Web design, Shopify development, mobile apps, and brand identity for London and Greater London brands — The City + Canary Wharf fintech, Shoreditch creative tech, Mayfair luxury hospitality, Soho fashion + media, and East London creator DTC. GMT / BST, on-site discovery in Shoreditch, the City, and Soho.
London brands ship to one of the most design-literate audiences in the world. Four parallel commercial scenes drive the brief mix. The City + Canary Wharf anchor a global fintech cluster — FCA-regulated banks, Revolut + Monzo + Starling alumni founders, hedge funds, and a wide insurance + InsurTech ecosystem. Shoreditch + Old Street's "Tech City" continues to feed creative-tech SaaS, AdTech, and design-led product founders. Mayfair + the West End drive luxury hospitality + fashion (Bond Street, Mayfair hotels, the Savile Row tradition). Soho + Camden produce media + fashion + creator-economy DTC. UK GDPR is the regulatory floor for all consumer-facing work; Shopify Markets handles GBP + EUR + USD multi-currency for the brands that ship into both UK and EU. GMT / BST coverage with on-site discovery across Shoreditch, the City, Soho, Mayfair, Hackney, and King's Cross.
SaaS marketing sites + product apps for FCA-regulated fintech, neobanks, payment infrastructure, InsurTech, hedge fund tooling. SOC 2 + UK GDPR documentation, careful PII + PCI handling, Stripe + Plaid + GoCardless for payments, Open Banking integrations.
Marketing sites for the Tech City creative-tech cluster — AdTech, MarTech, design-led SaaS, AI tooling. Next.js + Vercel default, Series-A-and-up audience expects clean architecture and CWV green on launch.
Boutique hotels, restaurant groups, members clubs, luxury retail (Bond Street, Mount Street, Mayfair). Bilingual EN/AR/ZH where the brand serves international HNW guests; booking integration via Mews, Cloudbeds, OpenTable, SevenRooms.
Fashion, beauty, food + bev, creator-economy brands rooted in Soho, Hackney, Dalston, and the wider East London creative scene. Shopify Markets for GBP + EUR + USD, editorial photography respecting British design heritage.
Shopify Plus, Hydrogen headless, Shopify Markets for GBP + EUR + USD, UK GDPR throughout, Klaviyo retention.
Editorial design system, accessible site, WCAG 2.1 AA + UK GDPR baseline, Core Web Vitals green on launch.
Next.js + Vercel marketing sites, custom platforms for FCA-aware fintech, SOC 2 + UK GDPR documentation.
Native iOS, Native Android, React Native — fintech consumer (FCA-aware), hospitality concierge, fashion + creator companion.
Logo, type, color, motion, voice — peer set Pentagram, Wolff Olins, Pentland Brands, Mother London.
90-day MVP for FCA-regulated fintech, neobank spinouts, AdTech, MarTech, AI tooling founders.
Search "Shopify developer near me in London", "web design agency near me London", "mobile app developer near me London", "brand identity near me London", or "web development London UK" and our pages should surface alongside the local Pentagram / Mother / Wolff-Olins-cohort London studios. We work with brands across London, the City, Canary Wharf, Shoreditch, Old Street, Soho, Mayfair, Notting Hill, Camden, Hackney, King's Cross, Southbank, Clerkenwell, and Whitechapel. Greater London coverage extends to Croydon, Greenwich, Wimbledon, Hampstead, Richmond, Ealing, Stratford, plus into the Home Counties (Reading, Cambridge, Oxford, Brighton). On-site discovery in Shoreditch, the City, or Soho for in-person sessions. GMT / BST Mon-Fri 9-6, weekly Friday demos on UK time, same-UK-hours Slack response. We coordinate a 4-hour overlap with our US East Coast clients (afternoons in London, mornings in NY) for cross-Atlantic engagements.
GMT / BST coverage with on-site discovery in London. Workshops happen at your office, ours, or neutral spaces in Shoreditch, the City, Soho, Mayfair, or King's Cross. Most engagements have at least one in-person workshop in London plus quarterly in-person reviews. Day-to-day work runs remote with weekly Friday demos on UK time, same-UK-hours working schedule, and a 4-hour Slack response SLA Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT / BST.
Yes, with a specific scope. London's FCA-regulated fintech ecosystem (Revolut + Monzo + Starling + the wider neobank + payments + InsurTech cluster) is a meaningful part of our London scope. We ship Next.js + Vercel marketing sites, custom platforms with Postgres + Prisma backends, SOC 2 + UK GDPR-ready deployment configurations, careful PII + PCI handling, Stripe + GoCardless for payments, and Open Banking integrations. We don't handle FCA regulatory submissions directly — that's the client's compliance team's domain — but we ship engineering that the compliance team can audit cleanly.
Yes. UK GDPR (the post-Brexit successor to EU GDPR with mostly-aligned principles) is the regulatory floor for all consumer-facing London work. We ship cookie consent flows that meet ICO guidance, careful PII handling, data-subject-request workflows, breach-notification procedures, and Privacy Notices that match the actual data architecture. For brands shipping into both UK and EU, we coordinate the dual UK GDPR + EU GDPR posture (often via Shopify Markets for storefront localisation).
Four main archetypes. The City + Canary Wharf fintech with FCA + UK GDPR documentation, Open Banking integrations, careful PII + PCI handling. Shoreditch + Old Street creative-tech SaaS with clean architecture and CWV-green sites. Mayfair + West End luxury hospitality with multilingual booking flows. Soho + East London creator DTC with Shopify Markets for GBP + EUR + USD multi-currency.
Yes. Discovery workshops are typically on-site in London — your office, ours, or neutral spaces like Second Home Spitalfields, the Soho House Group's working clubs, Huckletree Shoreditch, or coworking in King's Cross. Most week-to-week iteration happens via weekly recorded demos plus Slack on UK time. Quarterly in-person retainer reviews keep the relationship active. We avoid scheduling launches during major UK retail peaks (Boxing Day sales, summer sales week) because logistics shift.