Website design and development
A website earns its cost in one of two ways. It converts more of the traffic you are already paying for or it stops costing you staff time. Most of the sites we are asked to replace are failing at both.
We design and build websites for established UK businesses, usually where the current site has fallen behind what the business has become.
Who this suits
- Your site was built for a smaller or different version of your business.
- It is slow or awkward on a phone or you have to ask someone else every time you want to change a price.
- The enquiry form works but you have no idea where the enquiries came from.
- You are about to spend money on advertising and you know the site will not hold up.
What we build
Structure built around how people actually buy
The path from arriving to enquiring or purchasing is the thing we design first. Everything else follows it.
Content you can edit
If updating a page requires a developer the site will go stale. We build so your team can change text, images, prices and offers without us.
Tracking built in from the start
Analytics, conversion events and consent handling set up as part of the build rather than bolted on afterwards. This is the single most common thing we find missing on a site somebody else built.
Speed and mobile
Most of your traffic is on a phone, often on a poor connection. The site is built and tested for that first.
Findable by search and by AI tools
Clean structure, real headings, proper metadata and content written to answer the questions buyers actually ask.
Accessibility
Sensible contrast, keyboard navigation, alt text and readable text sizes as standard.
Platforms
WordPress
For content heavy sites, businesses that publish regularly and anything needing flexible page structures.
Shopify
For ecommerce, where the checkout, payments, inventory and app ecosystem do more for you than a custom build would.
Wix
Where the business needs to self manage everything with minimal technical support and the requirements are straightforward.
We will tell you if the platform you are on is fine and only the design needs work. Rebuilding a working site is an expensive way to change how it looks.
How the project runs
Discovery
Answer a few short questions about your goals and website needs. We'll suggest the right next step, and you can book a conversation if you're ready.
Scope and proposal
A fixed scope with what is included and what is not, so there is no argument later.
Design
Key page designs first for approval, then the rest.
Build
On a staging site you can see. Staging is protected from search engines, which matters more than people think.
Content
We will tell you clearly which content you are providing and which we are writing, before the build starts.
Testing and launch
Cross device, forms tested end to end, tracking verified against real submissions, redirects mapped from every old URL.
Aftercare
Thirty days of fixes included. Ongoing maintenance available separately.
What we need from you
- A named person who can approve designs and content without a committee
- Your brand assets, logos and any photography you own
- Access to your current hosting, domain and analytics
- Content you have agreed to provide, on the date you agreed to provide it
Timelines
| Type of build | Typical timeline |
|---|---|
| Straightforward brochure site | Six to eight weeks from approved design |
| Ecommerce and larger builds | Ten to sixteen weeks |
Those timelines assume content arrives when agreed.
Who owns it
Common questions
Start your website project
Find your next step with a few short questions, or book a call if you would rather talk.