesses already run a handful of tools that don’t talk to each other. We join them up so the routine work takes care of itself.
Works with Sage, Xero, QuickBooks, Stripe, Microsoft 365 — and anything with an API.
What We Build
We don’t build template or brochure sites — that’s what Wix and WordPress are for. Smaoin builds bespoke systems, integrations, and automation — secured and supported long-term — for SMEs who’ve outgrown off-the-shelf.
Business Systems & Integrations
Internal tools, job management, quoting, and client portals — built around how your business actually works. We connect your accounting, customer records, quoting, and online payments so data flows automatically instead of being retyped between spreadsheets and emails.
Security & Care
Start with a free scan of your current site. We'll quote a fixed price to put it right — PageSpeed 80+ on delivery, hosted in the UK and kept monitored. Every project launches with 90 days of managed launch care, with care plans after that.
Websites
Need the site too? Built and hosted by us, not assembled from a template — every build includes security scanning, 80+ PageSpeed, UK GDPR-aligned controls, and email authentication as standard. From £1,200 + VAT.
Start a conversation
Got an idea, project, or problem to solve? Drop us a message — we’ll get back to you within a business day. No hard sell, just a practical next step.