Livestock Information Services: Supporting and Evolving the UK’s Livestock Unique Identification System (LUIS)
Livestock Information Services (LIS) operates the Livestock Unique Identification System (LUIS), a legally mandated service that issues and manages livestock identification tags across the UK. This system underpins compliance with national and devolved livestock regulations, supporting disease control, supply chain traceability, and public confidence in the industry.
The Challenge
LUIS is a mission-critical national service that must remain highly reliable while adapting to changing policy, technology, and industry requirements. LIS required a partner with the expertise to:
- Maintain and enhance the live application without disruption to service.
- Deliver new functionality to support evolving livestock identification rules.
- Work effectively within a multi-supplier environment to align with wider strategic programmes.
How We Helped
Through a G-Cloud contract, Talk Think Do delivers:
- Delivered functionality enhancements to enable new ordering processes for livestock identification tags, working with national tracking and regulatory systems.
- Introduced improvements to the LUIS API, increasing flexibility, security, and interoperability.
- Enhanced the system to support additional livestock categories in line with upcoming policy changes.
- Deployed new secure environments in Azure to support growth and resilience.
- Improved code quality and maintainability through targeted refactoring and extensive automated testing.
- Worked as part of an integrated delivery team alongside LIS and other technology partners.
Outcomes & Impact
- Supported the ordering and fulfilment of over 25 million livestock identification tags in the 2024–2025 period.
- Increased platform flexibility to respond quickly to future policy or operational changes.
- Improved code quality, enabling faster delivery of new features and reducing long-term maintenance costs.
- Ensured continued compliance and service reliability for a platform critical to the UK livestock sector.
Collaboration
Talk Think Do operates as a trusted extension of the LIS team, collaborating with in-house staff and other strategic suppliers to ensure LUIS remains reliable, secure, and ready for the future.
What This Means For You
If your organisation operates a mission-critical, compliance-driven platform, you need a partner who can maintain operational stability while enabling innovation. Talk Think Do combines deep technical expertise with collaborative delivery to support and evolve high-scale, regulated public sector systems.
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