Web development · Clerkenwell
Web development in Clerkenwell
You work somewhere people notice craft. Your web application needs to integrate with systems already in place, handle real load without breaking, and come with documentation your team can actually use.
Web development for Clerkenwell businesses
Hubb Group is a digital agency and software company. Our studio is in Dubai and we work with UK clients remotely, on UK hours, with a named lead on every project. Contracts and invoices are issued by our UAE company, in pounds.
Success here is measurable and specific. Application response times under documented peak load. Uptime percentage during the first three months. Defect count after handover. Documentation completeness—can a developer new to the codebase understand the architecture? Support ticket resolution time against the agreed SLA. Clerkenwell buyers measure what matters to operations, not campaign metrics.
Every project is a fixed quote with a clear timeline and clear milestones. You own the work and the accounts outright when we're done — no lock-in, and nothing you can't take with you.
Sectors we work with in Clerkenwell
- Architecture and design practices
- Financial services and wealth management
- Legal and professional services
- Publishing and media agencies
- Contract furniture and interior design
- Compliance and regulated consulting
Applications that talk to what you already run
You've invested in systems that work. Your CRM holds client records. Your project management tool drives daily work. Your accounting software is locked into your approval process. A custom web application sits inside that landscape, not on top of it. We build applications that speak to the systems you depend on, pulling data where it matters, pushing outputs where they're needed, without asking you to abandon what's already running.
Integration means your team works in one rhythm. Client data flows where it needs to. Approvals follow your actual chain of command. Handoff documentation sits in your repository, written for the people who'll maintain it. The application doesn't force you to change how you operate. It works inside your constraints.
Reliability under the loads you see
Clerkenwell practices move fast. Project launches cluster. Multiple clients access your application at the same time. It has to stay responsive. We spec applications for the peak load you'll actually see—not a theoretical maximum, not a guess. We test under that load before handover. You know what the application can handle before your team depends on it.
Incidents matter. When something breaks in production, your business stops. We build for high availability and write runbooks your team can follow. Support arrangements are spelled out in the contract from day one. Data location and backup protocol sit in the specification, not in a follow-up conversation with procurement.
The brief is in the code, not in memory
Practices change hands. Leads move on. New developers inherit the work. Poor documentation becomes a crisis. We write for handover. Architecture decisions are logged. API contracts are explicit. Database schemas are reasoned. Your successor—whether that's someone inside the practice or someone new—can read the codebase and understand why things were built this way.
That documentation lives in your repository. It's not a separate PDF that gets lost. It's versioned alongside the code. It's written for people who read code, not for project managers reading summaries. When you need to hire someone or pass the application to another agency, the work is already explained.
Compliance and procurement stop being friction
If you're regulated—financial services, legal, property—procurement teams ask questions before sign-off. Where does data sit? Who can access it? What's the support model? What happens if the vendor disappears? These aren't obstacles. They're requirements baked into the specification from the first conversation. We work inside your approval chain, not around it.
UK data residency. Role-based access control. Audit trails. These sit in the brief. We build to those standards and document them. Your procurement team sees the answers before they ask. Launch doesn't get held up by compliance gaps that should have been caught months earlier.
Web development in Clerkenwell — common questions
How do we know the application will handle our actual peak load?
We run load tests using the volumes and patterns you'll actually see. You get a detailed report showing response times at peak. We don't guess. Handover happens only when the test results match your requirements.
What if your support model doesn't match what our procurement team requires?
We agree support parameters before scoping begins. Response times, on-call cover, handover terms—all specified upfront. Procurement teams see the contract terms early, not surprises at sign-off.
We're in Clerkenwell because we care about visual standards. Does that apply to code?
Yes. Code style, architecture patterns, naming conventions—all defensible to someone reading it six months later. We follow standards that make handover straightforward, not clever tricks that impress at review but confuse in maintenance.
Can the application talk to our existing systems, or do we replace everything?
We integrate. Your CRM stays. Your accounting software stays. Your project tools stay. The application is built to move data in and out cleanly. Rip-and-replace is almost never the answer for businesses already running systems that work.
How much documentation do we actually get?
Architecture diagrams. API specifications. Database schema reasoning. Deployment runbooks. Troubleshooting guides. All of it lives in your repository, versioned with the code. Not a separate binder. Not notes. Living documentation your team can update as the application evolves.
Where does our data live, and who handles it if you're not available?
Data location is part of the specification. We document backup procedures, recovery steps, and hand-off protocols. Your team—or another vendor—can take over without discovering gaps.
Everything we deliver includes
Fixed prices
A clear quote and timeline up front — no open-ended retainers, no surprises.
A named lead
One person who knows the project, on UK hours, not a ticket queue.
Documented handover
Source, environment notes and runbook, so another developer can pick it up cold.
Integrations that hold
Built against the systems you already run, with sensible behaviour when they fail.
Tested under load
Performance budgets agreed up front and checked before launch, not after.
Your repository
Code in your organisation from the first commit, not transferred at the end.
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