I am from Scotland, but live in London. I finished my PhD, and now I write open source and commercial software. Sometimes I speak at conferences (and I did this with my friend Murray too).
Perhaps you need a developer? My preferred tool is Ruby (and hence Rails), of which I am probably one of the more experienced developers in the UK. You can or as part of the .
I have a blog (of course), and you can also find out what I'm up to via twitter. The username 'lazyatom' is all over the web.
If you think I can help you at all, get in touch by email () or phone (+44 7973 428644). Thanks for stopping by.