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Secret Source is a web development company based in the UK and The Canary Islands.
2024-01-11 16:44
When we start working with new clients we often inherit systems built by their “old developers”. Sometimes they’re great, sometimes they aren’t. In 2021 we inherited… Read More
2023-12-07 12:09
As companies get bigger so does their documentation; their procedures, their policies, their employee manuals … Until it gets to the point where there is so much of it that nobo… Read More
2023-12-05 17:38
On 30th November, we hosted a joint webinar with Alan Health where we discussed the results from Alan health insurance’s 2023 survey on mental health.
In their survey, Alan found th… Read More
2023-11-15 14:54
We’re proud to be one of the companies chosen for the ICEX Next Program 2023.
La empresa Secret Source Technology SL participa en el Programa “ICEX-BREXIT” financiado po… Read More
2023-11-13 14:29
This article is part of a series of articles on how to improve employee wellbeing and employee retention. The structure is based on the The US Surgeon General’s Framework for Workplace… Read More
2023-10-25 11:31
This article is part of a series of articles on how to improve employee wellbeing and employee retention. The structure is based on the The US Surgeon General’s Framework for Workplace… Read More
2023-10-05 16:27
This article is part of a series of articles on how to improve employee wellbeing and employee retention. The structure is based on the The US Surgeon General’s Framework for Workplace… Read More
2023-10-02 11:18
On 27th September, we hosted a webinar on how we built a company with happiness as its main KPI.
In this webinar, we talked about the experiences of building a “happiness first&rdqu&hell…Read More
2023-09-11 15:32
This article is part of a series of articles on how to improve employee wellbeing and employee retention. The structure is based on the The US Surgeon General’s Framework for Workplace… Read More
2023-07-26 08:13
On July 19th, we had the pleasure of hosting a webinar on “Questions to Ask When Outsourcing.” If you weren’t able to join us live, or if you’d like a quick refresh o… Read More
2023-07-17 14:20
This article is part of a series of articles on how to improve employee wellbeing and employee retention. The structure is based on the The US Surgeon General’s Framework for Workplace… Read More
2023-06-29 11:31
Did you know that the financial cost of replacing an employee is 30% of their annual salary? That figure alone should have managers and team leaders doing all they can to keep their empl… Read More
2023-06-27 10:03
On 21st June, we hosted a webinar on how to reduce your developer turnover.
Why should you watch?
We will explain the 5 essentials you need to cover to keep your team happy and the str… Read More
2023-06-12 15:19
Last week Secret Source had the pleasure of being part of a Gran Canarian trade mission to the Dublin Tech Summit. We attended with the Las Palmas Chamber of Commerce, Edataconsulting, Calim… Read More
2023-05-08 11:14
When you think about IT outsourcing, you don’t usually associate it with the word “fun,” but it can be. Today, we’re going to explain how…
But first, before… Read More
2023-05-02 15:30
Everyone knows Bono from U2, but who can name the drummer? Ask anyone to name the Argentina football team from the 2022 World Cup final and they’ll say Lionel Messi, but who will remem… Read More
2023-04-13 10:47
On April 26th, we’re sharing our secrets on how to work with a remote team.
Sign up to the webinar on LinkedIn
Managing a remote team is difficult. Even ChatGPT’s suggest… Read More
2023-04-11 14:07
Why we used to micromanage …
When we started Secret Source, we thought the secret to being a good outsourcing partner would be to perfect the art of requirements gathering and then… Read More
2023-04-01 00:00
It’s April Fools’ Day!!
Richard didn’t really meet Elon Musk or anyone at Twitter.
The post Our founder visits Twitter HQ to advise them on how to improve IT team wellbe… Read More
2023-03-22 11:50
Employee recognition and appreciation of their work are critical to a healthy workforce. If you want some evidence, just check out the report from Workhuman and Gallup .
To give you a qui… Read More
2023-03-10 14:05
In February, we hosted a webinar on How To Get The Best From Your IT Team, and the section that generated the most interest was our advice on how to choose the right outsourcing company. For… Read More
2023-03-08 12:05
The post Why I love working at Secret Source appeared first on Secret Source Web Read More
2023-03-03 11:39
On 28th February we hosted a webinar on our 5 secrets to get the best from your outsource team.
Our founder Richard, CEO Rachel and account manager Sarah share our techniques on how to op… Read More
2023-02-20 16:01
Working with an outsourced tech team can be difficult. We share our five secrets that will not only improve your team’s performance but also make you all happier.
Content of the web… Read More
2023-02-15 15:41
Everyone knows what outsourcing means: it’s when you contract an outside company to do work that is usually done in-house, your web development or your accounting, for example. However… Read More
2023-01-31 14:14
When company owners or managers are asked what they do to make their team happy, they often list their perks: flexibility, remote working, more holidays etc.; just Google “How do you c… Read More
2023-01-17 14:26
When Malcolm Gladwell announced in an interview in July 2022 that “It is not in your best interest to work from home”, the internet went mad in opposition. “What does… Read More
2022-12-20 12:15
The fourth book on our Christmas list this year is not one you often find in the list of recommended business books but one that we believe is essential if you want to have a happy business… Read More
2022-12-15 12:39
The third book on our Christmas book list this year is a book that helped us reduce conflict and improve relations both within our team and with our clients. Written by renowned sports psych… Read More
2022-11-28 12:24
The second book in our Christmas list this year is a book that helped us define who we are as a company. It helped us create our vision and our beliefs and was an integral part of the early… Read More
2022-11-16 16:15
With Christmas just round the corner, it’s time to think about what presents you’ll be buying your family this year. We think we can help.
Over the next few weeks, we’ll… Read More
2022-10-28 11:16
Building psychological safety in teams is difficult and even more so if your team is remote. But once you have a team who feels truly psychologically safe, the magic starts to happen and you… Read More
2022-10-18 15:28
An Interview with Richard 10 months on from stepping down as CEO
In January 2022 our founder, Richard, handed over the day to day running of Secret Source and the role of CEO to Rachel. T… Read More
2022-10-04 11:11
In January this year, to much fanfare, Deloitte introduced flexible bank holidays to all of its 22000-strong UK workforce. Now all their staff can take bank holidays off when they want and n… Read More
2022-09-20 14:23
Today is our 6th anniversary. Six years since we constituted Secret Source Technology SL and officially launched in Gran Canaria. Hasn’t time flown!
We’ve come a long way sinc… Read More
2022-09-02 11:55
Photo by Daniel Thiele and Unsplash
At Secret Source professional development is a key part of how we work. Every developer has a personal career development plan and regularly meet… Read More
2022-08-15 08:29
If you Google “what is the most important leadership skill?” you’ll be told it might be communication or high ethical standards, organisational or motivational skills… Read More
2022-08-01 09:22
At the heart of our company we believe that “happy developers write the best code” and that “customer happiness defines success”. We’ve believed that since the… Read More
2022-07-15 09:50
As the readers of our blog know, we’re a bit obsessed with happiness at Secret Source. It is the core of all our values and defines everything we do, so when we read about Bhutan&rsquo&hell…Read More
2022-07-06 13:39
Almost all of our work involves building scrum teams for established IT companies, however, when we are asked to help struggling teams or new entrepreneurs we like to assist when we can. We… Read More
2022-06-13 11:53
This week we finished our first internship of 2022 for FP students in The Canary Islands from CIFP Majada Marcia, IES El Rincón, CIFP Villa de Agüimes and Ilerna.
Congratulati… Read More
2022-05-30 03:49
Today is Canary Day, the day we celebrate all things Canarian. From our wonderful wrinkled potatoes in mojo (garlic) sauce to our music and clothing. The Canaries have an amazing history fro… Read More
2022-05-26 14:09
While it’s not yet quite as well known as Mother’s day or Earth Day, with the growing number of programmers, designers and other “geeky” professions, each year nation… Read More
2022-05-04 09:22
Today is Star Wars day and “May the 4th (force) be with you”.
Before we tell you about our (slightly too geeky) love affair with Star Wars, did you know that the May the… Read More
2022-04-19 09:29
On April 21st it’s national high five day in the US, the day where the rest of the world thinks all Americans go round high fiving everyone shouting “good job”.
We all k… Read More
2022-04-04 09:27
April is stress awareness month so this week we thought we’d talk about remote working and mental health and one of the things you can do to help reduce stress when working from home… Read More
2022-04-01 07:30
The post Mark Zuckerberg Visits Secret Source appeared first on Secret Source Web Read More
2022-03-14 10:22
Last year I wrote an article on the future of work and discussed whether we at Secret Source would ever return to the office. Whilst I didn’t have the answer at the time, the article c… Read More
2022-03-10 16:39
When we first announced that I was to be the new CEO of Secret Source, I was so focused on, you know, becoming a CEO, that it honestly didn’t occur to me that I was a woman CEO until I… Read More
2022-02-14 10:43
I like to think Secret Source is a little special, a bit different to many companies out there. Every day we strive to make everyone we work with, our team and our clients as happy as they c… Read More
2022-02-02 11:53
You don’t need English to be a good developer but you do need it to become a great developer and here’s why …
Do you need English to program? No, you don’t. It is… Read More
2021-12-17 08:10
We are excited to announce that in January, Rachel Manley, our current COO will take over the role of CEO of Secret Source from our founder Richard.
Rachel has been with us sinc… Read More
2021-11-29 13:19
One of the main questions we get during our interviews is …
“Do I need to speak perfect English to work at Secret Source?”
People see all our communication is in Eng… Read More
2021-11-18 15:50
If you are interested in any of our open positions or just want to find out what life is like at Secret Source we are holding an online open day on November 24th at 1730.
Please register… Read More
2021-11-08 13:58
We interview a lot of people, on average, at least one every day and one of the questions we are regularly asked is “what is it like working with us?” “What’s a typic… Read More
2021-10-15 15:24
On Friday the 15th October we celebrated our 5th anniversary. Thank you to everyone for coming. We had an awesome day!!
The post Happy 5th Birthday Secret Source! appeared first on Secret… Read More
2021-09-22 11:27
18 months ago we went into lockdown and, like many companies, in March 2020 we were thrown into the 100% remote world without much preparation so we had to think on our feet to keep our team… Read More
2021-09-09 15:42
18 months ago we were all working in our offices and we were happy enough. Yes, we wouldn’t have minded a few more days a month working from home but it wasn’t a deal breaker. We… Read More
2021-06-08 20:23
On Thursday 10th June we’ll be holding an open day in our great offices in Triana.
If you want to meet the team, see around our big offices and learn about our open job positions pl… Read More
2020-10-26 11:59
Every year we welcome three final year ULPGC students to do their university work experience with us, their “prácticas universitarias”. In October we started our 2020 acad… Read More
2020-06-23 15:13
In May I attended a fantastic webinar by Jamie Peacock, ex-captain of the Great Britain rugby league team. He spoke about understanding your strengths, how to build resilience, self disc… Read More
2020-06-03 17:20
“one-on-ones are one of the most important productivity tools you have as a manager.” Elizabeth Grace Saunders, author of How to Invest Your Time Like Money.
We all know… Read More
2020-05-20 15:53
Eight weeks into lockdown and although there seems to be an end in sight, work won’t return to normal for a long time or ever. For us, as we work almost totally online and can work fro… Read More
2020-04-20 14:24
We are a remote company, we work with our clients remotely and almost all our work is done in the cloud. So when we were all sent to work from our kitchens and living rooms in March we thoug… Read More
2020-01-29 18:28
As we say goodbye to 2019 we reflect on another year for Secret Source. This year we’ve welcomed Monica, Sara and Charlotte to our team and wished Yvonne well on her travels to Asia… Read More
2019-10-22 17:40
We’re hiring MEAN and PHP developers for 2 new projects in the UK. If you speak great English, want to work on an exciting, rapidly changing project with our amazing team pick up t… Read More
2019-06-20 12:19
On July 1 2018 we moved into our new office. A year later after lots of noise, lots of dust we are very settled in our new home. Here is a great video showing before and after …
The… Read More
2018-12-11 14:20
It’s that time of year again and we just want to wish all our clients and friends a fantastic holiday season and a very prosperous New Year.
We’re still growing
We’ve been… Read More
2018-11-09 09:12
We are immensely proud that this month, an app built by Secret Source to help NHS providers locate spare bed capacity during busy periods, has been nominated for an international healthcare… Read More
2018-10-11 15:24
With more than 900k hits a year, the ‘Top 200’ brand is the most successful online project operated by the Nation’s Restaurant News group. It’s one of America’s… Read More
2018-10-03 16:18
Founded in 2012, the annual coast-to-coast Long Walk has grown into one of Gran Canaria’s largest fundraising events, with hundreds of people taking part in the 3 day walk, which tradi… Read More
2018-09-13 12:21
It may not be the first time, but it always makes us very proud to work on websites we’re familiar with or use ourselves.
So it’s been a real pleasure for us to build out a huge… Read More
2018-09-01 15:03
Our new offices feel like home already
Busy start to the autumn for everyone at Secret Source, as we settle in to our new offices in downtown Las Palmas. The kitchen’s plumbed in, we h… Read More
2018-09-01 15:03
Our new offices feel like home already
Busy start to the autumn for everyone at Secret Source, as we settle in to our new offices in downtown Las Palmas. The kitchen’s plumbed in, we h… Read More
2018-08-11 11:16
Having a bit more space in the new offices means we’ve been able to expand our in-house talks and seminars, welcoming more of the local coding community to Secret Source HQ. We’r… Read More
2018-08-02 10:03
As companies look to streamline ops and take advantage of the latest tech, we have some practical advice on what to look for in a reliable outsourcing company and how to manage your new work… Read More
2018-07-25 12:05
Are you a senior Ruby on Rails developer and want to work in Gran Canaria?
Would you like your next project to be somewhere a bit different? Then how about sunny Gran Canaria, just 5 minut… Read More
2018-07-04 10:45
It’s taken a while to make happen – and it may possibly be the best team building exercise we’ll ever take part in – but we’ve finally moved in to our new offic… Read More
2018-06-20 15:48
As someone who remembers when going viral wasn’t necessarily a good thing, accumulating ‘followers’ was for cult leaders and only birds tweeted, it’s safe to say I&rs&hell…Read More
2018-06-20 15:48
As someone who remembers when going viral wasn’t necessarily a good thing, accumulating ‘followers’ was for cult leaders and only birds tweeted, it’s safe to say I&rs&hell…Read More
2018-05-02 16:07
Harnessing Amazon’s automation infrastructure, to ensure our client’s product enjoys maximum uptime
We don’t usually sing our own praises, but when Secret Source developer… Read More
2018-04-30 12:07
This past April 27th we celebrated our second Hackathon. In this last edition we dove off the deep end into Progressive Web Apps. For those of you new to the concept, a PWA bridges the gap… Read More
2018-04-12 11:47
What will GDPR mean for the way you do business online?
With new EU legislation on personal data coming into effect next month, here’s everything you need to know about GDPR and 6 simp… Read More
2018-04-01 09:38
Nigel Clarke, CEO at Morgan IAT, explains how he found us and why he loves working with Secret Source.
About Morgan IAT
Based in Hampshire, Morgan IAT is a British company that has been work… Read More
2018-03-23 13:41
The beginning of 2018 has been a busy time for us here in Gran Canaria.
Along with the many new projects we have lined up for the first half of the year, our Sprint Team Assist program has r… Read More
2018-03-02 09:45
Has the hysteria from Siberia frozen your company’s productivity?
The schools are closed, public transport’s ground to a halt and – with productivity already at an all time… Read More
2018-02-08 10:39
At Secret Source we get to work with some great brands and companies. 2018 has started really well for us, building a new website for iconic wallpaper design company Cole & Son.
In Janua… Read More
2018-02-07 12:22
WordCamp 2018 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. 23rd-25th February
February sees our hometown of Las Palmas host the latest European WordCamp meetup – 3 days of talks, presentations and work… Read More
2018-01-31 20:40
Google’s changes to mobile search and what the ‘Page Speed’ update means for your website
Like it or not, Google effectively runs search.
In early January the company relea… Read More
2018-01-25 10:21
What is PSD2?
‘Banking is necessary, banks are not.’
So said Bill Gates more than 20 years ago, in a prediction that’s now looking uncannily accurate following the recent i… Read More
2017-12-20 16:26
How to attract good developers and keep them
Turnover rates within the technology industry are notoriously high – which can make staff churn an expensive part of running your business… Read More
2017-12-01 13:46
As part of our continuous program of team development, November saw us all attending a Scrum Master course.
Four late nights – and a lot of pizza and nachos later – we now have 2… Read More
2017-11-27 11:16
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2017-11-01 12:10
In September we started an exciting 3 month innovation drive with a major UK energy supplier and system two in the UK. We are now 2 months in and we’ve launched over 20 websites and… Read More
2017-11-01 12:10
In September we started an exciting 3 month innovation drive with a major UK energy supplier and System Two in the UK. We are now 2 months in and we’ve launched over 20 websites and… Read More
2017-10-29 15:37
Your clients are searching, but are they finding you?
With hundreds of elements influencing your website’s performance, do you know how it compares to your competition. Or if it could… Read More
2017-10-26 11:34
A local SEO case study
Everybody knows that more visitors to a website means more signups, purchases or enquiries. But how do you increase traffic in an already crowded online space? After a… Read More
2017-10-13 16:32
Stop shouting at your audience and start having more meaningful conversations – one visitor at a time
Automated marketing has come a long way from the days of mass email blasts and one… Read More
2017-09-26 17:59
Every website needs an update from time to time. That’s just the way it is.
If your website is more than 2 or 3 years old, and hasn’t been looked at for a while, there’s a… Read More
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