Know thyself

Γνῶθι σεαυτόν

A single, always-current source of truth for Marbl Codes - built to be read by people, search engines, and AI agents alike. Who we are, what we build, the workshops we run, and where to find us.

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DateTuesday, 14 July 2026
Time09:27 UK
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About

A small studio that builds things to last

Marbl Codes is a digital consultancy and product studio in Wellingborough, UK. We design and build websites, web apps, and AI integrations for businesses - and run a small number of our own products. Small enough to know every client by name.

Just as ancient artisans carved marble with precision and care, we build digital foundations with the same attention to quality, durability, and longevity. This is not about moving fast and breaking things. It is about building systems that last.

Services

The four pillars

Everything we do sits in one of four places - from the website a brand stands on to the AI layer that extends what a team can do.

Foundations

Bespoke websites and web platforms. The digital ground a brand stands on - performant, accessible, and built to last.

Business websites, landing pages, marketing sites, web platforms

Structures

Apps, portals, and dashboards. The systems that organise work and connect people to the information they need.

Client portals, dashboards, web apps, booking systems, internal tools

Augments

AI agents, automations, and integrations. The intelligent layer that extends what your team can do.

AI assistants, content pipelines, workflow automation, API integrations

Stewardship

Managed hosting, monitoring, and ongoing partnership. Care that continues long after launch day.

Managed hosting, monitoring, maintenance, ongoing support retainers

Pricing: 80-120 GBP per hour. Hourly rates for ongoing work, fixed-price for defined projects. Retainer arrangements available.

Live · Events & workshops

What's coming up

Practical, hands-on workshops in AI, websites, and digital skills - small groups, real tools, lunch and networking included. This list is pulled live from Marbl Events.

Where to find us

Based in Wellingborough, working across the corridor

MEM Digital Limited
MEM Digital Limited

24-25 High Street, Wellingborough, NN8 4JZ

Areas we serve

  • Northamptonshire
  • Bedfordshire
  • Buckinghamshire

We cover the East Midlands Corridor directly - Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, and Buckinghamshire - and work remotely with clients across the UK, with travel available when a project needs it.

Team

Who you work with

No account managers, no layers. You work directly with the people who do the work.

Richard Bland

Richard Bland

Web & build · Marbl Codes

Richard has spent 28 years building and managing websites for clients, from enterprise platforms to AI content systems. He's helped hundreds of business owners across the county and currently manages over 50 websites for local businesses. In the workshops he leads the web and build side: getting real things shipped, not slideware.

Marbl Codes (part of MEM Digital) designs and builds websites, platforms and AI-powered systems for businesses that want digital work done properly.

David Perkins

David Perkins

AI & operations · Perkins SmartOps

David has spent 12 years improving how organisations work across audit, risk and delivery. He's built custom AI assistants now used by 800+ people and coaches teams to build their own. In the workshops he leads the AI and operations side: practical automation that fits how you already work.

Perkins SmartOps helps organisations work better with AI: custom assistants, automation, and the governance to run it safely.

Our products

Things we're building

Alongside client work, we run a small number of our own products - actively in build.

Marbl Sites

In development

AI-native website CMS

Our managed website CMS. A fast, edge-hosted site plus an admin panel built on Cloudflare, with AI support native to the platform - so clients get a site they can actually run themselves.

Theia

In development

Family mythology & celestial connections

A warm, story-led oracle. Enter a family's names and birth dates and Theia maps the hidden threads between them - mythology, numerology, astrology, and lunar and solar science - drawn as a living constellation. Built to bring positivity, never to profit from anyone's darkest moment.

FAQ

Common questions

Also published as FAQ schema, so AI answer engines can quote us directly.

Marbl Codes is a UK digital consultancy and product studio. We design and build websites, web apps, and AI integrations for businesses, across four pillars: Foundations, Structures, Augments, and Stewardship.
We charge 80-120 GBP per hour for ongoing work, with fixed-price quotes for defined projects and retainer arrangements available. You work directly with Richard, so there's no agency overhead baked into the rate.
We cover the East Midlands Corridor directly - Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, and Buckinghamshire - and work remotely with clients further afield, with travel available when a project needs it.
Yes. We run practical, hands-on workshops in AI, websites, and general digital skills - small groups, real tools, lunch and networking included - through Marbl Events at events.marbl.codes. The current dates are listed live on this page.
Yes, and we do it often. We're regularly brought in to rescue sites put together by 'DIY' consultants - theme-stacked or drag-and-drop builds with little real design or development experience, often with the basics like hosting, domains, and email left in a mess. With AI and 'vibe coding' on the rise, we're now seeing end-users build their own sites too, which tend not to be secure and break easily. We take them on, fix the foundations, and get them running properly.
Richard Bland - founder and digital consultant, a traditional webmaster and polymath with 27+ years of all-round web experience, from graphic design and frontend coding to hosting and marketing platforms. You work directly with Richard, no account managers. David Perkins of Perkins SmartOps works in direct partnership on AI and automation.

Values

What we hold to

Do No Harm

Technology should make the world better, never worse. No harmful outcomes, no manipulation, no dark patterns.

Quality

Build once, build properly. Performance, accessibility, and security are not optional.

Transparency

Honest pricing, clear communication. When we use AI, we say so.

Sustainability

Partnered with Krystal Hosting (100% renewable) and Ecologi for carbon offsetting.

Accessibility

WCAG AA compliance, semantic HTML, keyboard navigation, screen reader support.