Through Arkenloft, I design and build websites and bespoke software for businesses across the UK, working from West Yorkshire.
My work includes helping businesses present themselves to customers and building software to organise their day-to-day work. You work directly with me on the design and development.
I began programming as a hobby, building small browser-based games, including multiplayer board games. I enjoyed creating something interactive and working through the problems involved in making it function.
While working at Cobbydale Construction, I saw how difficult it was becoming to manage enquiries and keep track of jobs using paper-based records. I began developing an internal application to help organise the work, which became part of the company's everyday operations. After leaving Cobbydale, I was approached to redesign its website. That project gave me the opportunity to work independently and consider how the business presented itself to customers.
I established Arkenloft shortly afterwards, with the completed website as the starting point for the studio's portfolio. Those experiences still shape how I approach projects. I've worked on both the software used within a business and the website its customers see, and I bring that understanding to design and development together.
A feature can work perfectly in isolation and still fall short if it doesn't fit the wider system or the needs of the people using it. I enjoy understanding those connections and solving the technical problems behind them.
Visual design is equally important to me. I enjoy establishing a clear style and finding ways to make information and complex functionality easier to understand.
I approach design and development together, whether I'm building a website, a desktop application or a business system.
We begin with what you want to achieve and any preferences or ideas you already have. If you have a clear visual direction, I explore that first.
Where the project allows, we can compare related concepts to discuss what you prefer and why. Those options stay connected to your brief and help us agree a direction.
I work towards agreed milestones and present developed work that you can review as a whole. We discuss the decisions that need your input as the project progresses.
Questions, feedback and new considerations can be discussed throughout development, including between milestones.
You work with the same person from the initial conversation through to implementation. I carry that understanding of your project through the design and development.
Website redesign · Completed project
The case study shows the website before and after the redesign, alongside the decisions behind the new presentation.
It also explains how I retained the existing WordPress blog and maintained continuity for existing content and URLs.
Bespoke business software · In development
Quotenvia is an in-house Arkenloft Labs project exploring how interconnected software can support everyday business operations.
The Labs page shows real development screenshots covering quotation management, work scheduling, stock information and related workflows. The records shown are fictional; the application remains in development.
You don't need to have every requirement worked out before getting in touch. Tell me what you're trying to achieve, and we can discuss where to start.
That might be a new website, improvements to an existing one or software tailored to the way your business works.
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