Hand-coded, mobile-first websites for businesses across Derbyshire - from Belper and Derby to Matlock and Ilkeston. No templates, no page-builder bloat, no contracts. Websites from £500, built by one person you can actually meet.
No templates, no bloat, no mystery invoices. You get a website designed around your business and built by hand - with the speed, structure and search foundations that decide whether Derbyshire customers ever find it.
Every site is designed around your business and hand-coded from scratch. No WordPress themes, no page builders, no site that looks like three of your competitors.
Most of your Derbyshire customers will find you on a phone. Every site is built mobile-first and loads fast - because slow sites lose visitors and rankings alike.
Structure, speed, schema markup and local pages from day one - not bolted on later. Your site launches ready to compete for the searches your customers actually make.
A website is not a brochure - it is your best salesperson. Clear calls to action, easy contact routes and pages designed to turn visitors into enquiries.
£35 a month covers hosting, SSL, your domain and ongoing upkeep - so your site stays fast, secure and up to date without surprise bills or forgotten renewals.
Copy written to rank and to sell comes as part of the build, not a bolt-on. Your site says what you do, plainly, in words your customers actually search for.
Don't just take my word for it - see the work I've made for businesses like yours.
See My Recent WorkGetting a website built should not be a saga. No agency onboarding theatre, no six-month timelines - a clear process from brief to launch.
Face-to-face anywhere in Derbyshire or on a call - what you do, who your customers are, what the website needs to achieve. Then you get a clear, fixed quote.
Custom design, hand-written code, copy included. Fast, mobile-first and with the SEO groundwork done properly from the first line.
You see the site before it launches and we adjust until you are happy. No surprises, no "that is extra" - refinement is part of the job.
Your site goes live and stays looked after - hosting, SSL, updates and tweaks covered for £35 a month. And I am up the road, not a ticket queue.
You don't need to tick every box. But if a couple of these sound familiar, we should have a conversation.
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Every business is different, so every quote is tailored. Here's a rough guide to help you budget.
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Derbyshire isn't one market. A trades firm in Alfreton needs a site that wins 'near me' searches and looks credible to commercial buyers; an independent in Matlock or the Dales is often selling to visitors planning a trip from two counties away; a Derby business is fighting city-level competition where a slow, dated site is fatal. I build for the market your website actually competes in - not a one-size template.
Being based in Belper puts most of the county within a forty-minute drive - Derby in twenty, Matlock in twenty-five, Ilkeston and Alfreton in between. That means face-to-face planning meetings, real photos of your business rather than stock imagery, and a web designer who has actually stood in your shop, unit or office before designing around it.
Local pages for the towns I serve most - each with its own detail on working there.
Most website projects are quoted as a one-off - typically £500 to £3,500 depending on size and complexity - then £35 a month covers hosting, SSL, your domain and ongoing upkeep. If you'd rather bundle your website into ongoing monthly marketing from £350/month, we can do that instead. Either way, you get a clear quote before any work starts - no hidden fees, no surprises.
Most sites go from first chat to launch in two to four weeks. Bigger builds - e-commerce, lots of pages, heavy content - take longer, and I'll tell you exactly how long before we start. You'll always know where the project is, because you're dealing with the person building it.
No. Every site is hand-coded - no themes, no page builders, no plugin bloat. That's why the sites are fast, secure and don't break when a plugin updates. It also means your site looks like your business, not like a template three competitors also bought.
The foundations are built in from day one: proper structure, speed, schema markup and local pages - most new sites I build start appearing for local searches within weeks. Ranking above established competitors takes ongoing SEO work, which I also do - and I'll be honest with you about how long that takes rather than promising page one overnight.
I'm based in Belper and build websites for businesses across the county - Derby, Matlock, Ilkeston, Ripley, Heanor, Alfreton, Duffield, Wirksworth and beyond. Face-to-face meetings are usually a short drive; everything can also happen over a call if that's easier.
Web design is one part of what I do. Here's the rest.
Blog posts, email campaigns, ad copy and social captions. SEO-optimised content that sounds like you.
Professional headshots, product photography and brand imagery for businesses across Belper and Derbyshire.
Brand films, interviews, testimonials and promotional content. Professional video across Derbyshire.
Monthly marketing direction. What to focus on, when to do it, and how to measure it.
Logo design, brand identities, marketing materials and print design for businesses in Belper.
Custom websites for Belper and Derbyshire businesses. Fast, modern, mobile-first sites that convert.
Practical AI tools for your business. ChatGPT, Claude, workflow automation and custom AI solutions.
No commitment. No pressure. Just a straightforward chat about your business and what a proper website would cost.
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