Built by a tradesman.
For tradespeople.

For 30 years I ran a successful joinery business around Yorkshire. I knew my trade inside and out — could build anything, fix anything, make customers happy.

But my website? Absolute nightmare.

Slow, outdated WordPress site that barely showed up on Google. Visitors landed… then bounced. No leads, no enquiries, just crickets. And social media? I’d start posting with the best intentions, manage a week or two, then a big kitchen job would land and the account would go silent for months. Sound familiar?

"When I finally looked for help, the agency quotes were insane — £2,000+ a month from people who’d never swung a hammer or run a real trade business in their lives."

So I rolled up my sleeves and fixed it myself.

I learned how to AI-upgrade websites — ripping out the old bloat and rebuilding them as lightning-fast, modern React 19 sites that actually rank on Google, load in under a second, and look professional on phones. Then I added AI automation for the social side: content written in my own voice, smart scheduling, and up to 7 posts a day — all running hands-off while I was out on site.

The difference was night and day. My phone started ringing with proper enquiries. Customers were finding me online instead of me chasing them. I was winning work while focusing on the job I actually love.

Other tradesmen kept asking “How the hell are you doing that?”

Rather than explain the whole website upgrade + AI automation setup every single time, I decided to offer it as a proper service.

That’s how AutoGen Digital was born.