Designed for a thumb, not a mouse
Your phone number is tappable and sits where a thumb naturally rests. Menus open with one hand. Forms use the right keyboard for each field, so typing an email does not mean hunting for the at symbol.
Website design
Websites built to turn visitors into enquiries.
Custom web design for UK small businesses. Written, designed and launched by us, live in about a week, and £20 a month with nothing to pay up front.
The problem
Most small business websites fail at the same three points.
They take too long to load, so people leave before they see anything. They bury what the business actually does under a slideshow and a welcome message. And they make getting in touch harder than it needs to be, usually by hiding the phone number in a footer.
None of that is a design problem exactly. It is a priorities problem. We start from what a visitor needs to decide you are worth calling, then design around that. If you are still comparing quotes, our guide to what a website should cost in the UK is worth ten minutes first.
~3 in 4of your visitors will be on a phone, so we design for that first
1 secis the load time we build towards, because slow sites lose people
7 daystypical time from first chat to a live website
What goes into every site we build.
Not a feature list for the sake of it. These are the things that decide whether a small business website earns its keep.
The words written for you
Most business owners dread the writing more than the design. We draft every page in plain English based on our first conversation, then you correct it. Far easier than staring at a blank page.
Fast by construction
Hand coded, no page builder bloat, no twenty plugins fighting each other. Fewer moving parts means faster loading, fewer things to break and less to go wrong at two in the morning.
Built so Google can read it
Proper heading structure, page titles, descriptions and structured data from day one. It costs nothing to do at build time and is expensive to retrofit later.
Accessible as standard
Real contrast, keyboard navigation, labelled forms and sensible alt text. It helps people using screen readers, and it happens to be what search engines understand best too.
Yours to keep
Your domain, your content, your images and your brand stay yours throughout. We look after the build and the hosting for as long as you want us to.
What sort of site do you actually need?
Every option below costs the same £20 a month once live. The difference is build time, not price.
TypeBest forTime to live
One page siteSole traders and new businesses who need presence fast3 to 5 days
Standard business siteMost trades and local services, four to six pagesAbout 7 days
Multi service siteA page per service, or a page per town you cover2 to 3 weeks
Online shopSelling products with payments and deliveryQuoted individually
Already have a site?
Rebuilds are one of the most common things we do.
Maybe it was built years ago and looks it. Maybe the person who made it has vanished. Maybe it works but nobody ever finds it. All fixable.
We will look at what you have and tell you honestly whether it is worth improving or starting again. If your current site ranks for anything we protect that, the move happens without going offline, and your domain stays yours throughout.
Ask about a rebuildSigns it is time
- It is hard to use on a phone, or you have to pinch to zoom
- It takes more than three seconds to load
- There is no padlock in the address bar
- You cannot change your own opening hours or prices
- It does not appear when you search your own services
- You pay someone monthly and cannot remember what for
Common questions about web design.
If yours is not here, call and ask. We would rather answer it now than have you wondering.
Of course. We design a first version based on your business and what works for your trade, then you tell us what to change. Colours, photos, wording, the running order of your services. We keep going until you are happy, and nothing goes live before then.
Not a problem. We can sort a simple logo and source images that suit your trade and your area. Photos of your actual work are always better if you have any, and a decent phone camera is genuinely fine.
Yes, though online shops sit outside the standard package because products, payments and delivery rules add real work. Tell us what you want to sell and we will quote it properly rather than guessing.
We test on iPhone and Android, and in Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Edge. If a customer ever tells you something looks wrong on their device, send us a screenshot and we will fix it.
Who we build for.
Different trades have genuinely different problems. These pages go into what each one needs.
Where we work.
We build for businesses across the UK, with a good number close to home in Greater Manchester.
Next step
Let us get your website built.
Tell us what your business does and we will come back with a price and a realistic date it could be live.