Web design for Gloucester businesses that deserve a better first impression
Gloucester is a historic cathedral city with a regenerated docks area and a busy local market. A templated website is easy to overlook. I design and build the one that gives yours a proper first impression.
Web design for Gloucester businesses
Gloucester is a Gloucestershire cathedral city with historic docks, a university presence, an aerospace and engineering tradition, a busy professional services sector and a growing visitor trade. Customers compare options online, and your website is usually where that comparison starts.
Built to be found by people searching in Gloucester
Pages that say plainly what you do and where you do it, structured data that matches your Google Business Profile, and a site fast enough on a phone for someone searching on the move.
Custom, not a theme
Designed around your services and your customers, then built in custom WordPress, so the site does what your business needs rather than what a template allows.
Positioned against a crowded field
Clear messaging about what you do and who for, so a visitor comparing several firms can see quickly why yours is worth a call.
One person accountable, start to finish
The person you brief is the person who builds it, and the person you call when something needs changing a year from now.
The Gloucester website most firms get vs. the one built for you
The common approach
- A template with Gloucester swapped in
- Promises of page one with nothing to back them up
- A fee that grows as the project goes on
- No one to call once it is live
How I do it
- A site built around what makes you different
- Honest advice on which searches are worth competing for
- A clear scope and price agreed before work starts
- Support from the person who built it
FAQ
Why hire a web designer in Gloucester rather than a large agency?
With an agency you get an account manager and a rotating team. Here you get the person who actually writes the code, which matters most when something needs changing two years after launch.
Is a web designer different from a WordPress developer?
Not here. The same person designs the site and writes the code, so nothing is lost between a designer's mock-up and a developer's build, and there is one person to ask when something needs to change.
Do you work with Gloucester businesses even though you are based in Watford?
Yes. I am based in Watford, about 80 miles away. Most of the process is calls and shared screens, which works the same from Watford as from anywhere else, and I can travel to you at the key moments, such as the kick-off and the launch.
Which parts of Gloucester and the surrounding area do you cover?
Gloucester city centre, the Docks, Quedgeley, Hucclecote, Churchdown and Cheltenham are all fine. Where your customers are matters more than where your office is.
What kinds of business do you build for?
Engineering and aerospace suppliers, professional services, tourism and hospitality, clinics, trades and independent retailers are all a good fit. The common thread is a business that wants a site built around how it actually wins work, rather than a template with its name on it.
Will a new website help me show up in Gloucester searches?
A properly built site gives you the foundations: fast pages, clear service and location content, structured data and a Google Business Profile that matches it. It cannot guarantee a ranking in Gloucester, and anyone who promises you a position is guessing. What I can promise is that the technical groundwork is done properly.
How much does a website cost?
It depends on what the site has to do, because a brochure site and a booking system are different jobs. I would rather look at what you need and then give you a figure than quote from a menu. My guide to what freelance web developers cost in the UK sets out the ranges.
Can you help if my current site was built by someone else and just needs fixing rather than replacing?
Sometimes, yes. It depends what is underneath it. A quick look at the existing build usually tells us whether it is worth patching or genuinely faster to start again properly.
Sites I built that are running right now
Open any of them. These are live businesses trading on the site, not mockups, and each one has a write-up of what was built and why.
Kemp Services
Website design built around the photos, copy and keywords the business actually needed.
DCD Connect
Event photography, content and web development for a data centre industry conference.
Have worked with Terri and the team for over a decade. Brought them in to help reset cyber messaging and awareness for the biggest global news media provider in the world!
Terence and his team have been exceptional. Have used them for years, they built me a custom made website and occupy monthly SEO which has been fantastic in gaining so many enquiries every month. My company Xclusive can now expand as a result.
Tell me what's broken, or what you're starting.
One email or a fifteen-minute call. I read and reply to every one myself.