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Umber Motion

About

A bit about who I am, and why I started Umber Motion.

My story

I'm Will. I studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southampton (MEng, 2026), including a 13-month placement at Williams Racing in Vehicle Performance. A big part of my work there was improving workflows: finding the slow, repetitive steps in how things got done and making them quicker and more reliable. It taught me to care about how things work, not just how they look.

I started Umber Motion for busy people who'd rather be doing their job than fiddling with a website: tradespeople, small local businesses, and anyone who needs a professional site without the hassle, whether that's a clinic, a café or a personal portfolio. You shouldn't have to learn a website builder or spend your evenings making edits. Small changes, like a new photo, updated prices or different opening hours, are part of your monthly plan: just tell me and I'll sort it.

Plenty of good local businesses are let down by their websites. They're slow on a phone, hard to find on Google, or tied into contracts that cost more than they should. Most of your customers find you on their phone, often in a hurry, so your site needs to load fast, show your best work and make it easy to get in touch.

I work the way I'd want a tradesperson to work for me: a clear price up front, no long contracts, and you own it all: your domain, bought in your own name, and the code and files I build for you. If you ever want to move on, I hand it all over and your site stays up.

Based in Bath, working with businesses across the UK.

Will, founder of Umber Motion

How I got here

  1. 2021

    Started at the University of Southampton

  2. 2024 to 2025

    13-month placement at Williams Racing, Vehicle Performance (between years 3 and 4)

  3. 2026

    Graduated with an MEng in Mechanical Engineering, University of Southampton

  4. 2026

    Started Umber Motion

How I work

I work the way I'd want a tradesperson to work for me.

That means a clear price up front, no long contracts, and a domain that's always yours.

Say hello

Email me at will@umbermotion.com and you'll get a reply from me personally, not a sales team. I'm always happy to talk things through.