Web design without the agency runaround

Work directly with the person planning, designing, and building your website.

I provide website design, development, and ongoing support for small businesses that need a professional online presence but do not want to deal with confusing technical language, impersonal agency processes, or a website that looks like everyone else's.

Tell me about your project

Custom website design and development

This service is suitable if:

  • You are starting a new business and need your first proper website
  • Your current website no longer reflects the quality of your work
  • You have outgrown a DIY website
  • Your website looks fine but is not generating useful enquiries
  • You need someone to manage both the creative and technical sides

I'll work with you to understand your business, customers, and goals before deciding what the website should contain or how it should look.

The result will be a website built specifically for your business, not just a lightly edited template with your logo placed at the top.

What is included?

Everything needed to get your business online

Your website service can include:

  • Website strategy and page planning
  • Custom visual design
  • Responsive development for phones, tablets, and computers
  • Accessibility and usability considerations
  • Technical search engine optimisation
  • Keyword research
  • Blog and content strategy
  • Google Business Profile optimisation
  • Help organising or writing your website copy
  • Licensed stock photography where required
  • Performance optimisation
  • Website hosting
  • Security and software updates
  • Ongoing maintenance
  • Up to two hours of website updates each month
  • Training and straightforward user guides

We'll agree on exactly what your project needs before work begins.

A professionally built website for £125 per month

You pay a £125 deposit to reserve your project start date. This becomes your first monthly payment when the website goes live.:

You will not make further monthly website payments while I am building the site.

After launch, the service costs £125 per month and includes hosting, maintenance, technical support, and up to two hours of website updates each month.

This initial agreement lasts for six months. After that, it continues monthly and can be cancelled with one month's notice.

The website code remains part of the managed service. If you later decide that you want to own the code and move the website elsewhere, you can purchase it for £2,500.

Domains and email hosting are not included, although I can help you choose and configure them

Ask me about the monthly website service

Website rescue

Already started building your website?

Perhaps you created something using Squarespace, Wix, WordPress, or an AI website builder. Maybe you have written some code yourself and reached the point where everything has become more complicated than expected.

You do not necessarily need to throw it away and start again.

I can help you:

  • Work out why the website does not feel quite right
  • Improve the layout and visual hierarchy
  • Make it work better on mobile devices
  • Fix usability and accessibility problems
  • Clarify the copy and calls to action
  • Improve loading speed
  • Repair technical issues
  • Decide whether improving or rebuilding it is the better option

There is no judgement and no automatic rebuild recommendation. I'll look at what you already have and give you an honest assessment.

Get help with an existing website

SEO and content

Help the right people find and understand you

SEO is not about stuffing awkward phrases into every paragraph.

It begins with understanding what your potential customers are searching for, what questions they have and what information will help them decide whether you are right for them.

I can help with:

  • Keyword research
  • Website content planning
  • Page structures and internal linkin
  • Technical SEO
  • Local SEO
  • Google Business Profile optimisation
  • Blog strategy
  • Improving existing website copy
  • Making services easier to understand

The aim is to attract relevant visitors, not just increase a number on an analytics screen.

Branding

A visual identity that suits your business

Your business does not need to look corporate to look professional.

I can help establish a visual direction for your website, including colours, typography, imagery, and design elements. We'll create something that suits your customers while still feeling like you.

That might be elegant and reassuring, warm and playful, bold and unconventional, or something entirely different.

Your brand should reflect your business, not mine.

What happens when we work together?

1. You tell me about your business

We'll begin with a relaxed conversation about what you do, who you help, and what you would like your website to achieve.

You do not need to prepare a formal presentation or know the technical terminology.

2. I plan the website

I'll turn our conversation into a clear project brief covering your goals, audience, pages, content and functionality.

I'll also review relevant competitors so we can identify what customers expect and where your website can be more useful or distinctive.

3. We shape the content

We'll decide what each page needs to communicate and gather the necessary text, photographs and business information.

You can provide the copy yourself, we can work on it together, or I can write it for you.

4. I design the website

I'll create designs based on the agreed direction and explain the thinking behind them.

You will be able to review the work and give feedback. I will not disappear for several weeks and then present you with a finished website you have never seen before.

5. I build and test it

Once the design is agreed, I'll develop the website and test it across different devices and screen sizes.

I'll also check performance, accessibility, links, forms, and essential SEO settings.

6. We review everything together

I'll demonstrate the finished website and guide you through how it works.

We'll make the final agreed adjustments and complete the pre-launch checks.

7. I launch and support it

I'll handle the technical launch process and continue looking after the website through the monthly service.

You will also receive guidance on making any updates that you want to manage yourself