Web design and development in England

WordPress suits a team that publishes often and wants to edit most of its own site. Its choice of plugins gives you options for extending the site, though someone needs to keep those plugins and the platform updated for security. A custom Next.js site is faster and more secure, and it can still include an editor for your team.

A hosted builder such as Wix, Squarespace or Webflow suits a small site that you want to run yourself. The trade-off is less control over the code and speed; moving away from the builder later can mean rebuilding the site. An adapted template can also suit a simple site with a tight brief, provided its layout is reworked around your actual content.

Start with who will make changes and how often, then look at what your brand and audience need. We learn how your team works before recommending WordPress or a custom Next.js build, so the editing setup fits the people who will use it.

A UK limited company must show its registered number, registered office address, place of registration and limited-company status on its website. We set up space for those details in the website, and you provide the correct information for your company before launch.

Organisations providing services through a website must make reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We agree an accessibility target in the brief and set up the page designs with that target in mind. The W3C encourages use of the latest WCAG version when choosing a target.

Gather your logo files, brand colours and fonts, or note which still need creating.

• Rank the services or products you want to feature, so the home page and navigation lead with your priorities.
• Bring examples of sites you like and dislike, with a short reason for each choice.
• Gather real photos of your team, premises and finished work; arrange photography ahead if needed.
• Choose your main goal, such as quote requests or job applications, and identify who handles each enquiry.
• Put case studies, permitted client logos, testimonials and relevant certifications in a folder.

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  Designing with placeholder copy

  use real headings and paragraphs early, because their length can change a layout.

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  Choosing a platform too soon

  first decide who will update the site and how often they need to do it.

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  Putting accounts in an agency’s name

  hold the domain and hosting accounts in your business’s name and grant access.

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  Leaving search checks until later

  check page titles and the sitemap, and remove any development indexing block before launch.