A warm welcome to the team at Harmony Fire , who are beginning their Alpha Tracker asbestos training today . The lovely team at Harmony Fire We’re delighted to be supporting Harmony as they get started with Alpha Tracker, particularly as they extend their asbestos service offerings to their clients. This marks an exciting step in broadening the support they already provide across safety, compliance, consultancy, building fabric, service and maintenance solutions. Alpha Tracker specialist Kim is onsite today to guide the team through the system, answer questions, and help everyone feel confident using Alpha Tracker from the outset. We’re really pleased to be working with Harmony Fire and look forward to supporting the team as they continue to grow their services and deliver trusted safety solutions for their clients. Welcome to Alpha Tracker, Harmony Fire!
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Fun webinar with the Alpha TransForm team and Big C's Andrew Bedwell! Watch us build TransForm offline-capable data capture forms live for Andrew to use while mid-Atlantic
Big C's Andrew Bedwell & Start Software's director Robin joined Alpha TransForm's Dave & Scott on Wednesday in a live 30-minute webinar. It had been a busy day for Andrew, following a BBC interview earlier in the day: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3w3jgqj0nno
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| Mid-webinar talking about apps, data & power mid-Atlantic |
The conversation was a lot of fun covering every topic from how Start Software builds apps and offline-capable forms to the likelihood of Andrew seeing mermaids on his world-record-attempting crossing...
Our Big C Atlantic Challenge app is now live and you can register by using this QR code:
Alpha Software Specialists Start Software is sponsoring the World Record attempt, helping Andrew to raise money for Cancer Research. A number of the Start Software team are (and have been) affected by cancer, so this is a cause close to our hearts.
For more information, please do click these links:
• The app at https://big-c-atlantic-challenge.app
• The World Record Attempt
• Start Software's support for the Big C Atlantic Challenge
• The Cancer Research donation page
You can watch the webinar here, on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vDgeyaLJa4 - and please Like and Share with your friends!
Remember - if you need help with Alpha TransForm or want us to create offline-capable data capture forms for your business, we're here to help: https://alpha-software-specialists.com/
Are you Up The Creek?!! We can help. "Office Hours" drop-in session with Kim & Catherine on Tues 21 April 13:00-13:30.
Next week we will be continuing our series of Alpha Tracker “Office Hours” sessions. We hope you can join us.
Our Alpha Tracker Office Hours sessions will be short, informal, half-hour drop-in sessions providing the opportunity for support, discussion, clarification, demonstration, advice – all sorts of help with any area of Alpha Tracker.
The Office Hours are live and interactive; we’ll be led by the topics you want to discuss. These are “cameras on” sessions for everyone, we’ll be on camera and so will you. To make you feel more comfortable, we won’t record the sessions.
Join Kim & Catherine for the next session on Tuesday 21 April 2026 at 13:00. No need to pre-register, simply click the link between 13:00 – 13:30 on the day to join: https://whereby.com/alpha-tracker-office-hours
See you Tuesday!
Smooth Sailing with Alpha Tracker: Office Hours with Kim
& Catherine
Join adventurer Andrew Bedwell and Robin talking about apps and the Big C Atlantic Challenge on the Alpha Software webinar
Andrew Bedwell (from the Big C Atlantic Challenge) will be joining the Alpha Software Wednesday Webinar on 22 April. Andrew will be talking to Alpha Software's Dave McCormick and Start Software's Robin Bennett to discuss the challenge of sending data live from a 3ft (yes, 1m long!) boat as he attempts to break the world record for the shortest boat to cross the Atlantic unaided.
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| Start Software is the lead sponsor for Andrew's world record attempt |
Andrew & Robin will be creating Alpha TransForm forms live in the webinar which will be used by Andrew to collect and send data during his crossing.
In advance, why not register to follow Andrew's journey on our web app at https://big-c-atlantic-challenge.app - it's free!
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.
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| 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!
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.
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| 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.