From a 200-Line Lockdown Script in Preston to UK Registered Trademark: Whizzly® (UK00004450597) & What It Means for Our Clients

Official UK Registered Trademark Status: UK00004450597 (Class 42)

We are proud to share a major studio milestone: our flagship commerce and booking platform, Whizzly® (whizzly.co.uk), is now officially a UK Registered Trademark (Trade Mark No. UK00004450597, Class 42) with the UK Intellectual Property Office.

Operated by WHIZZLY LTD (Company No. 17380895, registered in England & Wales at Starkie Chambers, Lancaster Road, Preston, Lancashire) and expanded into a three-way company by founder Brian Revie alongside company partners Brian Smith and John King, seeing the ® symbol next to Whizzly® is far more than a legal badge. For a software platform engineered from scratch right here in Preston without venture capital hype or hidden marketplace commissions, it represents permanence, accountability, and our long-term commitment to independent UK businesses.

• Verified UK IP & Corporate Accountability: Registered under the Trade Marks Act 1994 (UK00004450597, Class 42) and operated in Preston by WHIZZLY LTD.
• Three Dedicated Storefront Modes: Purpose-built for Physical & Digital Products, Service & Appointment Bookings (showcased via 'Cutz'), and Takeaway & Food Ordering (showcased via 'BeeDelicious').
• 0% Platform Commission Forever: Whether a business turns over £500 a month at a weekend market or £50,000 a month in a busy salon, barber shop, or takeaway, merchants keep 100% of their revenue.

From a 200-Line Lockdown Prototype in May 2020 to Commercial Scale

When Brian Revie wrote the first 200 lines of code in May 2020 during the first pandemic lockdown, the goal was simple: help local shops, bakers, barbers, and takeaways take orders online without handing 20% to 35% of every sale to a third-party marketplace app.

Over six years of continuous engineering and direct feedback from real UK business owners, that early script evolved into Whizzly® v1.3.5—complete with 1-tap Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Stripe Connect checkout, automated booking deposits that eliminate Friday afternoon no-shows, in-person QR payment terminals, an AI Menu & Price List Scanner, and automated /llms.txt AI search profiles.

Why This Matters When You Hire Expressive Media for Your Business

When you hire Expressive Media in Preston to build a high-converting website, an Apple (iOS) and Android mobile app, a bespoke client portal, or a new software idea, you aren't dealing with a sales agency that outsources your project or stitches fragile templates together.

You are working directly with the founder and Principal Engineer who architected Whizzly® from a blank screen to an officially trademarked UK software platform. Whether your business needs a fast website, a custom booking or quoting system, a startup MVP you want to take to market yourself, or practical AI automation—we build your software with the exact same commercial focus and rock-solid reliability, with or without AI.

• Have a New App or Software Idea? We know first-hand how to take a commercial concept from a 200-line prototype to paying subscribers, Stripe Connect billing, and official UK IP protection.
• Need Better Systems for Your Existing Business? From multi-branch cloud platforms (like Stanford Estate Agents) to custom operations portals and field apps, we build whatever your business needs to grow.
• Direct Founder Access in Preston: Speak directly with Brian Revie—zero jargon, zero middlemen, and software built properly from day one.