Web design for small businesses
Fixr builds websites for small businesses: the design, the structure, a page for each thing you sell, and the forms and booking that turn a visitor into an enquiry. Most small business websites are a template with the pictures swapped, so they look like everyone else and they sit there rather than bring work in. A site built properly does both jobs.
What an out of date website costs you
People compare you against the other two or three results they opened, and the business that looks the most professional usually gets the call. An old website makes a good business look like a small one. You never see the ones who looked and went elsewhere, so it is easy to miss.
It makes you look smaller than you are
You charge proper money for proper work, and the website makes it look like a side project. People judge the business on the site before they ever speak to you.
It looks like your competitors' sites
Templates are built to fit any business, so three firms in the same town end up with the same layout and the same stock photos. Nothing on the page says why somebody should pick you.
There is nothing that makes somebody enquire
No clear next step, a contact form buried on another page, and no way to book. People who were interested leave without doing anything.
What you get when it is built properly
The site looks like the business you actually run, using photographs of your own work instead of stock images. Every service has its own page, so people searching for that specific thing can find it. Getting in touch takes one tap, by form, phone or booking, and the enquiry reaches you with everything you need to reply.
- It looks the way your work deserves.
- The enquiries arrive while you are working.
Tell us what you need and a fixed price comes back the same working day.
What makes a website work
A website that earns its keep does eight things. It has to look like the business you are proud of, be found by the people searching, say plainly what you do, prove you are real, make getting in touch effortless, take some admin off you, tell you what is working, and stay yours. We build every site against all eight, and we can add integrations and automations on top where they save you time.
Branding and design
Photographs of your actual work, colours and type chosen to suit the business, and enough space around everything to make it easy to read. A site that looks expensive helps you charge what you are worth.
Getting found
Built so Google can read it: fast on a phone, structured properly, and one page for each thing people search for. This is designed in from the start rather than added afterwards, because it is much harder to retrofit.
Clarity and message
The first screen says what you do and who you do it for, in the words your customers use rather than trade terms. Somebody who has never heard of you should know within a few seconds that they are in the right place.
Trust and proof
Reviews on the page where people will see them, a real person with a photograph, and a proper phone number and address. People look for all of this before they get in touch, usually without noticing they are doing it.
Enquiries and bookings
Phone, WhatsApp and a short form on every screen, and a booking system built in where it suits the business. Whichever way someone wants to get in touch, it is one tap away.
Automation and admin
Answers to the questions you get asked every day, so the site handles them instead of you. Enquiries arrive filed with everything you need to reply, and existing customers can rebook or find what they need without ringing.
Measurement and insight
You can see which pages bring the work and where enquiries come from, in a report written in plain English. You decide what to do next based on real numbers instead of guessing.
Ownership and upkeep
The domain, the hosting and the code are in your name from day one. You can change the words yourself, it is backed up and kept secure, and there is a person who answers when something needs doing.
Know what you need already? Tell us in a couple of lines and you get a fixed price against a written scope, the same working day.
One we built
SV Autos
Mobile mechanic, CambridgeshireA mobile mechanic who comes to you rather than working from a garage. That is a harder sell online, because the thing people search is a service plus a place, and he had no page for any of those combinations.
What we did
- Eleven service pages and twenty-five town pages, so each real search has a page of its own to land on
- Phone and WhatsApp on every screen, because a mechanic gets rung rather than emailed
- Written around the search, not around the business, so each page answers the exact question somebody typed
- Built and live in a single day, then added to since
The site now covers eleven services across twenty-five towns. Every one of those pages exists to be found by somebody with a specific problem in a specific place.
See the full case studiesWhat you get
Every site is built for phones first, because that is where your customers already are, and every page is written around what they want rather than around what you do. The enquiry form and WhatsApp sit on every screen so people can reach you whichever way they prefer, and your Google Business Profile is connected so the map and the site tell the same story. Underneath, the titles, the structure and the schema are set up so Google can read it, speed is designed in from the first day rather than bolted on afterwards, and your photographs are sized and compressed so they never slow it down.
You also get cookie and privacy pages that meet UK rules, analytics so you can see what people actually do, and the domain, the hosting and the code in your name. We show you how to change your own text, and there is a person who answers when you want something done.
Have you done this before?
Every build below is one we have delivered and can show you, with the numbers behind it.
Your website is the first thing most customers see, and often the only thing they compare you on. It is worth getting right before anything else you spend money on.
Ben Criddle, who builds everything Fixr Systems ships
Seen enough? Tell us what you do and where you work, and a fixed price against a written scope comes back the same working day.
What makes the best web design agency for a small business
The best web design agency for a small business is the one that builds you something nobody else has, at a price agreed before it starts. Every site we build is drawn around your business rather than dropped into a layout, so it looks like the firm you actually run.
You deal with Ben the whole way through. The person who quotes the job is the person who builds it and the person who answers when you message, so you have one person to talk to from the quote to the day it goes live.
Getting found is designed in from the first day rather than added at the end. It is the hardest part to add later, so it goes in from the start and your site is ready for search the day it goes live.
The domain, the hosting and the code go in your name from day one, and we show you how to change your own words. You own the website outright from the day it goes live, and it stays yours.
What happens next
You tell us roughly what you need, even in a couple of lines, and we come back the same working day with a fixed price against a written scope. If we go ahead, you watch real pages going up as they are built rather than waiting for a reveal at the end, and when it goes live the domain, the hosting and the code are all in your name from day one. You get a straight answer on what will work and what it will cost, early enough to be useful.
Most projects take up to two weeks. Some are quicker, some take longer, and the scope decides which.
Google publishes what it actually measures for page experience, and speed on a phone is most of it. Google Search Central, page experience
What it costs
A new website starts from £1,200. A rebrand of an existing site starts from £750.
You get a fixed quote before anything starts, and the price you agree is the price you pay. Pay up front, a deposit, or 50/50 depending on the project, and Klarna is available on most. Smaller and larger projects are priced appropriately.
What am I on the hook for?
- Nothing until you have a fixed quote in writing and you have said yes to it.
- The price you agree is the price you pay. Scope changes get quoted before they happen.
- The domain, the hosting and the code are in your name from day one, so leaving is always easy.
See how your website scores
Put in your website address and we check everything that can be seen from outside your site, from how fast your pages load on a phone to whether Google can even read what you do. The full report lands in your inbox in a couple of minutes, written in plain English.
Before you ask
How much does a website cost?
A new site starts from £1,200, and web design for small business owners is most of what we do. If you already have one and it mainly needs bringing up to date, a rebrand starts from £750. The price moves with how many pages you need and what it has to do, and you get a fixed quote before anything starts.
How long does it take?
Most sites go live within two weeks of us having your photos and the basic facts, and scope moves that either way. You do not write the site: Ben drafts every page and you correct what is wrong. Your quote carries the actual date.
Do I own the website?
Yes, completely. The domain, the hosting account and the code are in your name from day one. If you ever want to take it somewhere else, you can, and we will help you move it.
I already have a website. Can you fix it instead?
Sometimes. If the bones are sound we will tell you that and quote to improve it, which is cheaper than starting again. If it is built on something that will keep costing you, we will say so and explain why.
Am I dealing with you or an account manager?
Ben. The person who quotes the work is the person who builds it and the person who answers when you message. There is no team to be passed around.
What if I need changes later?
You can make text changes yourself, and we show you how. For anything bigger, message us. Small tweaks are usually just done.
How do I pick the best web design agency for my business?
Ask whether the price is fixed before the work starts, whether you will deal with the person building it, and whether the domain, hosting and code end up in your name. Fixr answers yes to all three. That is what web design for small business owners should look like, and it is what you get here.
Ready when you are.
Written and kept up to date by Ben Criddle, who builds everything Fixr Systems ships.Last reviewed 2 September 2026