About us

Providing in-store ticketing solutions since 1992

Fairway menu ticket on bed

Six years later Ticketwriter 2000 brought our ubiquitous product to the Windows environment and colour print. By 2002 Ticketwriter Prelude was launched and continues to be a cornerstone of retail ticketing systems today.

Jim and Steve Stovold

We are a family owned business having passed from father, Jim, to son Steve Stovold in 2021. Under Steve’s stewardship and considerable experience in IT, the company has entered the next era with the development of a new suite of products. Leveraging modern cloud technology to deliver an enhanced user-experience, automation and streamlined ticket production.

  • 1988
    Started by Jim as a Ticket bureau
  • 1992
    Launched the first “in-store” Ticketing software with the MS-DOS based “Ticketwriter II”
  • 1998
    Launched windows-based “Ticketwriter 2000” in 1998
  • 2000
    Steve joins and oversees the development of the “Ticketwriter Prelude” generation of products
  • 2005
    Steve leaves to pursue a software development career elsewhere
  • 2011
    Steve founds an independent software development agency, specialising in bespoke productivity tools for SMEs
  • 2021
    Jim retires, and Steve returns to head the business
  • 2022
    Development starts on a new cloud-based product
  • 2025
    Alphasign and Ticketwriter Cloud are launched

 

The in-store photography on this website has been reproduced with the permission of Fairway Furniture and our thanks!

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