Web design for trades and local businesses
The phone should be ringing.
Search-optimised websites for tradespeople, practices, restaurants and local businesses across the UK. Beautifully made, and built so that a customer on a phone can call, message or book in a single tap.
What we do
Three services. One aim: more of the right enquiries.
Website analysis
Thirty technical and customer checks on your current site, or on the gap where one should be, written up in plain English with what each problem costs you. Free, within one working day.
Free website checkWebsite design
A page for every service you want more of and every area you cover, each written for that search. Tap-to-call, WhatsApp and a booking form on every page. Fast, secure and readable by Google.
What we buildManaged websites
Send photos of finished work on WhatsApp or email and they are live the next working day, captioned and tagged for the area. Hosting, changes and a monthly report included.
Managed websitesBefore and after
The same business, rebuilt to be rung
The sites we replace usually look like the "before" picture. Every problem on it is costing jobs today, and every one is fixable. Tap the buttons to compare.
- Call and WhatsApp in the first screen, on every page
- One page per service and per area, genuinely written
- Reviews quoted with their source and date
- Business details Google can read
- Under two seconds on a phone
- Phone number is a picture, not a link
- One page, every service in one paragraph
- No way to message or book
- Copyright 2019: looks closed
- Call and WhatsApp in the first screen
- A page for every service and every area
- Reviews shown with their source
- Sticky call bar on every page
Industries
Written for the searches your customers make
An electrician's site and a dentist's site need different pages, different forms and different proof. Each industry page explains what the site must do, what we usually find wrong, and what we build.
Managed websites
Send a photo. It is on your site tomorrow.
Most small-business websites die because nobody has time to update them. Ours stay alive with the thing you already do: taking a photo of the finished job. We add it with the caption, the area and the description written in, so the page keeps ranking.
- Hosting, security and backups included
- Prices, areas and services changed for you
- A monthly report in plain English
The free check
Find out what your website is costing you
Thirty checks, written for a business owner rather than a developer, with what each problem means for a customer on a phone and what we would do about it. Findings within one working day, by WhatsApp or email.
Questions people ask us
What does the free website check involve?
We run thirty checks on your current site, from whether the phone number can be tapped to whether Google can read your business details, and we look at it the way a customer would on a phone. You get the findings in plain English within one working day, with what each problem costs you and what we would do about it.
Do you only work with tradespeople?
Trades are where we started and where our evidence comes from, but the same approach works for any local business that lives on enquiries: dentists, restaurants, nurseries, salons and clinics. Each has its own page on this site.
How much does a website cost?
We quote after the free check, because the right site for a one-man gas firm and the right site for a four-chair dental practice are different jobs. Every quote is fixed, itemised and includes the first year of hosting.
How long does it take?
Two to three weeks from the free check for most trades, three to four for builders and practices with more pages. The biggest delay is usually waiting for photos, so we help you gather them.
Can I keep my existing domain and email?
Yes. We move the site to your existing domain with no downtime and never touch your email. If you have no domain, we register one in your name, not ours.
Will you show my site as an example on yours?
Only with your written permission. There are no client sites, logos or reviews on this website, and that is deliberate.
Start here
Request your free website check
The business name and a number is all we need. No obligation, no sales call unless you ask for one. If you have no website yet, we tell you what one would need to do for your business.
- Thirty checks, technical and customer-facing
- Written in plain English
- A fixed quote if you want one