Web Development for the UK Market
Six production sites for UK clients — retail, hospitality, services and a wedding venue. This is my second-largest market after the Gulf.
The UK is my second-largest market. Six production sites have shipped here — a premium lighting store on Next.js, an e-commerce fulfilment platform, a virtual assistant agency, a Lichfield restaurant, a Birmingham wedding venue and a posture brand on WooCommerce. That range is the point: the UK is not one market, and what a Shopify-shaped retailer needs is not what a services business needs.
Strong Customer Authentication is not optional and has not been since 2022
SCA has been enforced on UK e-commerce card payments since March 2022. In practice that means 3D Secure 2 done properly, with exemptions applied where they legitimately apply, because every unnecessary challenge is an abandoned basket and every missing one is a decline. A surprising number of older UK stores are still losing revenue here without knowing it.
Open Banking is genuinely mature, and for some businesses it is cheaper than cards
The UK's mandated open banking regime means pay-by-bank is a real option, not a pilot. On high-ticket or recurring payments the difference between card fees and a bank transfer initiated in-flow is material. Whether it is right for you depends on average order value and your customers' habits, and I will tell you honestly when it is not.
Making Tax Digital changed what an invoicing system has to do
VAT-registered businesses must keep digital records and file through HMRC's API rather than by retyping figures into a portal. If your system produces invoices, that is a design constraint, not an accounting department problem. The VAT registration threshold moved to £90,000 in April 2024, which pulls more small businesses into scope than most of them expect.
PECR is what governs your cookie banner, not the UK GDPR
People reach for GDPR language, but cookies are PECR territory, and the ICO has been explicit that refusing must be as easy as accepting. A banner with a prominent "Accept all" and a buried "Manage preferences" is the pattern the regulator has specifically criticised, and it is still on a great many British sites.
Accessibility is a commercial risk, not a nice-to-have
The Equality Act 2010 applies to private sector service providers, and WCAG 2.2 AA is the practical standard against which a complaint would be judged. Accessibility built in costs very little; retrofitted after a complaint costs a redesign.
What you get
Tech stack
Why work with me
Six UK projects, publicly listed. Not a claim — the case studies are on this site with the stack for each. Retail on Next.js and on WooCommerce, hospitality, services, and a venue. You can see what I actually shipped before you talk to me.
I pick the stack against your business, not my preference. Two of those UK sites are WooCommerce because that was right for the client. Two are custom because that was right instead. A developer with only one answer is not choosing.
Compliance built in, not bolted on. SCA, PECR consent and WCAG are cheap during the build and expensive afterwards. That is the whole argument.
Timezone that works, at freelance rates. Cairo is one to two hours ahead of the UK depending on the season, so our working days overlap almost entirely. You get a senior developer directly, not a junior behind an agency account manager, and you own the repository outright on delivery.
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Questions before you hire
Have you actually worked with UK clients?
WooCommerce or a custom build?
What does SCA mean for my checkout in practice?
Do I need to worry about Making Tax Digital?
Is my cookie banner actually compliant?
Why hire a developer outside the UK?
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