About Start Software

Start Software is an award-winning developer and leading publisher of asbestos software, systems for the legal services industry and more.

Want to know more about asbestos software Alpha Tracker? Alpha Tracker is the most used asbestos software in the UK, Australia & New Zealand with more than 60m items of asbestos data stored.

Our legal services software Alpha Legal helps will writers, accountants, solicitors, IFAs and estate agents to communicate securely with clients. Read about developments here on the blog.

Or need help with Alpha Anywhere or Alpha Transform projects or software development? You'll find useful info here.

There's still time to donate for Cancer Research UK

The Telford team have just received their medal from Cancer Research UK, what a lovely surprise!

We'll put the medal on our (small) trophy shelf!

It was some feat to cycle 300 miles in one day as a group, and you can still how we did it here https://blog.start-software.com/2026/07/we-made-it-300-miles-in-one-day-for.html

If you were thinking of donating to this vital cause, but hadn't got round to it, please do - there's still time.  Click here and follow the instructions, thank you!  https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/robins-giving-page-2044

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