Nevitech IT Solutions

24/04/2026

After 11 years freelancing solo, I hired my first employee.

The costs, the contracts, the paid trial days, the mental shift from freelancer to manager - an honest write-up of what's actually involved in making that leap.

Thinking of scaling from freelancer to small agency? Here's what I learned hiring my first employee - costs, contracts, trial days, and making it work.

06/03/2026

This week marked two years since Aleksandr Riabov started his journey with us as an Umbraco and .NET developer. In those two years, we've seen him grow into a skilled, dedicated developer who puts 100% effort into everything he does. He's enthusiastic, eager to learn, takes pride in his work, and has even achieved Umbraco Certified Master status along the way — all qualities that make him a fantastic member of the team.

Well done Aleks — here's to many more! 🎉

07/01/2026

We've been incredibly busy since Umbraco 17 launched on November 27th, 2025! Our team has already successfully migrated 4 websites from Umbraco 13 to Umbraco 17, launched a brand new website built from scratch on Umbraco 17, and we're currently planning a complex migration for another website with custom back-office integrations.

Why upgrade to Umbraco 17 and .NET 10?

The benefits are significant: enhanced performance and faster load times, improved security features with regular patches, access to the latest .NET 10 capabilities, modern UI improvements in the back office, better scalability for growing businesses, and long-term support that future-proofs your platform.

Important reminder: Support for Umbraco 13 ends in December 2026, so now is the time to start planning your migration strategy.

Whether you have a straightforward site or complex custom integrations, we have the expertise to ensure a smooth transition. Get in touch today to discuss your Umbraco 17 migration!

24/12/2025

A great finish to the year! This week, we launched a new website for Man or Mouse and their client Kent Sectional Buildings - our first Umbraco 17 website built from the ground up, featuring Umbraco Forms customisations and optimised for performance and SEO.

Well done to Aleks for his excellent work on this project. This was his first build from scratch and he handled the majority of the development.

https://kentsectional.co.uk/

A trusted name since 1958 Kent SectionalBuildings WHAT WE DO We specialise in designing and delivering customised solutions for your outdoor space needs. Whether you require a garage or workshop for your project, a garden building for relaxation or hobbies, a stable structure for animals, or a garde...

18/07/2025

We're pleased to announce that Aleks has successfully obtained his Umbraco Certified Master certification this week, bringing our team to two certified masters. Congratulations to Aleks on this achievement.

This certification ensures that your Umbraco projects benefit from our proven technical expertise and specialised knowledge in developing robust Umbraco-based solutions.

As Umbraco Silver Partners, this milestone further reinforces our commitment to delivering quality Umbraco solutions using this flexible, open-source content management system.

16/07/2025

Another Umbraco migration completed today! 🚀

This was a complicated v8 to v13 migration which has been in development on and off for the last 6 months. Thankfully, it all went live smoothly with no reported issues!

We had to ensure the website was fully backward compatible with an existing .NET Framework application that integrates with the website using custom REST APIs and shared encrypted Forms Authentication tickets. 🔐

Along with the usual C #, Razor and Framework code migration we also migrated Nested Content to Block List using uSync Migrations. 👨‍💻

If you're looking for help migrating your Umbraco website from v7/v8 to v13+, please get in touch!

12/06/2025

We are proud to announce that our shared web hosting services are now powered by renewable energy, provided by a hosting partner verified by the Green Web Foundation. In addition, our office runs primarily on solar power, reinforcing our ongoing commitment to a cleaner, more sustainable future.

16/05/2025

We've been busy the last few months helping another agency migrate two separate Umbraco 7 sites into a single Umbraco 13 instance.

This involved migrating Grid Layout to Block Grid, macros to blocks (including RTE macros), mapping data from old to new properties and creating a migration solution based on processing uSync files.

It was made even harder by clashes in unique IDs as one of the Umbraco 7 sites was originally cloned from the other!

In all, we managed to migrate several thousand media and content items!

22/03/2025

It's been a busy start to the year, with lots of projects on the go which has kept us busy which has been great. Lots of different projects for various clients, ranging from small enhancements and new features, through to Umbraco migrations as well as the usual ongoing maintenance and support.

We've just migrated one Umbraco v8 website to v13 which has gone live today and another Umbraco v7 site to v13 is currently in test which proved tricky due to some rather old code that needed migrating along with a custom Umbraco Forms theme.

Another Umbraco v8 to v13 migration is in development and due to go into testing soon!

14/11/2024

It's been a year in the making, but we are pleased to finally announce the new website for IMCA (International Marine Contractors Association)!

https://www.imca-int.com/

Built on Umbraco 13 and Umbraco Commerce, with custom shipping providers for DHL and Royal Mail. It also has integrations with Microsoft Entra for member and back-office authentication, Microsoft Dataverse for centralised data, QuickBooks for accounting and Stripe payments.

This has been a huge undertaking and has been both challenging and rewarding in equal measure. We worked closely with the team at IMCA from the start, to ensure we delivered a website that was suitable for them as an organisation and their members which can grow with them in the future.

All of this built on the fantastic open-source Umbraco CMS.

We are the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA). Our mission is to improve performance in the marine contracting industry.