Scottish roots
Over the last decade, Scotland has become increasingly important to PDMS. When we launched our first small Glasgow office in 2013, we had a team of two. Armed with a strong desire to establish roots here, our mission was to identify Scottish organisations that would benefit from our commitment to ensuring technology delivers measurable and sustained benefits.
A decade on, we established ourselves as a software development company in Glasgow with clients all over Scotland and a growing and highly talented team based in a much bigger office! Starting in 2014 when we acquired some of the Maxima Information Group, our team grew to 16 and we took over assets including enterprise resource planning, payroll software and ferry ticketing.
Three years later, we moved to new offices in Academy Park, Glasgow and our continued growth in Scotland has been supported by Scottish Enterprise. In recent years, we have doubled the size of Glasgow team, adding highly skilled technical individuals with a range of digital expertise including analysts, software developers and project managers.
PDMS and Scotland have a shared past, present and future. We both have a history built on innovation and creativity and a reputation for engineering excellence. Using our combined heritage, we will continue to invest in our growth and people to meet the Scottish government's ambitions and enable a digitally empowered Scotland.
2013
PDMS opens Scotland office in the Hub, Pacific Quay
2014
PDMS acquires part of the Maxima Information Group and grow team by 14
2015
PDMS begins working with Fife Council on a new employment and skills platform
2017
Growth of Glasgow team sparks move to new office in Academy Park
2017
PDMS significantly grows our Transport and Ticketing client base through new mobile ticketing functionality
2018
PDMS and partner Euclid are awarded Transport Scotland TABO2 contract to facilitate concessionary travel
2020
PDMS wins place on Skills Development Scotland's web development services framework
2022
Glasgow-based plumbing manufacturer, McAlpine, awards new ERP contract to PDMS
2022
PDMS begins working with Glasgow-based laminates manufacturer, Rearo
2022
Growth of team in Scotland takes the total PDMS headcount to over 90
2023
PDMS hosts the first roundtable event with digital leaders from across Scottish Government
2023
PDMS celebrates 30th anniversary
Some of our Scottish projects
Looking to the future
Our commitment to growing the business in Scotland remains the same today as when we launched in 2013. This means building more long-term relationships with organisations who want to leverage software development and digital transformation to improve outcomes for their business, customers and employees.
It also means making a difference to the local community in Scotland, especially the tech ecosystem we are proud to be part of. That's why we sponsor and encourage our team members to take part in the Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation programme; why some of our team members are part of the MCR Pathways mentoring project; and why we are sponsoring the Young Software Engineer of the Year awards for the third year running.
Our commitment to promoting innovation and passion for software engineering and preparing future generations to carry that flame in the future. We are dedicated to supporting the next generation of software engineering excellence, ensuring that children and young people have access to the resources and opportunities they need to fulfil their digital potential.
As we grow our business and our contribution to Scotland, we do so with enthusiasm and optimism for the years ahead. Although technology is changing every day, our ethos of digital innovation that has served us so well over the last 30 years will no doubt help us to continue our success long into the future.
Our aim is to enable Scottish organisations to adopt digital technologies, embrace innovation and leverage the opportunities presented by the modern age to create a digitally empowered Scotland.
Our memberships in Scotland
Our Scotland news
PDMS supports Empowering Women this autumn
PDMS is sponsoring the Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation programme in Scotland, an initiative that we have been actively involved in supporting for several years.
Webinar: A practical guide to modernising your legacy systems
PDMS is hosting a webinar in conjunction with Scottish Engineering to discuss best practices to modernising legacy systems with minimal disruption to your business.
Scotland Data Futures Forum: Finding the golden thread
PDMS hosted a second roundtable discussion with digital leaders in Scotland to hear how aligning purpose, priorities and data processes can digitally deliver on public services.
“It has been amazing to witness PDMS’ growth in and commitment to Scotland over the last 10 years. Looking ahead, we couldn’t be more excited about what the future holds as we continue our quest to help organisations become better at what they do through effective use of technology.”
Richard Graham, Head of New Business (Scotland)
