About

With 24 years of consultancy experience, we deliver tailored end-to-end design and development services. As part of Pixl8 Group, we bring deep expertise in complex digital transformations through close collaboration.

History

Having previously worked in IT in publishing and manufacturing, Brian Horisk founded the company in 2001 so he could do more work on the web. Iain Leslie joined in 2004 and we have been trading under our current structure since 2011. In April 2025, Horisk Leslie Development became part of Pixl8 Group.

In 2016 Horisk were one of just 20 international, UK and Scottish companies to be awarded a place on the Scottish Government Application Design and Development Services (ADDS) framework, and are a supplier to the Scottish Government Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Digital Technology Services.

Approach

We engage with our clients in an approachable manner, doing our best to avoid jargon, and advising on the most suitable solution to meet or exceed their needs while delivering a bespoke development service for a user-friendly result. Our solutions are developed using industry standard platforms to ensure that our solutions are robust, functionally rich and meet our client's needs, and that on-going maintenance and support is as simple and transferable as possible.

Our clients trust us to develop business critical, user-friendly applications, support them over the long-term and upgrade them to meet changing requirements over time.

Brian Horisk and Iain Leslie
Brian Horisk and Iain Leslie

Recent customer feedback:

The costing system has completely changed the process of quotations within Soapworks. It has enabled users to add value to each quote, has resulted in more accountability for each department and has given us a database of quotations to both reference and use for future quotes. It’s also improved accuracy and timeliness of quotes produced and, most importantly, has allowed for greater speed of response to customers.

It was evident from initial conversations/meetings that Horisk understood precisely what was required for Soapworks. They quickly defined a project scope, and their technical expertise was evident from the start. I would recommend Horisk due to their professionalism and ability to deliver a software package that meets the specified requirements. They took a concept/idea from a non-software-minded person and delivered it.

Sarah Byrne

Management Accountant, Soapworks.

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We set Horisk a complicated task and they were diligent in understanding our requirements and producing a product which exceeded our initial brief. They excelled in responding to our requests for additional reporting capabilities with their helpdesk support. We are extremely thankful for the experience of working with Horisk and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them to any business seeking a bespoke information management platform.

Scott Ross

Offshore Wind Leasing Coordinator, Crown Estate Scotland

Horisk’s experience of developing similar tools for other public sector organisations was invaluable and meant they could hit the ground running on our project. They were able to offer innovative solutions to our requirements and, despite the pandemic, continued to work with us to deliver our project on time.

Lorraine Hook

Scottish Procurement

 

The process of developing the online form was genuinely agile and collaborative.  The result has been a form which our applicants tell us is easy to use, and gives us the capability to keep developing it in the light of user needs.

Martin Tyson

Head of Casework, Scottish Charity Regulator

 

Horisk created a professional website with a bespoke booking system to specification for a UK wide project.  I was very impressed with their ideas, knowledge, management and flexibility to achieve the website objectives and I would thoroughly recommend them.

Darren Lightfoot

SafePod Network Manager at the University of St Andrews

 

Horisk have created an invaluable new resource for community co-production of rock art data. The website and data input system are very user-friendly, despite their complexity, and will underpin research and understanding of Scotland’s rock art now and into the future.

Dr Tertia Barnett

Principal investigator, Scotland’s Rock Art Project

 

Our client list has included:

  • Capital City Partnership
  • Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland (CYPCS)
  • Crown Estate Scotland
  • Cyacomb
  • DAPL
  • Glasgow City Region
  • Helm Training
  • Historic Environment Scotland
  • iTrainScotland
  • Logos Logistics
  • National Museums of Scotland
  • Rape Crisis Scotland
  • Royal Odonto-Chirurgical Society of Scotland
  • Scotland’s Charity Regulator (OSCR)
  • Scottish Digital Arts
  • Scottish Government
  • Scottish SPCA
  • Scottish Parliament
  • Soapworks Ltd
  • Transvercia
  • Wise Group
  • University of St Andrews