Software Engineering
Web development that earns its place in your business
Most UK businesses do not need another website. They need the one they have to load faster, rank better and stop costing money every time something changes. We build web platforms that are quick to load, straightforward to edit, and structured so search engines and AI assistants can actually read them.
Indicative
From £2,250
From £4,500
Fixed price agreed in writing before any build starts.
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The problem this solves
The typical mid-market website is a page builder stacked on a theme stacked on twenty plugins. It looks fine and performs badly: four-second loads, no structured data, and a codebase nobody wants to touch. Every new landing page becomes a negotiation. We replace that with a system your marketing team can run themselves.
What you get
Server-rendered front end
Next.js with server rendering or static generation, so every page ships complete HTML. This matters more than it used to: AI crawlers largely do not run JavaScript, and a client-rendered page is invisible to them.
Editable content model
A content schema and admin interface built around the pages you actually publish, so adding a service or location page takes minutes and needs no developer.
Technical SEO baked in
Per-page titles and descriptions within SERP limits, canonical URLs, JSON-LD schema, Open Graph and Twitter cards, clean sitemaps and a sensible internal link graph — configured at the framework level, not bolted on.
Core Web Vitals budget
A performance budget agreed up front and enforced in the build: image optimisation, font strategy, code splitting and caching, measured against real Lighthouse and CrUX data.
Accessibility to WCAG 2.2 AA
Semantic markup, keyboard navigation, visible focus states and contrast checks. Beyond being the right thing to do, it is a legal expectation for UK public-sector suppliers.
Analytics and conversion tracking
Goal tracking wired up properly from day one, so you can tell which pages bring enquiries rather than guessing from traffic charts.
How we work
Discovery and scoping
We map your pages, keywords, integrations and the jobs each page has to do. You get a written scope with a fixed price before anything is built.
Information architecture
URL structure, navigation and internal linking designed around how people search — decided before design, because changing it later is expensive.
Design and prototyping
Interface design in the browser where possible, reviewed on real devices rather than as flat mockups.
Build and review
Weekly builds on a staging URL you can click through. No month-long silences followed by a surprise.
Migration and launch
Full 301 redirect map from old URLs, pre-launch technical audit, then a monitored cutover so rankings carry across intact.
Post-launch support
Thirty days of included fixes, then an optional care plan covering updates, monitoring and backups.
What you should expect
- Server-rendered HTML that search engines and AI crawlers can read without executing JavaScript
- Largest Contentful Paint under 2.5 seconds on 4G mobile
- Complete structured data coverage across every page template
- Marketing team able to publish new pages without a developer
- Zero ranking loss through migration, with a full redirect map
Built with
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- Laravel
- PHP
- Tailwind CSS
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- Prisma
- Redis
- Docker
Mainstream, well-supported technology — chosen so you can hire for it and so another team could take the project over.
Web Development — Your Questions
Including the ones about cost, which most agencies leave off the page.
A focused marketing site with a handful of templates typically runs from £4,500. A larger site with a custom content model and dozens of pages usually sits between £9,000 and £25,000. Web applications with user accounts, billing or complex integrations are quoted after a paid discovery phase, because guessing at that scale serves nobody. You get a fixed price before work starts.
A marketing site is normally four to seven weeks from signed scope to launch. Larger platforms run eight to sixteen weeks. The single biggest variable is how quickly content and feedback come back from your side, which is why we agree a review rhythm in week one.
It will if the migration is handled carelessly. Rankings are lost when URLs change without redirects, when metadata is not carried across, or when the new site is slower than the old one. We produce a complete 301 map from every existing URL, preserve or improve every title and description, and run a technical audit before cutover. Expect a week or two of minor fluctuation, not a cliff.
Both, and the honest answer depends on your situation. If your team publishes frequently and needs full editorial control with no developer in the loop, a properly hardened WordPress build is often the pragmatic choice. If you need speed, custom application logic or tight control over technical SEO, Next.js wins. We tell you which one fits before you commit, including when that means recommending the cheaper option.
Yes, outright, on final payment. You get the repository, the deployment configuration and documentation. No proprietary page builder you cannot leave, and no licence that stops another agency picking the project up.
Yes. We work with clients across the UK — Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Bristol and beyond — and run projects remotely with scheduled video reviews. Most of our clients never need an in-person meeting, though we are happy to arrange one for larger engagements.
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Most projects touch more than one of these.
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We work with businesses in cities across the UK as a dedicated remote team — Glasgow-registered, on UK hours, and on site for the meetings that need it. Pick your city:
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Talk to someone who has built this before
A short call is usually enough to tell you whether this is the right service for your situation — including when it is not.

