We help governments, regulators, and enterprises shape, build, and run software that holds up under real-world pressure. End-to-end, or wherever you need a senior partner alongside your team.
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Learn more about AdviseEngineering — registers, business applications, public platforms, and AI integration. Auditable, accessible, defensible. See the offerings below.
Learn more about BuildCyber Essentials–certified hosting, security, accessibility audits, and ongoing partnership. Software that has to keep working — and keep being right.
Learn more about OperateSome examples of what we build — four kinds of work plus the hosting and accessibility partnership that sits underneath them. This isn't an exhaustive menu. If you've got software your organisation can't afford to get wrong and it doesn't fit one of these neatly, the same trust bar still applies — bring us the brief and we'll figure out where it sits.
Authoritative records you can defend at audit, in court, or in front of a regulator. Versioned, accessible, citizen-facing. Land, working-with-children, swimming-pool, licence registers.
Learn more about Registers & recordsCase management, workflows, eForms, CRMs, integrations into the systems your team already uses. Includes Vaultmatix secure file sharing for sensitive documents.
Learn more about Business applicationsHigh-availability, accessible, multilingual platforms — the public face of the organisations behind them. Headless CMS migration, multilingual sites, UK & NSW Government Design Systems.
Learn more about Public-facing platformsCitation-grounded, governed, your-data-stays-yours. AI you can defend to your board and your auditors. Onyx integration, conversational search, RAG implementations.
Learn more about AI integration & searchCyber Essentials–certified hosting, monitoring, security patching, and the partnership for software that has to keep working. UK data sovereignty, 18 years in production.
Learn more about Hosting & operationWCAG 2.1 / 2.2 AA audits, remediation, and accessibility-first builds for organisations whose compliance obligations are statutory rather than aspirational.
Learn more about AccessibilityNot on this list? Tell us what you're trying to ship — most of our engagements start with a brief and a conversation, not a category.
NSW State Transit Authority (STA) needed a way to securely communicate with Bus Drivers across the state of NSW in Australia. Bus Drivers were either employed by STA and required payroll information or employed by private bus companies, and required access to timetable information. The solution using Plone's intranet capabilities was cost effective and secure
An online application that lets health professionals create SMS/PDF/ICS reminders for appointments in over 50 languages. Commissioned by NSW Multicultural Health Communications Service
The register The solution needs to provide access to the scanned image files and metadata for 84,000 Jpeg files at 200DPI that make up the content of the 1962 Act Register. All on a GDS and WCAG complaint CMS
300,000 backyard pools across NSW, 182 Local Councils, 30 forms, and a two-month build before the 29 October 2014 legislation cut-off. PretaGov delivered the NSW Swimming Pool Register on time.
The NSW Swimming Pool Act was enacted to enforce the registration, inspection, and certification of pools to ensure their safety. The NSW Fair Trading faced the challenge of implementing a pool registration (extranet) system within a short timeframe, while ensuring cost-effectiveness and compliance with data protection laws.
The UK Land Registry's 1862 Register — 162GB of historical archival images and metadata — faced outdated tech, security risks, and non-compliance with WCAG 2.2 standards. We delivered a secure, accessible, future-proof upgrade using headless open-source technology.
Fixed-price, time-and-materials, or staff augmentation — we shape the engagement to your timeline, budget, and how much of your team you want involved. End-to-end or alongside an in-house lead.
