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Small Business Website Design and Build

Small business website design from a two-person Lancashire studio. We design it, write it with you, build it in WordPress, and then (this is the unusual bit) hand the whole thing over: admin access, hosting access, source files, documentation. It’s your website. You shouldn’t need our permission to use it. From £4,000, live in six to eight weeks.

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What’s included

A website isn’t finished when the design looks nice. Every build includes the following four things that usually turn up later as separate invoices:
The words

The words

We write the copy with you, page by page. You know your business; we know what a page needs to say to rank and to convert. Nobody ends up staring at a blank template wondering what goes in the box.
The SEO

The SEO

Meta tags, redirects, sitemap, schema, Search Console. The technical checklist most builds skip, done before launch rather than sold to you afterwards.
The Training

The training

A handover session and written documentation. Our clients genuinely update their own sites after we’ve gone. That’s the standard we build to.
The numbers

The numbers

Privacy-friendly analytics installed and explained, so you can see what’s working without bolting a consent banner the size of a paragraph onto every page.

You own all of it

Plenty of agencies keep a polite grip on your website. The hosting is theirs, the licences are theirs, the admin login you were never quite given is theirs. Then the relationship ends, and your own website becomes a negotiation. We’ve rescued enough locked-in sites to know exactly how that story goes.

So we do the opposite. At handover you get admin access, hosting access, the source files and the documentation. Everything. If you never call us again, the site carries on working and you can take it anywhere.

We think that’s the strongest reason people do call us again.

If you’d rather not manage it yourself, we offer an optional care plan and managed hosting, but they’re choices, not conditions.

small business website design and build

Built to pass Google’s tests

Every small business website we build is checked against Core Web Vitals (Google’s published standards for loading speed and stability) before it launches. Not for the badge. Slow sites lose visitors before the page finishes loading, and Google quietly ranks them lower.

We test on a real phone, on mobile data, because that’s where your customers are, not on an office machine with fibre.

How it works

Six to eight weeks from first call to launch, in four stages. You’ll know which stage you’re in at all times, because we’ll tell you, weekly, in plain English.

A free call

You tell us what the website needs to do, not what it should look like, what it needs to do. We tell you what that costs and how long it takes. Fixed quote before anything starts.

Design and words

We design the pages and write the copy with you at the same time, so the design fits what’s actually being said. You see it and steer it before anything is built.

The build

We build it in WordPress, on a private link you can poke at while we work. Weekly updates, no surprises, no “big reveal” at the end.

Launch and handover

We launch it, run the technical checklist, then hand over the lot: logins, files, documentation, and a training session for whoever’s updating it.

What a small business website costs

Small business website builds start at £4,000. What moves the number is scope: how many pages, whether you’re selling online, what needs building beyond the standard (booking, members’ areas, integrations), and how much of the content already exists.

You get a fixed quote after the free call, before any work starts, and the quote is the price. If it takes us longer than we estimated, that’s our problem, not yours.

No care plan required, no hosting tie-in, no surprise invoices in month three. The £4,000 buys a finished, handed-over website, not a subscription to us.

Who this is for

You’re starting properly

First real website, and you’d rather do it once than do it twice. You want it to rank, convert and not embarrass you in two years.

You’ve outgrown the DIY site

The site you built one weekend has done its job, but it’s now the worst salesperson in the company.

You’re locked out of your own site

The agency owns the hosting, the developer’s stopped replying, and nobody has the passwords. We’ve untangled this before.

You sell online

Products, bookings or payments: we build e-commerce websites on the same own-it-outright terms.

Website design across Lancashire

We’re based in Lancashire and most of our clients are too. If you’re searching locally, these pages cover what we do near you:
  1. Website design in Lancashire
  2. Website development in Lancashire
  3. E-commerce website design in Lancashire
Not in Lancashire? The work travels fine: design reviews and training happen perfectly well on a video call.

Why us

BRNB is Brad and Nicole. The person on your first call designs the site, writes the words with you, builds it and trains your team. Nothing is handed to a junior you’ve never met, because there isn’t one.

  1. Everything included. Copy, SEO, training, analytics: in the price, not on the next invoice.
  2. A fixed quote that doesn’t move. Agreed before we start.
  3. A real handover. Files, access, documentation. Yours.
  4. Weekly updates in plain English. You’ll never wonder what’s happening.

Real example: we rebuilt a medical association’s website with a self-service member portal. Members manage their own details now, and membership searches return them in the top three results.This has increased the success of dues payments, reduced administrative overheads, and simplified the operations of the medical association.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a small business website cost?

Ours start at £4,000, fixed quote agreed before work begins. Page count, ecommerce and custom functionality move the number; the quote includes copywriting, SEO setup, analytics and training, so there’s no second invoice hiding behind the first.

How long does it take?
Six to eight weeks from first call to launch for most builds. The honest variable is content approval (sites stall when decisions stall), so we write the copy with you during design rather than waiting for it at the end.
Do I actually own the website?
Yes, properly. Admin access, hosting access, source files and documentation are all handed over at launch. If we fell off the face of the earth, your site would carry on and any competent developer could pick it up.
Can you take over an existing website?
Yes. If you’re locked out, your developer’s vanished, or you just want it improved rather than rebuilt, we’ll start with a review and tell you honestly whether it’s worth keeping. Sometimes it is, and we’ll say so.
Will it rank on Google?
It will launch with everything Google needs: fast pages, clean structure, proper meta tags, schema and a sitemap. Rankings then depend on competition and content. We’ll tell you honestly what’s realistic for your market, before you spend anything.
What happens after launch?

Your choice. Manage it yourself with the training and docs, take the optional care plan, or add managed hosting from £50 a month. None of them are required. The site is finished and yours either way.

Rated 5/5 on Google

Every review below is from a real client we have worked with. They live on our Google profile, so you can read them in full and check they are genuine.

★★★★★

Da Vito

Brad and Nicole did a very good job helping me set up my Italian takeaway website and helping me get online.

I’ve noticed a steady flow of traffic on the website and believe it has made a big difference with the success of my takeaway. Very fair price and worked with me and my budget with honest recommendations and guidance.

★★★★★

Hannah Louise

Really great service from Brad and Nicole. Lovely collaborative effort where I felt understood and my vision was brought to life through their services! Thankyou guys ☺️

★★★★★

TCRS The Clock Repair Shop

Working with Brad and Nicole on all of our business IT and website work has made a huge difference.

Our website consistently ranks in the top search results as a result of the thorough approach to SEO and keyword research.

Over 5 years working together we have had nothing but good service and honest conversations about how we manage our IT, reduce costs, and optimise. I highly recommend.

★★★★★

ASGBI Surgeons

I’ve worked with Brad for several years, and he remains one of the most valuable business connections I’ve ever made. Thanks to his exceptional advice, skills, and expertise, IT is no longer a burden or concern. His support has truly been second to none!

★★★★★

Michael Campbell

Working with Brad was an absolute dream. From our very first conversation, he made the whole website process feel easy, clear, and totally stress-free. He translated my ideas into a site that not only looks stunning but also performs flawlessly. The design is sleek, modern, and genuinely top-of-the-range which is exactly what I was hoping for and more.

He handled everything from build to hosting seamlessly, with great communication throughout. I couldn’t recommend him more highly if you’re looking for a professional, high-end web presence without the usual hassle.

    Start with a conversation

    Tell us what you need your small business website to do, and we’ll tell you what it costs and how long it takes. If a £300 template is honestly the right answer for where you are, we’ll tell you that too.
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