New Business Website Development: Launch Fast, Rank Higher
Your business deserves more than a template. We build sites that rank.
Your Current Site May Be a Liability
Common gaps we find in nearly every audit.
You registered the business, ordered the business cards, maybe even got the logo done -- but there's no website
Risk: And right now, prospects are Googling you, finding nothing, and moving on to whoever shows up first. That's not a hypothetical. It happens dozens of times a day to businesses exactly like yours. Every day you're invisible online is a day you're handing customers to competitors who bothered to show up. It's not about vanity. It's about whether people can find you, trust you, and actually get in touch. No website means no credibility, full stop.
Here's the thing about Wix and Squarespace -- they're fine for a hobby blog, but they're not fine for a business trying to look serious
Risk: Every template-built site has that same generic feel. Prospects notice. And honestly, when your site looks identical to the florist down the street and the plumber across town, you're not standing out -- you're blending in. That's the last thing you want when someone's deciding who to call.
You want to show up on Google from day one, but SEO feels like a black box
Risk: Where do you even start -- keywords, backlinks, technical stuff you've never heard of? Most developers build the site first and bolt SEO on later, which is completely backwards. The real kicker is that poor technical foundations at launch can take months to recover from in the rankings.
Shopify sounds simple until you actually price it out
Risk: You need a proper checkout? That's a plugin. Reviews? Another plugin. Subscriptions, bundles, custom shipping rules -- it adds up fast, and Shopify's taking a cut of every transaction on top of it. For a growing e-commerce business, those fees compound in a pretty painful way.
Look, your competitor has a polished website and you don't -- and that gap is actively costing you deals
Risk: Buyers do their research. They'll visit three or four sites before making a call, and if yours doesn't instil confidence, they're going with whoever does. It's not always about price or quality. Sometimes it's just about who looked more legitimate online.
What We Build
Purpose-built features for your industry.
Frequently Asked Questions
A marketing site -- typically 5 to 10 pages -- starts somewhere between £5,000 and £12,000. E-commerce builds with product catalogues and checkout flow run £12,000 to £25,000. Custom web applications with user accounts and complex logic start at £25,000 and go up from there depending on scope. Every engagement includes SEO setup, JSON-LD schema markup, and Google Search Console submission from day one -- not as an afterthought.
A standard marketing site takes 3 to 4 weeks. E-commerce projects run 4 to 6 weeks. Complex applications typically need 6 to 12 weeks. We set a fixed timeline at the start -- actual dates, not vague estimates -- and we stick to it. No scope creep, no "just a couple more days" stretching into a month.
No. We build on Next.js and Astro, which hit Lighthouse scores of 90+ pretty much out of the box. WordPress sites -- in our experience -- tend to land between 45 and 65 and need constant plugin management just to stay functional. Faster load times, better security, and stronger rankings. It's not even close.
SEO isn't something we bolt on at the end -- it's baked into how we build. Every page ships with proper metadata, JSON-LD schema markup, a sitemap, canonical URLs, and Core Web Vitals optimisation already sorted. Google Search Console gets set up before launch, not after. And beyond the technical side, we'll give you a keyword strategy and content calendar so you've actually got a plan for growing organic traffic once the site's live.
Yes. If you're starting from scratch, we've got full brand launch packages that cover naming, trademark registration, logo design, visual identity, and the website itself. Already have branding locked in? Then we focus purely on the website and SEO. Either way, there's a clear starting point -- and if you need the full package, take a look at our brand launch service for the details.
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