Founded in 2014 by Will Newland, SoBold was set up to challenge the norms of traditional agencies and how they support clients.
Over the past decade our services have evolved with our partners. We’ve won awards with those partners, helped them acquire new customers, and even supported their fundraising rounds.
SoBold's journey so far...
Our mission is to give B2Bs greater control over their websites so they can scale their business.
Founding of SoBold
On a cool April day, SoBold was founded by our Managing Director, Will, offering all things digital to a client base that felt under-served – ranging from social media management to website development.
The SoBold dream of high-performance web design was underway!
First office at The Refinery in Sloane Square
With a growing client roster, we moved into our first office at The Refinery in Sloane Square. To keep up with increasing demand we employed our first full-time Front-End Web Developer and Graphic Designer.
The buzz excited our referral network and we were delighted to take on our first client outside the UK.
Honing in on a niche
As we started to work with more clients, we honed our offering to focus on website development and management.
Going niche led to better results, with projects coming in thick and fast – leading to an office move into the City of London near Bank.
Shortlisted for Young Business of the Year Award
Becoming a leading Cookiebot partner
With privacy legislation making waves, we became a leading Cookiebot partner, and developed a series of GDPR packages so our clients could feel safe in the knowledge their websites were fully compliant with new data protection regulations.
Bigger City of London offices
An ever-growing team meant another move, this time to a larger office in the City of London. We became cybersecurity accredited, a requirement for many of the larger projects we were now pitching for and winning.
A solid portfolio of completed projects led to award nominations and plaudits from customers.
Office move to London Bridge
January 2020 saw yet another move, this time south of the river near London Bridge with plenty of space for us to grow further – setting us up for the future once again.
Within weeks COVID forced a change of workflow to adapt to people working from home – but it all worked out, and we continued working at full throttle for our clients.
Growing the team
With a move back into our office, we were able to resume our hiring spree, engaging even more skilled people.
Growth in the development and design teams was needed to help manage the influx of new projects, as well as the introduction of our first Account Manager to smooth delivery.
New company branding & website launched
2022 started with a bang, with the launch of this shiny new site and our brand repositioning.
Throughout the year we focused on optimising our processes helping us achieve ISO 9001 certification. We also obtained a Skilled Worker sponsorship license helping us attract the very best international talent.
First company-wide offsite
In April 2023, we hosted our first State of the Nation, company meeting.
The meeting was an opportunity for us to meet as a company and talk through the goals for the year ahead.
We discussed our business ambitions and presented our team growth and hiring plans, to enable us to hit the ground running!
Bigger office space & team growth
January 2024, we moved into our new 1,600 sq ft office, which enables us plenty of space to grow.
This growth started with the hiring of a Senior Project Manager, UX/UI Designer, multiple Front End Developers and our Performance Marketing team.
After growing 40% in 2023, 2024; is going to be the year of compounded annual growth.
We become truly global
SoBold Bulgaria was launched as we expanded our footprint.
Have each other’s back and support one another to reach common goals.
This is a mantra we hold within our company and our partnerships.
Everyone respects one another so we can work as a team towards common goals and make each other look good.
Have each other’s back and support one another to reach common goals.
This is a mantra we hold within our company and our partnerships.
Everyone respects one another so we can work as a team towards common goals and make each other look good.
Some of the project we have been working on recently
From end-to-end website design and builds, to standalone adhoc projects.
