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We build the site, the system, and everything behind it.

A UK development studio for businesses that need more than a brochure page. Custom code, real infrastructure, and one crew accountable for the lot — from the checkout to the DNS records.

  • Fixed quotes
  • Rapid Coding
  • You own the code
northlane.co.uk/admin

Revenue · 7 days

£12,480

18.2%
  • 41Cotton overshirtNL-2841£128.00Paid
  • 40Linen two-pieceNL-2840£96.00Paid
  • 39Lambswool scarfNL-2839£48.00Shipped
Payment captured£248.00 · Stripe
  • Stripe
  • Shopify
  • Next.js
  • React
  • Cloudflare
  • AWS
  • Worldpay
  • Google Cloud
  • Square
  • React Native
  • PayPal
  • TypeScript
  • Postgres
  • Vite

What we do

Six disciplines, one crew.

Most agencies hand you off at the edge of their comfort zone. We cover the whole surface — design, build, payments, infrastructure and the growth work after launch.

  • Websites & landing pages

    Hand-built, server-rendered sites that load in under a second and are structured to rank.

    • Next.js, React & Astro
    • Technical SEO baked in
    • Copy, design & build
  • Custom CRMs & internal tools

    Replace the spreadsheet sprawl with software shaped around how your team actually works.

    • Quoting, jobs & scheduling
    • Role-based access
    • Reporting dashboards
  • E-commerce & payments

    Storefronts and checkouts wired straight into the payment rails you already use.

    • Stripe, Worldpay, Square, PayPal
    • Shopify builds & headless
    • Subscriptions & invoicing
  • Mobile & web apps

    One codebase, both stores. Native-feeling apps that share logic with your web platform.

    • React Native for iOS & Android
    • Offline-first data
    • App Store submission
  • Cloud, hosting & IT

    The unglamorous layer done properly — so nothing falls over at 4pm on a Friday.

    • AWS, Google Cloud & Cloudflare
    • DNS, email & VPS setup
    • Monitoring & backups
  • Marketing & growth

    Traffic that converts, measured properly, with the analytics wired in from day one.

    • SEO & content structure
    • Paid search & social
    • Conversion tracking

Capabilities

The full spectrum, in-house.

No subcontracting the hard parts. If it touches your website, your data or the machines it runs on, we can build it, host it and keep it alive.

Front end

What your customers actually touch.

  • React
  • Next.js
  • Vite
  • React Router
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind
  • Astro

Mobile

One team, both app stores.

  • React Native
  • Expo
  • iOS / App Store
  • Android / Play
  • Push & deep links

Back end & data

The part that has to be right.

  • Node
  • Postgres
  • D1 & SQLite
  • Redis
  • REST & tRPC
  • Queues

Payments

Every rail a UK business runs on.

  • Stripe
  • Worldpay
  • Square
  • PayPal
  • Shopify Payments
  • GoCardless

Cloud & infrastructure

Hosting, DNS, email, the lot.

  • Cloudflare
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud
  • VPS & bare metal
  • DNS & email
  • CI/CD

Growth & AI

Built in, not bolted on.

  • Technical SEO
  • Paid search
  • Social
  • Analytics
  • AI-assisted delivery
  • LLM features

One thing we don't do:WordPressNo page builders, no plugin roulette, no inherited theme debt. New builds only.

How it runs

Four stages. No surprises on the invoice.

You know the price and the date before we start, and you see the real thing running from week two.

  1. 01

    Scope

    A paid discovery call and a written scope. You get a fixed price and a delivery date before anyone opens an editor.

    Fixed quote + timeline

  2. 02

    Design

    Real designs in the browser, not flat mockups. You click through the actual thing on your own phone before we build the back end.

    Interactive prototype

  3. 03

    Build

    Weekly demos on a live staging URL. Custom code, version controlled, documented — yours to keep whatever happens next.

    Staging site + source

  4. 04

    Launch & look after

    DNS, email, SSL, monitoring and backups handled. Then a support plan, or a clean handover to your own team.

    Go-live + support

projects shipped
60+
median load time
<1s
uptime across estate
99.99%
WordPress installs
0

In their words

The bit that matters.

  • We'd been quoted twice as much for half of this. They scoped it properly, hit the date, and the thing has not gone down once.
    Priya RamanOperations Director · Ecommerce System
  • The old site took eight seconds to load a product page. The new one is instant, and we're finally showing up for the searches that matter.
    Tom WhitfieldFounder · Plumbers
  • They handled the domain, the email, the payments and the app. One number to call when something needs doing.
    Sofia BennettGeneral Manager · Primary School

Questions

Straight answers.

If it isn't here, ask — we'd rather tell you now than after a contract.

  • Do you work with WordPress?

    No. We don't build on WordPress and we don't take over existing WordPress sites. Every project is custom-coded from scratch — it's faster, more secure, and there's no plugin stack to maintain. If you need a WordPress site kept alive, we're the wrong crew and we'll say so on the first call.

  • What does a project typically cost?

    Every project is priced uniquely per client as no customer is the same. We are affordable and professional when it comes to our pricing methods so simply get in touch and we can price accordingly.

  • How long does it take?

    A website can be done in as little as 1-2 days. Custom systems run over several weeks depending on integrations. You see a working staging URL really quickly either way.

  • Do we own the code?

    Yes, entirely. Source lives in a repository in your name, licences are yours, and hosting is on accounts you control. There's no lock-in and no proprietary builder holding your business hostage.

  • Can you take over our hosting, DNS and email?

    Yes — that's routine. We migrate DNS, set up email with proper SPF, DKIM and DMARC records, move hosting, and put monitoring and backups in place. Usually with zero downtime.

  • Do you offer ongoing support?

    Monthly care plans cover hosting, updates, monitoring, backups and a bank of development hours. Or we hand everything over to your in-house team with documentation. Both are fine by us.

Start a project

Tell us what you are trying to build.

You will get a reply from a developer, not a sales team — usually the same working day. If we are not the right crew for it, we will say so and point you somewhere better.

Where
London · Remote-first across the UK

No newsletters, no drip campaign. Just a reply.