Plain-English guides for small businesses.
What makes a great small-business website, what it should cost, and how to get found on Google — written for tradespeople and local firms, not web designers.
Editing your own site.
Your site, your hands. Change the everyday stuff yourself; we handle the big stuff.
Read the guide →What makes the perfect 3-page website.
Most small businesses don't need ten pages. They need three good ones that turn a Google search into a phone call.
Read the guide →Do tradespeople need a website in 2026?
“I've got a Facebook page, isn't that enough?” It's a fair question. Here's the honest answer.
Read the guide →How much should a small business website cost in the UK?
Quotes range from £149 to £5,000 for what looks like the same thing. Here's what you're really paying for.
Read the guide →What to put on a tradesperson's website.
A simple, copy-paste-able checklist for the three pages that actually win work.
Read the guide →3-page vs 5-page website: which is right for you?
More pages isn't more customers. Here's how to decide what you actually need.
Read the guide →How to get found on Google: local SEO basics.
You don't need an SEO agency to show up locally. You need a handful of basics done right.
Read the guide →Website + reviews: the combination that wins jobs.
Being found is half the battle. Being trusted is the half that gets you paid.
Read the guide →Small business website examples — and why they work
Five working examples, one for each kind of small business, with the reasons they work spelled out.
Read the guide →Your web designer has disappeared. Here’s how to get your website back.
It happens more than you'd think. Here's what to check, in order, and how to make sure it never happens again.
Read the guide →How your wee site, GotAPal and ServicePay work together.
Three small tools, one loop — get found, look legit, get paid, repeat.
Read the guide →Who actually owns your domain name?
The five-minute check every small business should do today.
Read the guide →Websites without the monthly bill.
Subscriptions are brilliant — for the companies charging them.
Read the guide →A website in days, not months.
The job isn't big. The process usually is.
Read the guide →What a good tradesman website looks like.
Not flashy, just clear. The ingredients every good tradesman website shares, with live examples for your trade.
Read the guide →A cheap website that doesn't look cheap.
Cheap should mean less faff, not less site. How to spend around 149 pounds, not 1,500, and still look the part.
Read the guide →Ready when you are.
Answer a few questions and watch your three pages build. See it before you pay — £149 to launch, your own .co.uk included.