From a 2020 Lockdown Idea in Preston to Whizzly®: Why Every Independent Business Deserves Enterprise AI

When the first lockdown hit in 2020, independent businesses across Preston, Lancashire, and the UK faced an impossible choice: pay 25–30% commission to delivery and booking marketplaces, spend thousands on a slow agency website, or close their doors.

We started building Whizzly® in 2020 to solve that exact problem.

Six years of engineering later — now officially a UK Registered Trademark (Whizzly®) — our mission hasn't changed: give every independent shop, salon, barber, baker, and local service business the same AI and checkout firepower as a national chain, for the price of a streaming subscription.

Built for How High-Street Owners Actually Work

Most software is designed for people who sit behind a laptop all day. Independent business owners don't. You're behind the chair, in the kitchen, on the shop floor, or out on a job.

That's why every feature inside Whizzly® is engineered for speed and zero admin:

• Launch in Minutes, Not Months: Pick your industry, add your products or services, and your storefront is live immediately.
• Smart Bookings & Zero-No-Show Deposits: Automated appointment slots, turnaround buffers, and instant card deposits that protect your diary.
• Built-In AI Assistants: Generate product descriptions from a single photo, write your Google SEO tags automatically, and re-engage quiet VIP customers with one tap.
• Direct WhatsApp & Stripe Checkout: Customers can pay via Apple Pay, Google Pay, or Stripe, with instant order notifications straight to your phone.

Engineered in Preston by Expressive Media

Whizzly® is engineered in Preston, Lancashire by Brian Revie (Founder of Expressive Media) alongside Brian Smith and John King.

Whether you run an independent storefront on Whizzly® or need a bespoke AI integration, iOS/Android mobile app, or enterprise web platform through Expressive Media, our goal is simple: put world-class technology to work for real businesses.