My Story
From WebEurope to Whiteladies Road
Before Mediatopia, I was a director at WebEurope, a web company with 7,000 clients. I designed many of their websites, and a lot of those businesses are still with me today.
In 2010 I bought part of the business and founded Mediatopia, starting with a team of six in the old schoolhouse on Staplegrove Road in Taunton. We grew to fourteen people across two Taunton offices, before the move to Bristol.
Today Mediatopia is founder-led again, and deliberately so. I do every job myself: design, development, SEO, hosting, email, domains, Sage 50 integrations and merchant accounts. You never get passed to an account manager, and nothing is outsourced. Over 3,000 websites later, the principle hasn’t changed: build it properly, charge a fair price, and answer the phone when it rings.
- Before 2010
WebEurope
Director at WebEurope, a web company with 7,000 clients, and designer to many of today’s clients.
- 2010
Mediatopia is founded
I buy part of the business and found Mediatopia, with a team of six in the old schoolhouse on Staplegrove Road, Taunton.
- 2011
Blackbrook Business Park
The move to Equity House on Blackbrook Business Park, Taunton, next door to the Somerset Chamber of Commerce.
- 2015
Two offices, fourteen people
A sales office on Cannon Street, Taunton, and the team at its peak: fourteen people across two offices.
- 2016
Sheepway, Portbury
The move to Bristol, to a barn conversion at Sheepway, Portbury.
- 2018
Temple Quay, Bristol
Offices at Temple Quay, by Bristol Temple Meads.
- 2022
Whiteladies Road
Whiteladies Business Centre, 12 Whiteladies Road, Bristol, where Mediatopia is today.
- Today
Founder-led
Every website designed, built, hosted and supported by me.
