Available for new projects

Web development for ambitious teams and ideas.

I’m Tom — a freelance developer building for Shopify, WordPress, and headless CMS platforms. Working with direct clients and agencies across the UK.

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Shopify — Hydrogen/LiquidHeadless CMSWordPressJavaScript / PHP

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Projects I’m proud of.

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Islands Chocolate

2026

via Gritt & Co

A Shopify storefront for a premium, sustainable single-origin chocolate brand — serving retail customers and wholesale trade alike.

ShopifyLiquid

University Hospitals Birmingham Charity

2025

via Gritt & Co

Digital rebuild for the NHS charity behind four Birmingham hospitals — donations, lottery, fundraising, and appeals on a headless Sanity stack. Built in partnership with Gritt & Co.

ShopifyHydrogenSanityHeadless CMS

Carters

2023

via Gritt & Co

A Michelin-starred restaurant, rebranded and rebuilt following a relocation from Moseley to Westlands. Built in partnership with Gritt & Co.

WordPress

Working together

For direct clients and agencies alike.

Direct clients

A single partner from concept to launch — and beyond.

I take ownership of the whole build: strategy, design collaboration, development, deployment, and ongoing care. You talk directly to the person doing the work.

— New websites and web applications
— Shopify stores — Liquid or Hydrogen
— Migrations from legacy platforms
— Site care and retainers

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Agencies

Senior dev capacity, on demand.

I slot into your team as a senior dev — picking up builds, handling overflow, or taking whole projects end-to-end under your brand. Consistent quality, no hand-holding.

— Shopify, WordPress, headless & Laravel
— Clean handoffs and documentation
— Comfortable working async or embedded
— Long-term retainer arrangements

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Services

What I do.

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Shopify & Hydrogen

Storefronts that convert — custom Liquid themes, headless builds with Hydrogen, or fully custom Shopify apps and integrations.

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WordPress development

Bespoke WordPress builds — themes, plugins, and blocks. The workhorse CMS, done properly.

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Headless web apps

Bespoke builds for when no off-the-shelf platform fits — Next.js, a headless CMS, and modern JavaScript throughout.

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Hosting & site care

Managed VPS hosting and ongoing care — security updates, backups, monitoring, and priority development hours.

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Approach

A simple, deliberate process.

Discover

We start with a real conversation about your goals, audience, and constraints. No assumptions — just questions that get to the heart of what you need.

Design

A working mock-up quickly follows, often with copy tailored to your business. You see the shape of the thing early — then we refine together.

Deliver

Built with care, shipped on solid infrastructure, and maintained with the same attention that built it. The relationship doesn’t end at launch.

Free tool

How fast is your site?

Get an instant Core Web Vitals report for any URL — the same numbers Google uses for ranking. Free, no signup.

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Let’s build something good.

If you’ve got a project in mind — or just want to talk through an idea — I’d love to hear from you.

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