About Brace

Nothing meaningful was ever built overnight.

We're a senior Umbraco team in Chester. We started Brace in 2015 to make building and looking after websites painless, and ten years on, that's still the job.

Our story

Ben and Rick had each spent years building websites for agencies, banks and household names. They kept seeing the same thing: great sites launched, then left to drift.

So they set up Brace Digital to do it differently: focus on one platform, Umbraco, and stay with clients for the long haul. Today we look after websites for councils, charities, membership bodies and brands across the UK, with a small senior team and specialists we've trusted for years.

2015

Founded in Chester
20

Years with Umbraco
30

Years of development experience
12

Specialist experts

What we believe.

Only the best will do

We go the extra mile. Our processes are there for a reason, and we stick to them.
Honesty is the best policy

We're transparent with clients and partners, and upfront about being upfront.
We support and delight

Proactivity and expertise are baked in. We want every client to feel there's never a problem.

The team

The people doing the work

Small and senior on purpose, with trusted specialists when a project needs more hands.

BM

Ben McKean

Founding Director · Umbraco Certified Master

20+ years in web development. Specialises in scoping, bespoke solutions, database design and complex integrations.
RL

Rick Lynch

Founding Director · Umbraco Certified Master

20+ years in web development. Specialises in architecture, Microsoft Azure and tricky third-party integrations.
KJ

Kate Johnston

Client Services Manager · APM PMQ

12+ years in client services and project management. Your day-to-day contact, keeping everything on track.

Plus our specialists. An Umbraco MVP, developers, designers and DevOps engineers we've worked with for years, so we can scale up for big projects without passing you to a junior.

Join us