To be the authoritative voice on building large-scale architecture, dashboards and SaaS platforms using AI and Intelligence Augmentation to make people’s lives easier
About us
We are &Element, a team of creative developers, designers and problems solvers with a flare for innovation based out of Colchester, Essex. Our passion lies in building beautiful software that empower our client’s users to make their lives easier. With a heavy focus on AI, UX and design.
We make bespoke web development solutions that deliver results.
230% average increase in ROI across our suite of services.
235+ projects completed since we were founded in 2015.
45m people reached across the world through work.
Who we are
We’re a close-knit team of individuals from around London and Essex, all with a passion for innovation. We work together with one goal in mind, to create software that improves people’s lives.
Luke Brown
Chief Executive Officer
In 2015, Luke founded &Element specialising in web development and digital growth services. Today he leads a team specialists creating AI dashboard solutions along with partnerships and innovation.
Joe Methven
Chief Operating Officer
From a background in user experience development, Joe has worked across many multinational brands and built up many years of full stack development and industry knowledge, Joe now manages the day to day operations.
Reuben Westrop
Lead Designer
Specialising in building beautiful brand identities for clients along with prototyping large-scale dashboard projects and highly converting web designs.
Ryan Impey
Lead Developer
As our senior lead developer Ryan assists with project management on our largest projects, supporting developers on their day-to-day tasks and coding full stack solutions.
Agata Wisniewska
Marketing Coordinator
Agata, a final-year cognitive sciences student is bringing a unique blend of psychology and technology insights to &Element and our marketing clients.
Victoria Manicom
Senior Developer
Victoria manages some of our larger dashboard projects and, with a degree in maths, provides valuable insights into complex data solutions.
Nathan Carter
Full Stack Developer
Our rising talent Nathan joined last year as an apprentice and quickly has been learning and building React.js TinaCMS websites and developing frontends for some of our biggest dashboards.
Hassan Moin
AI Specialist
After completing his Master in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Essex, Hassan joined &Element to solve large scale data analytical challenges and build usable recommendation systems.
George Hollister
Full Stack Developer
Specialising in automated solutions, George comes from a devops background and ensures our more complicated projects follow best practices under full stack development.
Abigail McNaught
Marketing Coordinator
Abigail joined the team to assist with managing the social media profile and SEO portfolios for our clients and our brand, alongside assisting our clients in their brand management.
Company vision
Company values
Strategic value
We focus on maximising value delivered to our clients, working as a team to solve the client’s needs as a priority, and always thinking of ways to further demonstrate and improve value.
Innovation problem solvers
Finding bespoke alternatives to the status quo by encouraging creative and critical thinking to drive new ideas, and working as a team to solve big problems for our clients.
Authoritative and inspiring
Become the leading voice on our core services both online and through speaking to clients, ensuring that our tone is inspiring, trusted and backed by facts.
Friendly and positive
We provide a friendly and relaxed atmosphere that harbours great ideas shared between the team and our clients; we succeed together.
Reliable
We foster a culture where our team's excellence is our customers' trust. By consistently delivering superior work, we reinforce &Element's promise of reliability.
Our History
2015
Setup
The company was founded by Luke in March 2015 while he was freelancing with clients across North America.
2017
First hires
The University of Suffolk supported us in hiring a number of employees such as Ryan, Reuben and a couple others in the early days.
2019
React.js only
Our team switches entirely over to using React.js in the MERN stack, we specialise in React solutions for a range of London based clients.
2019
100th project
After working on education, travel, voting and eCommerce projects we reached our 100th project across Europe and North America.
2021
Retail
&Element starts focusing on working with a range of household brands like Philips, IQOS, Rolls Royce, Chupa Chups and Gucci.
2021
Home sweet home
We moved into the Innovation Centre on the University of Essex campus in Sept 2021, since then we’ve upgraded the office twice!
2022
35m people
From 200 projects we reach over 40 million people interacting with our projects across the world.
2023
Artificial Intelligence
We launch our AI division focusing on intelligence augmentation, helping teams to automate daily dashboard tasks
&Element FAQs
What are &Element's primary services?
Our team specialises in web development and marketing. We offer a range of services from UX design to AI development. Be sure to check them out on our services page.
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How can I get involved or start a project with &Element?
Firstly make sure to contact us. We can set up a consultation with you and your company representatives to talk about expectations and scopes for the project. You can use the survey at the bottom of the page to send us an email, we will respond as soon as possible.
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What unique technologies does &Element incorporate in its projects?
Depending on the solution we are developing our team uses different technologies. You can all about them on the services pages which we encourage you to read. Contact us to learn more about what we can offer you.
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What kind of projects has &Element completed?
&Element has a portfolio that includes building complex web architectures, user-friendly dashboards, and comprehensive SaaS platforms, all tailored to enhance user engagement and business functionality. You can learn more about our collaborations here: Projects
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What support does &Element offer post-project completion?
Post-project, &Element provides ongoing support and maintenance, helping clients adapt to new challenges and ensuring their digital solutions continue to perform optimally.
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Partner with us on industry leading platforms and technology
Amazon web services
Cloudflare
Google cloud platform
Railway
Shopify
Stripe
University of Suffolk