Web design built to the standard Stevenage engineers expect
Stevenage has a long engineering tradition, and Gunnels Wood is full of technical and aerospace businesses. A site built loosely doesn't fit that town.
Stevenage web design for businesses that care how things are made
A town with this much engineering and technical industry can spot loose work. I build sites the way the businesses here build their own products: properly, from the ground up.
Built for technical and B2B firms
Specification-heavy products, technical catalogues, integrations with the systems a Gunnels Wood business already depends on.
Hand-coded, and it shows
No page-builder scaffolding held together with add-ons: the same care under the bonnet that the businesses here expect from their own suppliers.
Local and accountable
Based in Watford, so a proper technical conversation can happen in person when it needs to, not relayed through an account manager.
Maintained, not abandoned
Security, updates and changes handled by the person who wrote the code, before they become a problem.
Clients I work with near Stevenage
Real businesses within reach. Each has a case study you can read and, where the site is live, a site you can open.
La Royale, Welwyn Garden City
About seven miles away. An events group restructured from a one-venue brochure into a two-location site, with a page for each venue and a single enquiry route.
The template way, and the way I do it
The common approach
- A stock theme with your logo swapped in
- Technical detail crammed into a generic layout
- A developer who disappears the day after launch
- Plugins stacked until something breaks
How I do it
- A site built around your actual products and process
- Layouts designed for spec-heavy, technical content
- The person who built it still reachable a year later
- Custom functionality where a plugin would fall short
FAQ
Do you work with engineering and technical businesses?
Yes: spec-heavy products, technical catalogues and integrations are exactly the kind of work custom development suits, and what generic templates handle worst.
Do you cover the Gunnels Wood business area?
That and the rest of Stevenage, plus Hitchin, Letchworth and the surrounding SG towns. Most work is remote; a visit to your premises is straightforward when it helps.
Can you handle a large or complex catalogue?
Yes. That is where custom development earns its keep. A large, structured catalogue that stays fast as it grows is a build decision, not a plugin you add later.
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.
Can we meet in person?
Yes. I am based in Watford, about 19 miles from Stevenage, so a meeting at your premises is easy to arrange. Most of the day-to-day work happens by email and video, the same way I work with clients across the UK.
Will a new website help me show up in Stevenage 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 Stevenage, 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.
I have been dealing with the directors of the company for a long time now for our marketing, social media, web design etc. Our experience has been excellent and they have really improved our sales and presence in the hospitality market.
Was looking to have a website built from scratch and had over 30 companies reach out to take on the project, but Terence stood out from the crowd. Response times are speedy and the way he speaks about his work is so passionate I couldn't not work with him on this project.
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.