A support retainer keeps your existing Laravel application working. It does not build the next version of it. Here is where the line sits, why it exists, and what that means before you sign anything.
The firms pulling ahead in professional services are not the ones with the cleverest AI. They are the ones who worked out what to automate, what to charge for the time it frees up, and what to leave well alone.
An internal tool takes 8–10 weeks. A complex SaaS platform takes up to 16. The honest answer to 'how long' depends less on your developers than on you.
Your next hire can cost over £41,000 in its first year. Before you commit to a salary, three jobs — lead qualification, invoicing and onboarding — can be handed to AI agents instead.
UK Laravel vacancies have collapsed 76% since 2024. Salaries haven't budged. The market is telling you something — and it isn't 'keep looking.'
EY estimates 30–50% of initial RPA projects fail — usually because the business picked the wrong process, not the wrong tool. Here is a scoring framework you can apply in an afternoon.
Zapier, Make and n8n all work — for simple stuff. The question most founders eventually face is not which platform to pick, but what to do when all three stop being enough.
The £4,500 report that tells you exactly what to build, what it will cost, and whether you should build it at all.