Website Design
WordPress, CMS, CRM, eCommerce and custom coding. A website is the modern-day shop front.
Working with a website designer
Sites need to have good quality images, be designed with SEO in mind, and load quickly so you don't lose customers. Although it can be quite expensive, sometimes you need to spend a little extra to make a good impression. Simply choosing a domain name can be a task in its own right, and you need to know what kind of design you are looking for. Having some other websites to reference is a good way to start, and we can guide you from there.
Designed here, not outsourced
We aim to be a middle-of-the-road web design company — not too cheap and not too expensive. Websites are usually designed in house, or in collaboration with a few partner businesses that are literally down the road from us. We do not outsource to low-cost countries where things get lost in translation.
Not too cheap, not too expensive — and never lost in translation.
What we build
Platforms and code
- Website design on WordPress
- Content management systems
- eCommerce web design
- CRM systems
- Stripe payment gateway
- Custom coding
Content and media
- Blog or news options
- Video intros
- Stock photography
- Gallery and slides
- Website content updates
- Social media management
Reach and upkeep
- SEO, basic and advanced
- Google Ads
- Web visitor tracking
- Email and phone integration
- Website management
- Website security updates
Packages
Six starting points, from a single page to a bespoke build. Prices exclude VAT. A deposit is payable before work begins, with the balance due on launch. We price on the number of unique page designs rather than page count, because twenty pages sharing three layouts is a very different job to eight bespoke ones.
One Page — £750
New businesses, trades and campaign launches.
- Domain and DNS setup
- Single scrolling page, all sections
- Responsive desktop and mobile
- 2 stock images included
- 1 hour consultation
- Contact form with enquiry routing
- Basic SEO and page speed optimisation
- 1 round of revisions
Starter — £1,950
Small business brochure sites.
- Domain and DNS setup
- Up to 8 pages across 3 unique designs
- Responsive desktop and mobile
- 3 stock images included
- 1 hour consultation
- Page speed optimisation and basic SEO
- WordPress CMS with handover training
- 2 rounds of revisions
Business — £2,950
Established businesses that sell on credibility.
- Domain and DNS setup
- Up to 20 pages across 6 unique designs
- Responsive desktop and mobile
- 6 stock images included
- 2 hour consultation
- Blog or news section
- Enhanced SEO setup and visitor tracking
- Email and phone integration
- WordPress CMS with handover training
- 2 rounds of revisions
For selling online, replacing a site you already have, or building something the packages above do not cover:
Commerce — £5,000–9,000
Selling online, with stock and shipping to manage.
- Everything in Business
- Up to 5 intro and contact pages plus shop templates
- Unlimited products supported, first 50 loaded by us
- Stock control and shipping rules
- Stripe payment gateway with tested transactions
- Customer accounts and order emails
- 2 hour consultation
- 3 rounds of revisions
- Further product loading £150 per 50 items
Redesign and Rescue — from £1,500
Existing sites that are dated, slow or neglected.
- Audit of the current site, code and hosting first
- Content migrated into a current responsive design
- Abandoned plugins replaced, legacy code removed
- WordPress core and PHP brought back into support
- Redirect mapping so search rankings carry over
- Launched onto a maintenance plan
- Quoted from the audit findings
Bespoke and Integrations — from £6,000
Booking systems, portals, memberships and custom code.
- Discovery session and written specification
- Custom coding and database design
- Integration with CRM, ERP and business systems
- Perfex, ERPNext, Odoo, NextCloud and similar
- Staged delivery with testing at each stage
- User training and documentation
- Quoted per project after discovery
Every website needs looking after afterwards
A build is the start of a website's life, not the whole of it. Since 2026, vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins and themes have been found by automated tooling rather than by people, published in volume, and exploited at scale within hours. The compromise that follows is built to stay hidden — the site keeps working normally while data is taken or the server is used for somebody else's purposes.
So every site we build launches onto secure hosting and a maintenance plan. It is not an upsell we are fond of; it is the difference between a website that still works in three years and one that quietly becomes somebody else's asset.
Full details on website maintenance and security and managed website hosting. If your existing site is already behind, start with the audit — it tells you what you are running before anyone quotes you for fixing it.
Recent work
How a website comes together
Requirement gathering
Understanding the needs of the website's target audience and the website's purpose.
Wireframing
Creating low-fidelity sketches of the website's layout.
Prototyping
Creating interactive prototypes that let users experience the website's functionality.
Designing
Creating visual designs for the website's layout, content and branding.
Development
Coding the website using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Testing and deployment
Testing the website for bugs and errors, then deploying it to a live server.
Frequently asked questions
What is web design?
Web design is the process of creating a website that is visually appealing, user-friendly and functional. It includes the planning, creation and implementation of a website's layout, content and functionality. A web designer must consider the needs of the website's target audience, the website's purpose, and the overall look and feel of the site.
What are the different types of web design?
There are three main types:
What web design tools and software are used?
- Content management systems (CMSs): software that allows users to create and manage websites without having to know how to code. Popular examples include WordPress, Joomla and Drupal.
- Web development frameworks: tools that provide a structure for building websites. Popular examples include Bootstrap, Foundation and AngularJS.
- Graphic design software: used to create the visual elements of a website, such as logos, images and icons. Popular examples include Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Sketch.
What are the best practices for web design?
How much does a website cost to run once it is built?
Budget for hosting and maintenance as an ongoing monthly cost, plus annual domain renewal and any premium plugin or theme licences the site depends on. Our hosting starts at £15 a month and maintenance plans at £85 a month, so a typical small business site runs at roughly £100 to £200 a month all in. Anything cheaper than that usually means nobody is applying the security updates, which is the expensive way to save money.
Website design
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