Web design & business process studio · London

Websites and business processes that actually save you time and make you money.

DLJ Studio is a London studio with years of experience building premium, hand-coded websites and custom business applications for growing businesses. Flexible ways of working, agreed up front, measured on outcomes.

Hand-coded · no page builders Websites live in ~2 weeks Outcome-led · agreed up front Apps & automation · less admin London based · working worldwide
Trusted by independents
Dream Explorer
Dream Explorer

A growing travel brand that needed a site as polished as its trips. We designed and hand-built a fast, bespoke platform that turned browsing into bookings, live at dreamexplorer.london.

Gymspire
Gymspire Academy

An ambitious coaching business outgrowing spreadsheets. We built their installable coach app, programmes, weekly plans and a coach hub in one organised place, so the team runs the week, not the admin.

S&D Building and Groundworks
S&D Building and Groundworks

A firm growing faster than its paperwork. We built their invite-only Operations Hub, bringing job admin into one secure system: less chasing, fewer mistakes, a more organised business.

Who are we?

The studio behind the sites

DLJ Studio is an independent London agency. That means no account managers, no hand-offs and no templates: the people you speak to on the first call are the people who design, build and launch your site.

Half of our work is websites: fast, hand-coded, launched in about two weeks. The other half is business processes: when the admin outgrows spreadsheets and WhatsApp, we build the apps and automations that untangle it, from booking and job tracking to email alerts and AI agents doing the boring steps.

5+Projects launched
2 wkAverage delivery
100%Quoted before we build
Selected work

Work that earns its keep

Websites that replaced rented templates, and applications that replaced spreadsheet chaos. Every project below made someone's week shorter.

Smooth & efficient process

How a project runs

Discovery & proposal

A free call, in person or over video. For websites you get a priced launch scope; for business processes we map where the time leaks before touching any code. No surprises later.

Design & build

Design and build happen together. You see a real, working site within days and leave feedback directly on the pages, so nothing gets lost in email chains.

Launch & handover

We launch on your own domain, hand over everything you need in a short recorded walkthrough, and include 30 days of free support while you settle in.

Testimonials

Kind words from owners

The whole process was so relaxed. No jargon, no pressure. Whatever we threw at them, they were always accommodating and just made it work.

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Kiera · GymspireCoaching app client

Proper chilled to deal with, but nothing was ever too much trouble. They were happy to go above and beyond every single time.

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AJ · S&D Building and GroundworksApplication client
Pricing

Clear prices, quoted before we build

Websites
Scoped to fit

A bespoke site with a launch scope and price agreed before we start, shaped around what your business needs. Most launch in about two weeks.

  • Scope & price agreed up front
  • Custom design, hand-coded
  • No lock-in, flexible after launch
  • 30 days of free tweaks
  • Additions after that, quoted before built
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Applications · Ongoing
Billed as we go

Business software is never really finished. We start with a paid discovery, build in short agreed blocks, and grow it with you.

  • Paid discovery first, so you risk little
  • Short blocks of work, priced before each starts
  • Secure by default: MFA, encrypted data
  • Automation & AI agents as you need them
  • Stop any time, no tie-in
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Partnership
As needed

For past clients and growing businesses: an open line for changes, new features and fixes, billed by time as work comes up.

  • Quoted before we build, always
  • Same-week turnaround on small jobs
  • No retainer, no minimum
  • Priority over new projects
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Our services

Everything a small business needs, online and behind the scenes

01

Bespoke design

A site designed around your business, not squeezed into a template. Your colours, your voice, your customers.

02

Hand-coded build

No page builders, no plugins to break. Clean code that loads in under a second and keeps working without constant patching.

03

Search visibility

Set up to be found: technical SEO, Google Business Profile and pages that answer the searches your customers actually make.

04

Booking & menus

Table bookings, class schedules, seasonal menus and galleries, built in and simple enough to update yourself.

05

Migration & rescue

Stuck on Wix, Squarespace or an old WordPress? We move your content across and switch the meter off.

06

Bespoke applications

When spreadsheets stop coping, we build installable web apps that untangle it: secure databases with MFA sign-in, email notifications and AI automation agents that remove the manual steps. Built for Gymspire and SD Groundworks, handed over in full, code, database and all.

Why DLJ Studio?

More than a designer, a neighbour

Flexible, never locked in

Every engagement is shaped around your business: a one-off build, ongoing blocks, or a care plan if that serves you better. You keep the results and stay free to change course.

Built to convert and to save hours

Websites are designed to turn searchers into customers. Applications are designed to hand you your evenings back: fewer manual steps, less chasing, fewer mistakes.

Small team, accountable

You work directly with the people building your site from first call to launch. Questions get answered in hours, not ticket queues.

FAQs

Ask us anything

How do you charge?

Flexibly, and always agreed before we build. Websites usually run as a priced launch scope; applications as short blocks of work; and where ongoing support genuinely serves you, we'll shape a care plan around it. What we optimise for is the outcome, a site or process that measurably saves you time or wins you work.

How can you deliver in two weeks?

We only take on a few projects at a time and design directly in the browser, so you review a real working site instead of static mockups. Fewer hand-offs means faster decisions.

Can I update the site myself afterwards?

Yes. Menus, prices, opening hours and galleries are set up so you can edit them without touching code, and the handover walkthrough shows you exactly how.

I already have a site on Wix or Squarespace. Can you move it?

That's one of our most common projects. We rebuild your content on a faster site with no monthly platform fee, redirect your old links so Google doesn't lose you, and help you cancel the subscription.

What do you mean by "business processes"?

The admin that eats your week: bookings scattered across WhatsApp, job sheets in spreadsheets, invoices chased by memory. We build simple, secure apps and automations, email alerts, AI agents, installable tools your team actually uses, that take those steps off your plate. Gymspire and S&D Building and Groundworks both run on tools we built.

Where do you work?

We're London based and work with clients across the UK and beyond. In person where it helps, over video everywhere else, the process is the same either way.

What if I need changes after launch?

The first 30 days of tweaks are free. After that, anything you'd like added is quoted before we build it and billed by time, most small jobs are turned around within the week.

Your next project

Let's build something that pays its way.

Start with a free discovery call, about a new website, or the admin that's eating your week. If we're a fit, you'll have a clear proposal within 48 hours.