We provide bespoke business applications, secure offsite data backup, cloud software and proactive server monitoring for small to medium businesses across the UK.
Since 2005, Lester & Ford Solutions has been helping small and medium-sized businesses across the UK reduce administration effort through practical, cost-effective technology solutions.
Based in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, we take pride in delivering easy-to-use, intuitive systems that require minimal training and ongoing support — giving you more time to focus on what matters.
Whether you need a custom application to streamline your workflows, a robust data backup solution, or a managed monitoring service for your servers, we approach every challenge with the same philosophy: practical technology that actually works for your business.
We design, build and support bespoke business applications tailored precisely to how your business operates — installed on your own infrastructure and fully owned by you.
Since 2014, we have offered hosted, bespoke cloud applications accessible from any device — PC, Mac or iOS — on a convenient monthly subscription model.
SODA is a fully automated, managed offsite backup and disaster recovery service. Your business data is encrypted and stored in a UK data centre — completely hands-free for you.
PRISM runs daily out-of-hours health checks on your Windows servers — alerting you before problems occur rather than after your business has ground to a halt.
We work with a diverse range of industries — from accountants and travel agents to manufacturers and security firms.
"Many thanks for your wonderful, friendly, and professional service. We are finding the new system so much better to work with, making short work of things that used to be so difficult. It's great to know your staff are always there with advice and support should we have any problems, and you always have a quick solution. I cannot thank you enough."
We believe technology should be accessible to everyone, including organisations doing important work without large IT budgets. Lester & Ford Solutions provides SODA backup services to selected charities free of charge.
Horticap, based in Harrogate, is one such beneficiary — a charity that provides horticulture-based activities and employment opportunities for people with disabilities. We are proud to support them.
If you run a charity and think we could help, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
Whether you have a project in mind or just want to explore how we can help, we'd love to hear from you. We offer free trials on SODA and PRISM.
We'll respond within one working day. No automated emails — you'll hear from a real person.