Kandeshop / Kandekore

Operating from Birmingham, England, this practice is run by a single full-stack developer and digital marketer, Darren Kandekore, who works with UK businesses seeking combined development and marketing support rather than separate agencies for each function. The operation is structured around a small team (1-10 people) and draws on 17 years of commercial experience, including running several businesses of its own — a lead generation platform for the automotive salvage sector, a web hosting company, a consumer vehicle data platform, and published WordPress plugins — which it presents as direct proof of the methods it applies to client work. Services cover website development, e-commerce, SEO, PPC, cloud consulting and server infrastructure. On the development side, work includes bespoke WordPress themes, custom plugin authoring, WooCommerce builds and full-stack coding in PHP and React. Server and hosting management is delivered through an affiliated hosting business, covering Apache and Node.js setup, security hardening, backups, and administration of cPanel, WHM and Plesk environments, with Nominet-accredited domain registration and Microsoft channel partner status. Marketing services include Google-certified Search and Display advertising, SEO using tools such as SEMrush and Ahrefs, and analytics tracking. AI consultancy is also offered, covering strategy, automation and agent-based tools intended to reduce manual work. The stated approach is to combine build, hosting and growth functions under one point of contact rather than dividing them across specialists.