Web designer in Cambridge
Hand-built websites for Cambridge small businesses. UK studio, biotech and software aware, one flat monthly plan with everything included.
01 / Working with Cambridge businesses
Cambridge is small, technical and very hard to fool
Cambridge has more PhDs per square metre than almost any city in the country. Biotech and software spinouts cluster around the Science Park, the Biomedical Campus and the Granta Park area. The colleges anchor the academic and visitor trade in the centre. Mill Road carries the indie food, music and shop scene that keeps the city feeling like a city. Each of those audiences sees through marketing patter inside a sentence.
We work with owner-run Cambridge businesses across that mix. Biotech and software spinouts, consultancies, small training providers, salons and clinics across the city, cafes and shops along Mill Road and Magdalene Street, trades and services for the surrounding villages. The thread is the same: a hand-built site that says exactly what you do in plain words.
We are not in Cambridge. We are a UK studio that works remotely on a flat monthly plan and we are honest about that. When meeting in person actually helps a project we come down. The rest of the time the customer portal handles changes faster than any meeting could.
02 / What you get
Built for a Cambridge audience that reads carefully
Six things that matter on a Cambridge small business website.
Built for a biotech and software customer base
Cambridge runs on research, biotech, software and the consultancies and suppliers around them. Your audience is technical, careful, and impatient with marketing patter. We write copy that respects that.
Polished enough for the Science Park crowd
If you serve clients on the Science Park, the Biomedical Campus or out at Granta Park, the site needs to feel as serious as the people reading it. Clean structure, plain English, no waffle.
Made for the Mill Road indie scene
Mill Road carries the food, drink, music and shop independents that make Cambridge feel like a real city, not just a campus. We design from a blank canvas so your site fits in with that scene.
Visitor-aware for a heavy tourist trade
Tour groups, weekend visitors, parents on open days. We build pages that handle visitor traffic and let strangers find you on a phone in two taps.
Predictable monthly cost
From £79/month you get the design, the build, hosting, SSL, backups and ongoing changes in one line item. Easy to sign off inside a college, lab group or small startup budget.
Real humans in UK time
Drop a message in your portal and you hear back the same working day from a real person, not a ticket queue or an offshore agency.
03 / How it works
From first call to live site
Intro chat
A short call to learn what you do, who buys, and what the site needs to do to earn its keep.
Design and copy
We map the pages, write the words with you and share a clickable preview. For technical audiences we keep things especially tight.
Build and connect
We build it on fast modern hosting, sort SSL and email DNS, and connect enquiry forms to your inbox or CRM.
Live and looked after
Site goes live, you get the portal, and we keep running it. New publications, new services, new team members, just message and it lands.
FAQ
Common questions
Are you actually based in Cambridge?
No. We are a UK studio that works remotely with Cambridge businesses. We will not invent a Science Park office to win a search ranking. If meeting in person genuinely helps the project, we are happy to come down.
Do you work with biotech, software or research-adjacent businesses?
Yes. Small biotech spinouts, software consultancies, research services, training providers and the suppliers that serve them are a natural fit for the plan. We write copy that respects a technical audience.
How does pricing compare to a Cambridge agency?
Local agencies typically quote a few thousand pounds for a build plus ongoing hosting and support. Our plan rolls everything into one monthly fee from £79 with no upfront cost. Better suited to small specialist businesses than to clients with marketing departments.
Can the site handle visitor traffic during open days or term events?
Yes. The hosting stack is built to handle peak traffic without slowing down or falling over. We also help you put up landing pages around big events so visitors searching from a phone find you immediately.
Will the site rank for 'in Cambridge' searches?
We build the SEO foundations: local business schema, fast pages, clean URLs and content written around real Cambridge search intent. For competitive terms you will also want a tidy Google Business Profile and reviews, which we will help you sort.
Can you take over an existing site?
Yes. We migrate, rebuild and take over hosting regularly from Wix, Squarespace, WordPress and bespoke setups. Domain and content stay yours, no downtime through the move.
Ready for a Cambridge site that respects a careful reader?
Start on the free plan. We design, build and look after the site so you can get back to the work.