{"id":183855,"date":"2025-07-15T09:03:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T09:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sword-group.com\/uk\/?post_type=news&p=183855"},"modified":"2026-10-23T10:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T10:37:39","slug":"arnlea-and-sword-celebrate-software-development-partnership","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.sword-group.com\/uk\/news\/arnlea-and-sword-celebrate-software-development-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Arnlea and Sword celebrate software development partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”738242″]The relationship between Arnlea and Sword has grown from project work, through team augmentation, to a strategic partnership for core software development services. Arnlea now have guaranteed access to technical expertise with dedicated software engineers, plus extended resources available from Sword\u2019s wider development capability. To ensure the knowledge of the original
\ndevelopment team has been fully retained, Arnlea\u2019s software engineers have TUPEd over to Sword.<\/p>\n

Together, the software team are working on a product development roadmap to deliver regular iterations based on customers evolving needs. Arnlea are already reporting positive feedback from customers using their software products and apps, from both a quality and service perspective.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”4″ back_color=”color-154289″ overlay_alpha=”50″ radius=”std” shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”962891″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ row_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”474137″][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text text_color=”color-wayh” uncode_shortcode_id=”962954″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]<\/p>\n

\u201cA strategic partnership with Sword for software development services allows us to scale more effectively, so we can accurately plan and deliver our product development roadmap of enhancements as our solutions evolve to match our customers\u2019 needs. We trust Sword to meet our expectations, and this feels like a natural evolution in our relationship.\u201d<\/h3>\n

Allan Merritt, CEO at Arnlea[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”962112″][vc_single_image media=”183857″ media_width_percent=”100″ media_ratio=”one-one” shape=”img-circle” uncode_shortcode_id=”380962″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”185897″]Recruiting and retaining software development talent can be challenging in this competitive environment, so this partnership helps to sustain Arnlea\u2019s core development needs without any interruption to customers. Sword\u2019s software development teams work across many organisations to design, build, maintain or evolve software systems. This variety adds rich experience to developers\u2019 day jobs, as well as stimulating best practice approaches across all customers development projects[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”4″ back_color=”color-931268″ overlay_alpha=”50″ radius=”std” shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”114361″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ row_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”474137″][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text text_color=”color-wayh” uncode_shortcode_id=”125929″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have strong ties locally with Arnlea\u2019s management team that stretch back nearly 20 years. This next step in strengthening our relationship is exciting on both sides \u2013 it\u2019s great to welcome the Arnlea development team into the Sword fold, and we\u2019re looking forward to building on the project work we have delivered in the last 6 months with Arnlea on their core product development.\u201d<\/h3>\n

Adam Gall, Business Unit Director at Sword[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”962112″][vc_single_image media=”183858″ media_width_percent=”100″ media_ratio=”one-one” shape=”img-circle” uncode_shortcode_id=”971423″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][uncode_button size=”btn-sm” custom_typo=”yes” font_family=”font-153737″ font_weight=”600″ text_transform=”uppercase” letter_spacing=”fontspace-111509″ btn_border_width=”0″ icon_src=”preset” icon_preset=”arrow-1″ icon_rotation=”0″ icon_animation=”leaving” button_color=”color-210407″ button_hover_solid=”#00315a” button_text_hover_solid=”#ffffff” icon_color=”color-210407″ icon_hover_solid=”#00315a” btn_hover=”yes” button_color_type=”uncode-palette” button_hover_type=”uncode-solid” button_text_color_type=”uncode-solid” button_text_color_solid=”#ffffff” button_text_hover_type=”uncode-solid” button_border_hover_type=”uncode-solid” icon_hover_type=”uncode-solid” icon_wrapper_color_type=”uncode-solid” icon_wrapper_color_solid=”#ffffff” icon_wrapper_hover_type=”uncode-solid” icon_color_type=”uncode-palette” uncode_shortcode_id=”111216″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sword-group.com%2Fuk%2Fservices-and-solutions%2Fsoftware-engineering-and-application-services%2F|title:Software%20Engineering|target:_blank”]Find out More about Software Engineering[\/uncode_button][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sword is delighted to have won a multi-year software development contract with SaaS company Arnlea. This partnership focuses on the development of Arnlea\u2019s field inspection software, Nexar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":181798,"template":"","class_list":["post-183855","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sword-group.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/183855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sword-group.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sword-group.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.sword-group.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/183855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183911,"href":"https:\/\/www.sword-group.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/183855\/revisions\/183911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sword-group.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sword-group.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}