Not every problem calls for a new website. If yours is broken, slow or showing errors, our website repair service may be the better first step. We find the fault, then tell you honestly whether repair or a rebuild makes more sense.
Website design services
Sites that load fast and earn their keep.
Our website design services start from your content and your customers, not a template, and end with a fast site whose files and domain are yours.
Who it suits
Custom website design for small businesses and beyond
A custom website is designed around your organisation instead of being squeezed into someone else’s theme. It suits a small business chasing enquiries, a school with news to share and a contractor whose site has to back up a tender.
Every layout is responsive, so it rearranges itself for a phone, a tablet and a wide screen rather than simply shrinking.
What’s included
What comes with every new website
- Layouts for every screenDesigned phone-first and checked at real device widths.
- Search groundworkUnique page titles and descriptions, clean addresses, structured data and an XML sitemap.
- SpeedCompressed WebP images at the size each screen needs, and no scripts you don’t use.
- AccessibilityText contrast to WCAG AA, a visible keyboard focus and real alt text.
- Editing for your teamA simple editor for news, pages and images, so small changes never wait for us.
The process
How a website project runs
Content plan
We agree the pages and what each must do, so nobody designs around empty boxes.
Key pages first
The home page and one inner page are approved before the rest of the site follows them.
Private preview
You click through the finished site at a private address, on your own devices.
Launch
HTTPS switched on, redirects from old addresses in place and the sitemap sent to Google.
Options
Website builder, bought theme or custom design?
Each route suits a different stage of an organisation.
| Option | Good for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|
| Do-it-yourself builder | Getting online on a tiny budget | Monthly fees and a look many others share |
| Bought theme | A fast start from a ready-made design | Unused features that slow every page |
| Custom design | Organisations that need the site to win work | A larger first outlay, quoted in full upfront |
Websites
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Questions
Questions about website design
Question not here? Send it to us and we will answer it directly.
Ask a questionCan we update the website ourselves?
Yes. You get an editor for changing text, swapping images and posting news, with no code involved. We show your team how it works at launch and leave a short written guide. Bigger changes, such as a new page layout, are still best designed properly.
Will the new site rank on Google?
It will be built to rank, but nobody can honestly promise a position. We handle the technical side, from page titles to speed and a sitemap submitted to Google Search Console. After that, rankings depend on your competition and on how useful your content is.
Do you build online shops?
Yes. Our work includes Beacon Lighting, a lighting shop in Zimbabwe with 2,503 products. A shop needs more planning than a brochure site: product data, filters, payments, delivery rules and stock. We settle each of those with you before we quote.
What makes one website cost more than another?
Mostly the number of different page layouts, not the number of pages. Writing the content, an online shop, bookings or payments, and moving an old site without losing its rankings all add work. Each one appears as a separate line in your written quote.
Does your current site just need fixing?
Get a quote for website design services
Send the address of your current site, if you have one, and a few lines on what the new site has to do. We come back with questions, then a fixed price in pounds, dollars or rand. That’s the whole first step with our website design services.