New business websites
A clear, responsive site that explains what you do and makes you easy to contact. From £249.
For small businesses
Practical technology for small businesses
Professional websites, lightweight business systems and automation designed to save time, improve enquiries and support your next stage of growth.
Professional business websites from £249.
Common frustrations
Technology should make running the business easier
Most small businesses do not have a technology problem in the abstract. They have a website that no longer reflects the business, or an afternoon a week lost to jobs a computer could do.
A website that is not doing its job
Dated design, awkward on a phone, hard to update, or simply not producing enquiries.
Too much manual admin
Copying details between systems, chasing paperwork, building the same document over and over.
Enquiries scattered everywhere
Leads spread across email, social messages, WhatsApp and a spreadsheet, with no single view.
Repetitive data entry
The same customer details typed into three places, with the mistakes that come with it.
Booking or payment friction
Back-and-forth to agree a time, or invoices and deposits handled entirely by hand.
Tools that do not talk to each other
A website, an inbox, a calendar, a spreadsheet and an accounting tool with nothing joining them.
Ways we can help
Ways we can help
Small, well-chosen pieces of work usually make more difference than one large project.
Website redesign
Keeping what works about your current site while fixing the design, structure and mobile experience.
Enquiry and lead forms
Forms that reach you reliably, with the details you actually need to quote.
Booking integrations
Connecting your site to a booking or scheduling tool so customers can arrange a time themselves.
Payment integrations
Deposits, one-off payments or subscriptions taken through an established payment provider.
CRM connections
New enquiries landing in the system you already use, instead of being re-typed.
Lightweight internal systems
A small dashboard or record-keeping tool for jobs, customers or stock when a spreadsheet stops coping.
Workflow automation
Removing one repetitive routine — a confirmation, a reminder, a report, a data transfer — from your week.
Ongoing website and software support
Updates, small changes and fixes handled as they come up, where that is agreed in advance.
Recommendation
Start with what the business actually needs
We do not propose a large custom platform by default. Often the useful answer is smaller and cheaper than expected — and sometimes it is a tool you can buy rather than anything we build.
A focused business website
When the main gap is credibility and being contactable, that is the whole project.
An integration between existing tools
When you already pay for good tools that simply do not pass information to each other.
A small internal dashboard
When jobs, customers or stock have outgrown a shared spreadsheet.
Automation of one repetitive workflow
When a specific weekly routine takes hours and follows the same rules every time.
A custom application
When how you work is genuinely specific and off-the-shelf tools force awkward workarounds.
How we work with you
Clear scope and understandable communication
Working with a developer should not feel like a language barrier. We explain options in plain terms, agree what is included before starting, and tell you when something is not worth doing.
- Plain-language explanations rather than technical jargon
- A clearly defined scope agreed before any work begins
- Practical recommendations, including cheaper alternatives where they exist
- Transparent pricing, quoted against that scope
- Responsive design so the result works properly on phones
- Support after launch where it is agreed as part of the work
Relevant work
Small, focused products built end to end
These are product builds rather than local business websites, but they show the same pieces small businesses depend on: clear interfaces, reliable data handling and automation of work people were doing by hand.
Product · data · intelligent coaching
ForgeLift.app
Intelligent strength training, built around progression and recovery
A strength-training platform that tracks progression, fatigue and consistency, then turns that data into useful coaching insight around each session.
TypeScriptReactData modellingProgression analytics
Applied AI web application
Ingrechecker
Analysing food ingredients and identifying ultra-processed foods
A web application that reads product labels through barcode scanning and OCR, then explains what the ingredients actually are.
Node.jsMongoDBOpenAI APIsOpen Food Facts
If you would like to see examples closer to your own sector, ask us and we will point you at the most relevant work.
Small-business FAQ
Questions small businesses ask
What is included in a website from £249?
£249 is the starting price for a professional business website. What is included depends on how many pages you need, whether you have content and images ready, and which integrations are involved — so we confirm the exact scope and a fixed quote in writing before any work begins.
Can you redesign my existing website?
Yes. We look at what is working, what is losing you enquiries and what is worth keeping — including your content and search visibility — then rebuild or restyle from there rather than starting from nothing without reason.
Can you connect forms, bookings, payments or a CRM?
Yes. Enquiry forms, booking and scheduling tools, payment providers and CRMs can all be connected so information arrives where you need it. Which integrations are possible depends on the tools you already use, so tell us what you have.
Do you provide ongoing support?
Yes, where it is agreed as part of the engagement. Some clients want updates and small changes handled on an ongoing basis; others prefer to come back only when something specific is needed.
Do I need custom software, or can you improve my current tools?
Very often the second. If the tools you already pay for can do the job once they are configured or connected properly, we will say so. Custom software makes sense when your process is specific enough that existing tools force you into workarounds.
Next step
Let's make your technology work harder for your business
Tell us what is slowing the business down — a website that is not converting, an admin routine that eats your week, or tools that will not talk to each other — and we will come back with a recommendation and a quote.