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Two things, done properly.
Nothing to pay up front, one monthly price, and it's rebuilt from scratch free every two years.
We build technology and workflows that eliminate manual tasks: reviews chased, bookings confirmed, no more typing the same thing twice.
Nothing to pay up front · custom-built from scratch · from £79 a month, care included
Local to Leicestershire, working with businesses across the UK. Happy to work with you wherever you are (or further afield).
Design, build, content, launch, all handled in-house by one small team. You deal with the same people from first sketch to launch day, and Chris is on every project.
Every project gets a fixed quote in plain English, agreed before we start. No hourly clocks, no surprise invoices, no creep.
Buy outright and it all sits in your name from day one. Go monthly and the site's yours once you've served your term. Your domain and content are always yours either way.
No black box, no mystery. When your design's approved, this is literally what shipping looks like: one command, a couple of minutes, and you're live on fast, secure hosting. Grab a tool below and give it a fling.
Most websites get built, handed over, and left to go stale. Midlands Code Lab looks after yours for life, with nothing to pay up front. We build it, run it, keep it sharp, and clear the admin behind the scenes. One price a month, a person on the phone.
A website gets you found. The bigger win for most owners is the hours that disappear into admin every week. Every job on this ticker is one we've built away for a trade like yours.
Finish a job and a polite text goes out asking for a Google review. You do nothing, and the stars build up while you're on the next one.
Sent a quote and heard nothing back? A friendly nudge goes out two days later, written the way you'd write it, without you having to remember.
Someone books, they get a confirmation and a reminder. Fewer no-shows, and nobody rings at dinner time to double-check a slot.
Your enquiry form, your diary and your invoicing talk to each other, so the same customer details stop getting typed into three different places.
Not sure any of this applies to you? Chris will look at how you run things and tell you what's worth doing, in plain English. Sometimes the honest answer is "nothing yet", and you'll get that answer for free.
This work is scoped to the job, so there's no price grid. You'll have a fixed quote in writing before anything starts.
From a tidy one-pager to a full web app, the honest range of what we build, and who each one's for.
Who you are, what you do, and how to reach you, all done beautifully and live in a week. For a lot of sole traders and new ventures, this is all you need.
Multiple pages, online booking, customer reviews and local SEO, the polish that makes people trust you before they call. The sweet spot for established local businesses ready to grow.
Dashboards, member areas, payments, automations, software built around how your business actually runs. When a website isn't enough and you need the real thing. Like SetPrep.
Six situations I hear from small business owners all the time. Drop the one that fits into the box (or tap it), and I'll tell you exactly what I'd do. No pitch deck, no obligation.
On mobile? Tap a card instead.
What customers in your trade actually search for, what the site has to do to win the job, and what it costs to build. Pick yours and read the one that applies to you.
Four package shapes to show you the ballpark. Pick the closest fit and we'll price your actual build on the discovery call, then write it down. No hourly clocks, no scope creep, no surprise invoices.
Nothing upfront. We build it and look after everything for as long as you stay.
Yours from day one. We hand over the keys and you run it.
Yours from day one, and we keep it hosted, backed up and up to date from £49 a month.
For sole traders and new ventures that need to look real without a bill upfront.
For cafés, salons and single-location services ready for a proper home online.
For gyms, multi-service trades and growing businesses that want the site earning its keep.
For businesses whose website does real commercial work: selling, booking, running the back office.
Every monthly plan includes Care Starter: hosting, SSL, security, daily backups and small changes each month.
For trades, freelancers and sole traders who want a credible presence without the bigger commitment.
For cafés, single-trade services and small teams ready for a proper home online.
For gyms, multi-service trades and established businesses that sell more than one thing.
For websites that do real work: shops, bookings, member areas, integrations.
Two local businesses booking together both get 10% off each build. The café next door, the trade you share a wall with, a neighbour who's been putting it off. Pair up, save together.
Mention it when you get in touch, no code needed. Works on Starter and above, no time limit.Got a quote from another local studio? Send it over. I'll be honest about whether I think it's fair and what I'd do differently, even if that means recommending them.
Hosting, SSL, daily backups, security updates, next working day response. Small changes included each month.
Everything in Care Starter, plus monthly SEO health check, Google Analytics reporting, uptime alerts, and up to 1 hour of design or content updates per month.
Up to 3 hours of design or content updates per month, active SEO work, AI review responder, and a quarterly strategy call.
Reminder: pair up with another local business and both get 10% off your build. Care plans are first month included with every build anyway.
Mention it when you get in touch. Works on Starter and above, no time limit.Want your website to do more? AI tools and automation that handle the stuff you don't have time for.
Sell to other businesses? We run your cold outbound and book sales meetings straight into your diary.
No time to post? We write and publish your social media updates every week, from your photos, on whichever platforms your customers use. From £99 a month.
If you've never hired a designer or developer before, here's exactly what to expect. Plain English the whole way, and a clear price before any work starts.
A relaxed chat on the phone, on Zoom, or over a coffee if you're nearby. You tell me what you want, I tell you honestly whether we're the right fit to build it, and roughly what it'll cost.
A short written proposal in plain English. A flat price, a clear timeline, a line-by-line of what's included, and a one-page direction document so you can see what we're aiming for before any money changes hands. Nothing hidden in the small print.
You see clickable design options in your browser before anything gets built. You give feedback in your own words. I refine, as many rounds as it takes, until you're 100% happy. That's a plain promise: nothing gets built until you are.
We build the site or app. You get a fresh demo link along the way so you can play with the real thing as it grows. Nothing happens behind a closed door.
Your site or app goes live. We record a personalised Loom walkthrough showing exactly how to update text, images and blog posts, yours to keep. Or put us on a care plan and we handle it all. Your call, no pressure either way.
If yours isn't here, ask me. Three ways to do that are in the contact section below.
Chris, the owner, answers the phone and takes every call himself, and stays your point of contact the whole way through. Behind him is a small team that handles design, build and launch. We keep the number of live projects short on purpose, so yours gets proper attention.
Quick Start: 5 to 7 working days. Starter: 7 to 10 days. Standard: 10 to 14 days. Pro: 2 to 4 weeks depending on scope. Faster than most agencies because there's no relay between siloed departments or three layers of account managers. One small team owns your project from start to finish, so things move. You get a real date in writing before you pay anything.
Two ways to pay, both priced above. Buy outright from £595 for Quick Start, £1,500 Starter, £2,950 Standard, £4,450 and up for Pro. Or go monthly from £79, £149, £249 or £399 with nothing upfront. The packages show you the ballpark; we price your actual build on the call and write it down before you commit. Pay-in-3 available on Starter and above.
We change it. Nothing gets built until you've signed off on the design. As many rounds as it takes. Catching it on screen costs nothing. Catching it after the build means redoing work.
Buy outright and everything is yours from day one: the code, the domain, the hosting account, the content. On a monthly plan your content and domain are yours throughout, and we own and run the build while you're subscribed. Serve your initial term and the site is yours to keep, or pay off the rest of the term and take it early. Either way there's no held-hostage hosting.
Yes. We record a personalised Loom walkthrough at handover showing exactly how to update text, images, blog posts, opening hours and prices, yours to keep. The technical side stays on our side via a care plan if you want one.
Both. Local SEO: Google Business Profile, on-page basics, local schema, and honesty about the rankings nobody can promise. See the SEO page. Social: we write and post your updates every week, on whichever platforms your customers use, from £99 a month. See the social page.
Three care plans, priced above. Care Starter £49/mo covers hosting, security, backups. Care Standard £119 adds monthly SEO checks and up to 1 hour of design updates. Care Pro £349 adds up to 3 hours of updates, active SEO work and a quarterly call. On a monthly plan, Care Starter is already included and you can upgrade for the difference. Or you host wherever you want.
Sometimes. Depends what it's on. WordPress, Webflow, Wix, Squarespace, custom code, we can take over most things. Send us the URL and we'll tell you honestly whether it's worth saving or worth rebuilding.
If you can afford £595, you can afford a site that's actually built for you. Quick Start exists for exactly this. One page, all the basics, live in a week. Plenty of trades and cafés don't need more than that for the first year.
Nineteen concept builds, one for every kind of business we serve, plus the real thing over on the work page. Four favourites below; see them all there. The next slot is yours.
Fire-kitchen restaurant & bar
A concept build, not a real business: a live-fire restaurant and bar, dark and photo-led, with a nightly menu, a table-booking flow and the room's hours and location up front.
See the concept → Want one like this? ↘Independent estate agent
A concept build, not a real business: an independent estate agent for Loughborough, Quorn and the Charnwood villages, with property search, a featured-home gallery, a live mortgage calculator and instant valuations.
See the concept → Want one like this? ↘High-street solicitors
A concept build, not a real business: a traditional high-street law firm, with areas of law led by named partners, a 'where do I stand?' guide and clear fixed fees.
See the concept → Want one like this? ↘Chartered accountants
A concept build, not a real business: a chartered accountancy firm for small businesses, with an interactive tax-saving estimator, fixed monthly pricing and a booking flow.
See the concept → Want one like this? ↘Fourteen more concept builds, a dentist, a hot-sauce brand, a cashflow app, a physio clinic, plus the café and trades sites, are on the work page.
See all 19 concept builds →One real project shipped, nineteen concepts built, an open calendar for the next one. If yours could be the next brief in, the door's wide open.
Talk to me ↘Tell me what you're building, or what's broken, and I'll come back with a plan, a fixed price, and an honest gut-check. Usually within the hour.
Start a project →Tell me what you're building, or what's broken. I'll come back with a written reply, a rough budget, and an honest gut-check. Usually within the hour.
Prefer to skip the form? Email me or message on WhatsApp. Every way in lives on the contact page.