Our Mission
Sherwen means ‘bright friend’. In a rapidly shifting digital landscape, we’re a beacon showing you the way. Faced with the unfamiliar, we’re a trusted partner boosting your confidence and lightening the load.
Expertise + Direction
Portfolio + Performance
Output+ ROI
Brand Promise + User Experience
Innovation+ Opportunity
AI potential+ Digital potential
Business Potential+ Team Capacity
Our Vision
In a world defined by digital transformation, we empower you to get the most out of technology, changing the way you work and creating new opportunities for your business. We help you stay ahead of trends, not just on top of them. Because digital transformation is our obsession.
We don’t just chart its progress, we set the pace.
Brand Values
Sherwen Studios has gradually evolved with the times to become digital specialist partners to some of the UK’s most loved retail brands.
01 - Know our stuff
We’ve specialised in digital transformation since digital became a thing. With nearly three decades’ experience, full-service capabilities and subject experts, we have the knowledge and skills to push your business forward.
02 - Whatever it takes
We take a tailored approach to each and every client. As a small consultancy with a conscientious attitude and round-the-clock dependable service, you can rest assured we’re as committed to your business as you.
03 - Get it done
We pride ourselves on working at pace. However tight your deadlines, we’ll help you stay ahead of the speed of change with minimal disruption to your business, delivering impressive results, quickly.
Our Story
Back in the early ‘80s, Peter Sherwen founded a photography studio. In 2001, his son Matt expanded the business into web development and beyond. Since then, the digital landscape has changed unrecognisably – and so have we.
Today, we’re a full-service digital consultancy for transformation, AI and automation. With Matt at the helm, Sherwen still lives up to its meaning of ‘bright friend’, working as a trusted partner to deliver digital commerce expertise and transformative solutions.
1980
Peter Sherwen trades tools for a camera and sets out to do things differently. That spark of passion laid the creative foundations of what’s to come.
1991
We officially become Sherwen Studios. We expand fast with a dedicated space for room-sets. Then the recession hit, so we adapted, downsized, and kept going.
1999
Digital starts calling. We buy our first digital camera and take on our first website project for Budgens. They’re still with us 26 years later.
2001
Sherwen New Media launches. We build the UK’s first food intolerance database. Digital and photo editing moves fully in-house.
2010
The team grows and so do we. We move the office next to the studio, making space for what’s next.
2013
We shut the studio, go all-in on digital, and move to Chester where we still call our home to this day.
2015
We launch myLondis, a custom ecommerce and performance platform built for independent retailers.
2019
ScS brings us in to consult. That turns into a full-scale digital project – redefining retail for one of the UK’s leading retailers.
2020
Digital demand skyrockets as the COVID-19 pandemic escalates. We adapt and set the team up remotely to keep our clients up and running.
2025
We double in size. Achieve Cyber Essentials Plus. Build our senior leadership team. Become a Shopify Partner. And in 2025, we launch our new proposition - sharper, smarter, and built for what’s to come.