Debugging the Streets

One of our company values is that we join in and contribute to our communities. This week we did exactly that - a group of volunteers from the Start Software Telford HQ stepped away from their desks and into the community, taking part in a litter picking initiative aimed at making a visible difference to the local area.

Things didn’t go entirely to plan!! Partway through the journey, the weather turned and hail started coming down. Still, the team persevered and got stuck in.

By the end, a noticeable amount of waste had been cleared and the area left in much better shape. Not unlike their day jobs, really. Whether it’s cleaning up data or cleaning up streets, the aim is the same: leave things tidier and improve the environment for everyone.

In a single session, the team cleared three full bags of waste, a shopping trolley, and a roadside fly-tipping deposit. Well done all.

One of the UK's biggest companies has just implemented Alpha Tracker to manage asbestos across their estate

We've just finished an Alpha Tracker asbestos implementation for one of the UK's largest companies.

That AI-Jack and AI-Dan doing an AI-celebration

Our client has literally thousands of sites nationwide, ranging from small units to huge office complexes.  Our asbestos software is now deployed in the Alpha Tracker cloud, and is managing the asbestos across the entire estate. 

It's been a challenging implementation, but today we went live, on time, and on budget.  Well done Jack & Dan - great job.

Start Software will be competing in the Coracle World Championships 2026. We've improved year-on-year, this time could be the one!

A team from Start Software's Telford HQ will be competing in the Coracle World Championships 2026!

Could 2026 be our year, finally?! Stranger things have happened (just)

Our previous entries into the competition have resulted in disgrace, a soaking, a near disqualification and general mayhem.  This year is unlikely to be any different.

Having had staff members affected by cancer this year, it is fitting that we'll be fund raising for cancer charities when we race in September.  Watch out for fund-raising links and thanks in advance.

The AI-powered Alpha Draw is in beta test! Great demos this week

We've had some really good meetings with Alpha Tracker asbestos consultancy clients this week keen to see the new AI-powered Alpha Draw.

That's not a real photo. Robin's hair is much more grey

Alpha Draw is the companion site plan drawing app for asbestos software Alpha Tracker.  It's due a refresh, and the new version is a ground-up rewrite with a whole raft of new features:

• better integration with Alpha Tracker including dynamic sample markers
• AI-powered "finger drawing to clean plan"
• AI-powered "room photo to site plan".

It's pretty amazing!  We showed it first at our March Office Hours session.

Watch out for more updates and the new version in the app stores.

Big C V2 is on the move! Andrew's boat is being crated up ready for shipping

It's a big day for adventurer Andrew Bedwell and his amazing Big C Atlantic Challenge!

Andrew is packing up Big C and crating it ready for its journey across the Atlantic to Newfoundland on a container ship.  It will arrive in plenty of time for Andrew's launch back to the UK on his world record attempting journey, in May 2026. 

Big C in good hands... please don't drop it!

Our app for Andrew's followers has also hit a milestone today, and it's ready for testing.  Take a look for yourselves, here: https://big-c-atlantic-challenge.app/

Follow and support Andrew via his Facebook page, Big C Atlantic Challenge.

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