Website design for small businesses

A website for a small or medium-sized business needs to look great, load fast, work perfectly on a phone and make it easy to call or enquire. We design beautiful, modern websites around your brand that do exactly that, at fixed prices from £599, with SEO built in from day one and the domain in your name.

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Beautiful, modern design that wins trust

Visitors judge a business by its website within seconds, and a dated or cluttered site sends them straight back to Google. We design every website around your brand, with considered typography, a colour palette that suits your business, generous spacing and real photos of your work, so you look like the obvious choice.

Every page is designed to look just as good on a phone as on a laptop, and to feel consistent from the homepage through to the contact form.

  • A visual direction agreed with you before we build
  • Typography and colour chosen to fit your brand
  • Layouts that make your best work the centrepiece
  • Subtle, purposeful animation that never slows the page

Designed to bring in enquiries

Most visitors decide within a few seconds whether to stay. We put what they need first: what you do, where you work, why they should trust you and how to get in touch. Every page has one clear next step, whether that is a call, a quote form or a booking.

We write page titles, headings and copy around the words your customers actually search for, so the site is ready to rank from launch rather than needing to be fixed later.

Fast and mobile-first as standard

Most local searches happen on a phone, often on a patchy signal. We build lightweight sites that load quickly, pass Google's Core Web Vitals and make calling you a single tap.

  • Designed for small screens first, then scaled up
  • Click-to-call buttons and short enquiry forms
  • Images served in modern formats at the right size
  • Accessible: readable contrast, keyboard friendly, clear headings

Why don’t you use WordPress?

We custom-build every website with modern, industry-standard web frameworks instead of building on WordPress. Pages are built in advance and served from a global network, so they load quickly and stay fast as your site grows.

There is no PHP, no database and no public admin login, which are what most WordPress attacks target, and no plugins that need paying for, updating and checking every month.

  • No page builders slowing your site down
  • No plugin licence fees
  • No plugin updates breaking your site
  • Small edits handled for you on our care plan

How much does a website cost?

Our Groundwork package is £599 for up to 5 pages, live in 7 days*. Lead Engine is £1,199 for a custom build of up to 15 pages, with a page for each service and local SEO foundations, live in 1–2 weeks*. Both are fixed prices, agreed before we start.

*From receiving your content, logins and design approval. Timescales assume feedback within 2 working days.

You own everything

Your domain is registered in your name and the finished website belongs to you. There is no lease, no lock-in and no long contract. If you ever move on, we transfer the domain and hand over the site.

Website packages

Groundwork

Live in 7 days*

A professional, modern website designed around your brand, for new or outdated business sites that need to look credible and start generating enquiries fast.

£599 fixed price

  • Up to 5 pages, modern design tailored to your brand
  • Mobile-first, fast-loading build
  • SEO basics and Google Business Profile setup
  • Enquiry form and click-to-call
  • Domain in your name and 1 business email, first year included
  • 1 round of revisions
Start my website for £599 Free 15-minute call first. No obligation. Full Groundwork details

Lead Engine

Bespoke build

A bespoke, beautifully designed website with a page for each service and local SEO foundations, for growing businesses that want to stand out, rank for more searches and win more enquiries.

£1,199 fixed price

Live in 1–2 weeks*

  • Up to 15 pages, bespoke design created from scratch
  • A page for each service, built to rank
  • Local SEO foundations: schema and Search Console
  • Blog section, with your posts published for you
  • Domain in your name and up to 3 business emails, first year included
Start my website for £1,199 Free 15-minute call first. No obligation. Full Lead Engine details

*From receiving your content, logins and design approval. Timescales assume feedback within 2 working days.

How we work with you

  1. 01

    Free website check

    We review your current website and Google listing and show you what's costing you enquiries.

  2. 02

    Plan & quote

    We agree the pages, goals and a fixed price before any work starts.

  3. 03

    Design & build

    A beautiful, modern design shaped around your brand, built to load fast and rank, with your approval at each stage.

  4. 04

    Launch & grow

    We launch, track your enquiries and keep improving your rankings with optional care and SEO plans.

Web design questions

How much does a website cost for a small business?

Our Groundwork package is £599 for a professionally designed website of up to 5 pages. Our Lead Engine package is £1,199 for a fully custom website of up to 15 pages with a page for each service and local SEO foundations. Prices are fixed and agreed before we start. No VAT is added.

Will my website look modern and professional?

Yes. Every website is designed around your brand, with modern typography, a colour palette that suits your business and layouts that put your best work first. You see and approve the design at each stage, so you know exactly how it will look before it goes live.

Do you build websites with WordPress?

No. We custom-build every website with modern, industry-standard web frameworks, so there are no plugins to buy or update and no PHP, database or public admin login for attackers to target. The result is a faster, more secure site that costs less to run.

Can I edit my website myself?

There is no WordPress-style dashboard. Instead, you send us the change and we make it: small edits each month are included in our £39 hosting and care plan. If you need to edit content yourself often, tell us at the start and we will suggest the best option.

How long does it take to build a website?

A Groundwork website goes live in 7 days* and a Lead Engine website in 1–2 weeks*. *From receiving your content, logins and design approval. Timescales assume feedback within 2 working days.

Will my website work well on mobile phones?

Yes. Every site is designed mobile-first, because most local customers find businesses on their phones. We test on real phone sizes and make calling or enquiring a one-tap action.

Do you write the content for my website?

You supply the facts about your business and we shape them into clear, search-friendly pages.

Can you redesign my existing website?

Yes. We rebuild it on a fast, modern setup and keep or redirect your existing page addresses, so you don't lose the rankings you already have.

Do I own my website?

Yes. Once the final invoice is paid, your website, its content and your domain belong to you. We register the domain in your name from day one, and if you ever leave we transfer it and hand over the site.

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