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150+ projects delivered for UK and international brands

Custom CRM Development in London

Custom CRM for London teams who have bent HubSpot or spreadsheets past breaking — pipelines, activities and reporting that match the real sales motion.

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Custom CRM for London teams who have bent HubSpot or spreadsheets past breaking — pipelines, activities and reporting that match the real sales motion.
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CRM that matches how you sell

CRM services built around your pipeline, not a generic funnel cartoon

Design Dev is a London CRM partner delivering custom CRM applications and honest HubSpot configuration for UK teams. We combine pipeline design, data migration and adoption so the system supports the weekly sales meeting — not a field dump nobody fills.We will tell you when HubSpot configured properly is the cheaper win. Custom CRM is a product with adoption risk. Theatre dashboards without definitions are not CRM.
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Custom CRM Development

Laravel/React CRMs when the motion will not fit a SaaS without weekly hacks.
Custom CRM Development
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HubSpot CRM Configuration

Stages, properties and automations when configure-not-build is the honest CRM path.
HubSpot CRM Configuration
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CRM Pipeline Design

Stages, reasons lost and required fields staff will actually fill — written down.
CRM Pipeline Design
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CRM Migration & Integrations

Sheets, old tools, site forms and ads into one customer record — mapped, not “we’ll clean later”.
CRM Migration & Integrations

A clear CRM process from sales motion to adoption

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CRM discovery — how deals move

Not the slide. The WhatsApp group, the spreadsheet, the real stages.

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CRM buy vs build

Configure HubSpot or Salesforce if it fits. Custom CRM if it does not. We say which.

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CRM data model

People, companies, deals and properties you cannot lose — including GDPR paths.

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CRM build & migrate

Import with mapping and duplicate rules. No “we’ll clean later”.

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CRM adoption

Training, required fields that match reality, and killing the shadow spreadsheet.

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Why custom CRM is sometimes right — and often is not

Why custom CRM is sometimes right — and often is not

Most “custom CRM” pitches should have been HubSpot hygiene. If the problem is messy stages and no owner, software will not save you. If the problem is a process no SaaS models, custom CRM can pay for itself.Design Dev is honest about that fork. CRM is a product with adoption risk, not a database with a skin.

  • Honest CRM buy vs build
  • Pipeline definitions in writing
  • Migration from sheets and SaaS
  • Permissions by CRM role
  • Activity capture that is not theatre
  • Reporting that matches your lead definition
  • Integrations with a source of truth
  • Adoption plan, not just CRM go-live

Complete CRM capabilities

From pipeline design to adoption — CRM that staff open on a Monday, custom or configured.

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Custom CRM Applications

Laravel/React CRMs for odd motions HubSpot cannot express without weekly hacks.

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HubSpot CRM Setup

When configure-not-build is the right CRM decision.

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Salesforce-minded CRM

When the enterprise stack is already chosen — we implement, we do not preach.

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CRM Pipeline Design

Stages, SLAs, reasons lost — in writing, then in the system.

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CRM Lead Capture

Forms, chat, ads into the CRM record without duplicates.

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Field-service CRM

Jobs plus sales in one picture when the van is the office.

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CRM Reporting & Forecast

Funnels that match how you define a lead — not a vanity dashboard.

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CRM Data Migration

Excel and old tools in, with mapping and a freeze.

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CRM Integrations

Site, billing, support — one customer record, one source of truth.

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CRM Permissions & GDPR

Roles, retention, export and delete paths.

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CRM Training

The part that decides ROI. A CRM nobody opens is a failed project.

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CRM Retainers

Pipelines change. Required fields and reports must too.

Ready for a CRM that matches the way you actually sell?

Speak with Design Dev about custom CRM — or an honest recommendation to configure HubSpot instead.

CRM expertise across key industries

Professional Services

Industry focus

Professional Services

CRM for practices that sell relationships — matters, referrals, activities that are not just email.

  • Pipeline CRM
  • Matter links
  • Activity capture
  • Partner reporting

Why Design Dev

A London CRM partner that will talk you out of custom when HubSpot will do

Design Dev works with sales leads who have been burned by a CRM nobody used. We combine pipeline design, migration and training so the system matches Monday morning — custom only when a platform cannot.Expect definitions first, fewer fields, and an adoption plan — not 80 properties and a prayer.

150+

Projects delivered

5+

Years experience

UK+

London & worldwide

A London CRM partner that will talk you out of custom when HubSpot will do

Strategy, design and engineering for brands that need a website that performs.

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Motion before fields

CRM stages and definitions are written before the database grows.

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Buy vs build, honestly

Configured HubSpot when it fits. Custom CRM when it does not. We will not upsell a rewrite for sport.

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Adoption is the product

Required fields staff will fill, capture that is fast, training that sticks.

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Support after CRM launch

Pipelines change. Reports and properties must follow.

Technologies we work with

HubSpot

HubSpot

Laravel

Laravel

PHP

PHP

MySQL

MySQL

React

React

JavaScript

JavaScript

Stripe

Stripe

Mailchimp

Mailchimp

WordPress

WordPress

Shopify

Shopify

HTML5

HTML5

CSS3

CSS3

What clients say

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Design Dev transformed our e-commerce platform. Their team was efficient, responsive, and delivered a stunning layout that doubled our conversion rate within a month.

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Sarah Jenkins

Vauxhall Marketing - Shopify Development
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An absolute pleasure to work with. They understood our brand identity perfectly and designed a clean, user-friendly SaaS platform that our clients love.

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David Thorne

FluxGig - UI/UX Design
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The custom WordPress build is super fast and easy for our content editors to update. Outstanding attention to detail and SEO optimization.

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Amara K.

Apsara Cosmetics - WordPress Development
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They built a highly custom, secure medical inventory portal on-budget. Their engineering skills are top-tier.

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Julian Reed

Upcycled Medical - Web App Development
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From logo creation to full visual guidelines, Design Dev gave our construction firm a modern and premium corporate look.

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Emily Watson

Smart Build UK - Branding & Design
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Our organic search traffic increased by 150% in three months. Their SEO team really knows their stuff.

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Marcus Sterling

Supra Cycling - Search Engine Optimization

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FAQ

CRM development FAQs

Straightforward answers to the questions we hear most often about scope, timelines, and how we work.

Only build custom CRM if a well-configured platform cannot express the motion without weekly hacks. We will say which. Many briefs are HubSpot hygiene.

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Tell us about your CRM

Share how a deal moves today, tools in play (HubSpot, Excel, other), and what reporting you cannot get. We will recommend configure vs custom CRM.

UK Branch Office

London, United Kingdom

2 Bessborough Gardens, Westminster, London, UK

+44 7459 579227

Development Center

Sialkot, Pakistan

2nd Floor, Yousaf Plaza, Opposite Mazeeo Sadar Bazar, Sialkot Cantt

+92 337 4905 313
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