01 Working with us from the UK

An offshore development centre in Bengaluru for UK companies

Tailwebs is an offshore development centre in Bengaluru for UK companies: one product team that designs, builds and launches apps, dashboards and AI products. India is 4.5–5.5 hours ahead of the UK, so your morning is our afternoon. We built WAC's hours-and-pay app.

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  • 4.5–5.5 hours ahead of the UK
  • Your morning, our afternoon

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02 The working day

When will we actually overlap in the working day?

Every UK morning. India is 5.5 hours ahead of the UK in winter (GMT) and 4.5 hours ahead in summer (BST), so 09:00 in London is 14:30 or 13:30 in Bengaluru, and your morning runs alongside our afternoon.

Time-zone arithmetic · IST is UTC+5:30 all year · the team’s hours are set below

A UK working day, hour by hour, in Bengaluru time
UK timeBengaluru, UK winter (GMT)Bengaluru, UK summer (BST)
08:0013:3012:30
09:00UK morning14:3013:30
10:0015:3014:30
11:0016:3015:30
12:0017:3016:30
13:0018:3017:30
14:0019:3018:30
15:0020:3019:30
16:0021:3020:30
17:0022:3021:30
18:0023:3022:30

How the hours work

  • India keeps one clock all year. The UK moves to BST on the last Sunday of March and back to GMT on the last Sunday of October, so the gap is 4.5 hours in summer and 5.5 hours in winter.
  • A 09:00 stand-up in London lands in the early Bengaluru afternoon, and a 12:00 call lands at 16:30 or 17:30: the UK morning is the shared part of the day.
  • A UK afternoon falls in the Bengaluru evening: a 16:00 meeting in London is 20:30 or 21:30 in Bengaluru.
  • We hold calls between 09:00 and 15:00 UK time, and agree a standing slot with you at the start. Outside those hours, message us on WhatsApp.
  • Our day starts before yours, so a written update is waiting when your team logs on.

How we communicate through a project, from the first call to launch, is on how we work.

03 The team model

How our offshore development centre works for a UK team

You get a dedicated developer, or a product squad of a PM, a designer, 2–3 developers and QA, working only on your product, with your mornings as the shared hours.

  1. 01

    A team member in 10 days

    A team member is assigned within 10 days of approval, and there is no hiring cost to you.

  2. 02

    One daily contact

    A named lead on our side is your daily contact.

  3. 03

    Inside your tools

    The team works in your board, repository and chat.

  4. 04

    Scale down or stop

    Scale down or stop with 30 days' notice.

  5. 05

    Code in your repository

    The source code sits in your repository, as the handover terms set out.

We do not set up a separate company or office for you. The same model runs today as a dedicated team on Cook and Chef's product, and as developers provided to Contribly. What each model includes, with draft prices, is on pricing, and what we build with it is on services.

04 Prices

What app development companies cost: our prices for the UK

Until our pound figures are set, the packages below are shown in US dollars, and a quote in pounds is available.

  • Start here

    Discovery Sprint

    Workshops, user research, a prioritised feature list, wireframes, a clickable prototype and a build estimate.

    $2,000–4,000

    2–3 weeks

  • First release

    MVP Launch

    Design, build and launch of a mobile or web app: one core flow, admin and analytics.

    $10,000–30,000

    8–14 weeks

  • Monthly

    Dedicated Developer

    One full-time engineer for mobile, web, backend or AI work.

    $2,200–4,800a month

  • Monthly

    Product Squad

    A PM, a designer, 2–3 developers and QA, shipping weekly releases.

    $7,000–14,000a month

  • Small jobs

    Hourly

    For small changes and one-off jobs.

    $25–49an hour

Every package, with what it includes, is on pricing.

05 Contracts and payment

How do contracts and payment work from the UK?

In writing, before work starts: a mutual NDA, then a master services agreement and a written proposal, then invoices in GBP or USD by bank transfer.

The full terms are answered once, on the FAQ: payments and changes and ownership and handover.

What a UK client signs and paysDraft terms
  1. A mutual NDASigned before discovery, on request.
  2. An MSA and a written proposalThe master services agreement, plus a proposal for the scope, price and timeline.
  3. Invoices in GBP or USDPaid by bank transfer from the UK.
  4. Milestones or monthly billingFixed price: typically 40% to start, 50% across milestones and 10% at launch, agreed per project. Monthly plans: billed in advance.
  5. The code is yoursYou own the custom code, designs and content once the work is paid in full.
  6. Governing lawAgreed in the contract, with the options confirmed before you sign.

06 Your data

UK GDPR when your team is in India

Plainly, and before any personal data moves. What follows is general knowledge, not legal advice: your own adviser confirms what applies to your product, and we build to it.

01

Who is responsible for what

  • Your adviser confirms who is the controller and who is the processor, and the contract sets out what we may do with personal data. The ICO's UK GDPR guidance explains the roles.
02

Sending personal data to India

  • Sending UK personal data to India is an international transfer, and the UK has rules for it: see the ICO's guidance on international transfers.
  • Before any UK personal data is handled in India, we agree the transfer arrangement with you in the contract.
03

What we do

  • A data processing agreement is available.
  • Production stays in cloud accounts you own where possible, which reduces what leaves the UK.

How we handle data is on data and security and in our privacy policy.

07 UK work

Have you shipped for a UK company?

Yes. We deployed a full team for WAC's hours-and-pay app, from idea to scale. The rebuilt app is live and scaling, it holds 4.8★ from 5,780 ratings on the UK App Store, and WAC has raised investment.

  • 01/01

    WAC

    Hours-and-pay app: wac – shift & earnings tracker

    4.8★ from 5,780 ratings on the UK App Store

Working with us from the US instead? See US companies.

08 FAQ

Questions from UK companies.

Do you work with clients in the UK?
Yes. Tailwebs works with UK companies from Bengaluru; for example, we built WAC's hours-and-pay app.
What are your working hours and overlap for UK clients?
India is 4.5–5.5 hours ahead of the UK, so the UK morning overlaps with our afternoon.We hold calls between 09:00 and 15:00 UK time and agree a standing slot with you at the start; outside those hours, message us on WhatsApp at +91 70440 74445.
Can you invoice in GBP?
Yes. International clients pay in GBP or USD by bank transfer.
How do you handle UK GDPR?
We act as your processor under a data processing agreement, keep production in your own accounts where possible, and agree a transfer arrangement for any UK personal data handled in India. The ICO's UK GDPR guidance explains the rules.
Can I hire mobile app developers to join my UK team?
Yes: a dedicated Flutter or React Native developer joins your team monthly, overlapping with the UK morning. See hire mobile app developers.Native Android (Kotlin) and iOS (Swift) developers can join your team on the same monthly basis.
Can the contract be under English law?
Governing law is agreed in each contract, and we confirm the options with you before you sign.