Custom Website Design for Small Businesses
A fast, hand-coded site that gets your business found on Google and turns visitors into enquiries.
What you get
Everything a local business needs from its website, with nothing slowing it down.
Found in your local area
Fast pages, clean structure and local landing pages give Google every reason to rank you. No plugin bloat dragging you down.
Enquiries that convert
Quote forms, click-to-call and clear calls to action put every visitor one tap away from contacting you.
Update it yourself
Change text, photos and prices from a simple editor, with no developer needed for everyday changes.
A design that's yours
Designed around your brand and your customers, not a theme shared with thousands of other sites. Your logo, your colours and photos of your own work.
Security built in
HTTPS on every page, security settings written into the code, and far fewer third-party plugins to keep patched.
You own the code
Once the project is paid for, the code we write is yours. No website builder subscription and no lock-in.
Built and running
Not mock-ups - real businesses using this every day. Click through and try them.
Joe's Fencing
Fencing and landscaping company site built to win local work.
Shortman Electrical
Electrical services site with a booking and quotation funnel.
I'm extremely impressed with the website created for my business, Shortman Electrical. The modern styling looks professional and really stands out, while the site's fast response time makes it easy for clients to navigate. Since launching the site, I've definitely seen a noticeable increase in client enquiries.
Bespoke web design, not a template
Most small business sites run on a page builder or a plugin-heavy theme. That gets you online fast, but you pay later in speed, updates and features you can't change. We design and code every site from scratch in Django, so it contains only what your business needs.
Faster pages
A theme carries code for every layout anyone might want. A hand-coded page loads only its own styles and scripts, so good Core Web Vitals are far easier to hit on a patchy phone signal.
Fewer things to patch
Every plugin is someone else's code on your site and one more update to chase. We use a small set of well-maintained libraries, so there is far less to go wrong.
Built around your business
Quote forms that ask what you need to know, a page for every town you cover, a gallery of your own jobs: designed for how you work, not what a theme allows.
Who it's for
Trades, local services, training providers and consultancies, and any business that has outgrown Wix, Squarespace or an off-the-shelf WordPress theme.
When a template is enough
If you just need a few pages online this week on a tiny budget, a website builder may be the right call, and we'll say so. Custom code pays off when your site has to win work.
Room to grow
Built in Django, the same site can add booking, payments or a customer portal later without starting again. It's the framework behind our online shops and booking platforms.
How it works
A simple business website typically takes two to four weeks from go-ahead to launch. Your quote says exactly how long yours will take.
Tell us what you need
A short call in plain English. No obligation, no tech quiz.
Fixed quote
Exactly what we'll build, what it costs, and how long it takes, in writing.
We build it
Hand-coded in short sprints, with progress on a staging site you can click through and comment on.
Launch & care
We launch, watch the site closely for 48 hours and fix any bugs free for 30 days. Then we keep it fast, secure and up to date.
SEO and security, built in
The technical foundations Google looks for come with every build, not as an add-on you pay for later.
Search foundations
A unique title and description on every page, clean URLs, an XML sitemap and structured data naming your business, your services and the area you cover.
Local landing pages
A page for each service and area you want to be found in, written for the people searching there and linked so Google finds every one.
Speed, tested
Lean templates, images that lazy-load below the fold and no page builder scripts. We test pages with Google's PageSpeed Insights before launch.
Security headers, checked
We checked the live response headers of Joe's Fencing and Shortman Electrical in September 2026. Both force HTTPS with a one-year HSTS policy, send a Content Security Policy and refuse to be framed by other sites.
Redirects when you switch
Replacing an old site? We map every old URL to its new page with a 301 redirect, so the rankings and links you've already earned carry across.
Analytics from day one
Google Analytics is set up at launch, so you can see how people find your site and what they do once they arrive.
What affects the cost
Every site is quoted at a fixed price after a short call. As a guide, simple business websites start at around £2,000 to £5,000. Projects under £10,000 are paid as a 50% deposit, with the balance on completion before launch.
Pages and content
How many pages you need, how much content there is to organise, and whether your words and photos are ready to go.
Features
Quote forms and click-to-call come as standard. Online booking, payments, customer accounts or links to your other systems add to the build.
Moving from an old site
If you're replacing an existing site, carrying the content across and redirecting its old URLs is scoped into the quote, so nothing is left to chance at launch.
Our work and further reading
See more of what we've built, or read up before you talk to anyone about a new website.
Common questions
How much does a business website cost?
Every site is quoted at a fixed price after a short call. As a guide, simple business websites start at around £2,000 to £5,000, with more pages or custom features costing more. You'll know the full cost before we write a line of code.
How long does it take to build a business website?
A simple business website typically takes two to four weeks. We build in short sprints and show you progress on a staging site along the way, so there are no surprises at launch.
Can I update the site myself?
Yes. Every site includes a simple editor for text, photos and prices. We walk you through it in a handover session at launch and leave you written documentation.
Will it work on phones?
Yes. Every page is built mobile-first and tested on real devices. Google ranks sites on their mobile version, and most local searches happen on a phone.
Do you handle hosting?
Yes. Hosting, security updates, daily backups and uptime monitoring are covered by our maintenance plans, so you never have to think about it.
Do I own my website?
Yes. Once the project is paid for, you own the code we write for you. You're not tied to a website builder's subscription and can move to another developer or host whenever you like.
Will I lose my Google rankings if you rebuild my current site?
Not if the move is handled properly. We carry your content across, keep or improve each page's title and description, and set up 301 redirects from every old URL to its new page, so the rankings and links you've built up follow you to the new site.
Ready for a website that earns its keep?
Tell us what your business needs - we'll tell you exactly what we'd build, what it would cost, and how long it would take.