Web design & development · Surrey and Hampshire
Websites that make it easy to choose your business.
Over a decade in practice
Building and looking after business websites since 2013, for clients who cannot afford downtime.
Security from the start
Hardened hosting, patching and monitoring are part of the build, not an upgrade you buy later.
Live in weeks, not months
A focused site for a small business is usually designed, built and launched inside four weeks.
One point of contact
You speak to the person doing the work. No account managers, no ticket queues, no hold music.
The problem with most business websites
A quiet website costs more than a slow one
We take the opposite approach. Start with what the customer needs to know, make it obvious and quick to reach, then keep the whole thing maintained so it stays that way. The result is a site that earns enquiries instead of quietly losing them.
Slow on a real phone
Pre-rendered pages, optimised images and almost no unnecessary JavaScript. Fast on 4G in a car park, not just on office broadband.
Hard to get in touch
One obvious next step on every page, a telephone number that dials with a tap, and a form that takes seconds rather than minutes.
Quietly insecure
Modern hosting, security headers, no abandoned plugins, and updates applied as part of the monthly fee rather than when something goes wrong.
Nobody to call
A named person who knows your site, answers the telephone, and can make a change the same week you ask for it.
What we do
Six services, one studio
Website Design
Clear, calm design that puts the next step in front of the customer instead of hiding it.
- A structure built around what your customers are actually trying to do
- Page designs reviewed in the browser on your own phone, not as flat images
- Typography, spacing and colour that meet WCAG 2.2 AA contrast requirements
Website Development
Fast, secure builds on modern foundations, with content you can edit yourself.
- Pages pre-rendered to static HTML, so they arrive almost instantly
- A content editor you can use without training or a monthly licence fee
- Forms that resist spam and deliver enquiries straight into your CRM
Managed Websites
One monthly fee covering hosting, security, updates, monitoring and the changes you need.
- Hosting, domains, certificates and backups all handled and all in your name
- Updates and security patches applied without you having to ask
- Uptime monitoring, so we usually know about a problem before you do
Website Security
Secure business websites built to resist the attacks that actually happen.
- An architecture with no database, no admin login and nothing executing on request
- Security headers and a content security policy configured and verified
- Forms hardened against spam, injection and cross-site request forgery
Website Maintenance
Scheduled care that stops small problems becoming expensive ones.
- Updates and patches applied on a schedule and verified afterwards
- Backups taken off-site and restores tested rather than assumed
- Broken links, failing forms and console errors found before customers find them
Website Performance Optimisation
Measured, methodical work to make pages load quickly on real devices.
- A diagnosis based on real-user data, not just a lab score
- Largest contentful paint, layout shift and interaction delay addressed specifically
- Images, fonts, CSS and JavaScript reduced to what the page genuinely needs
Why choose Whitespace Digital
Experienced, careful and straightforward to deal with
A fixed price, agreed in writing
You get a written scope and a fixed figure before anything begins. If the brief changes, we talk about it first — you will never receive an invoice you were not expecting.
Secure by default
Every site ships with HTTPS, a content security policy, hardened headers, spam-resistant forms and automatic backups. Managed clients get patching and uptime monitoring as well.
Built to load quickly
Pages are pre-rendered and served from a global network, images are optimised automatically, and we measure Core Web Vitals on real devices rather than trusting a score in a dashboard.
Accessible as standard
We build to WCAG 2.2 AA: proper headings, keyboard support, sensible contrast and forms that work with a screen reader. It widens your audience and reduces your legal exposure.
Findable without gimmicks
Clean markup, structured data, sensible URLs, fast pages and content written for the searches your customers actually make. No keyword stuffing, no link schemes.
Looked after long term
Most clients stay with us for years. Managed plans cover hosting, updates, small changes and someone at the end of the telephone when something needs attention.
Included as standard
No upgrades, no add-ons
- Design and build for every screen size, from 320px upwards
- Content management you can actually use, with no licence fees
- HTTPS, security headers and hardened forms on every site
- Optimised images, fonts and code for fast first loads
- Structured data, sitemaps and clean, crawlable markup
- Accessibility tested with a keyboard and a screen reader
- Analytics-ready without tracking visitors by default
- Training, documentation and a named person to call
How a project runs
Four stages, no surprises
- 01
Conversation
A short call or meeting to understand the business, the customers and what the site has to achieve. No charge, no obligation.
- 02
Proposal
A written plan: sitemap, page-by-page scope, timescale and a fixed price. You know exactly what you are buying before you commit.
- 03
Design and build
Design in the browser rather than flat mock-ups, so you review the real thing on your own phone. Content, build and testing run alongside each other.
- 04
Launch and look after
We migrate, test, launch and monitor. Then we keep the site patched, backed up and improving, with changes handled as you need them.
Tell us about your project
Send a few details and we will come back with honest advice, a realistic timescale and a fixed price. No obligation, no sales pressure.
From the blog
Practical guidance, plainly written
- Website Design8 min read
Designing a small business website that actually generates enquiries
Most small business websites look fine and convert badly. Here is what changes when you design around the enquiry rather than around the homepage.
- Website Development8 min read
WordPress, Wix or something else? Choosing a platform for a business website
An honest comparison of the platforms UK small businesses actually consider, what each one really costs to run, and how to choose without regretting it later.
- Accessibility9 min read
WCAG 2.2 AA in practice: what accessibility asks of a business website
A plain-English guide to what accessibility actually requires, why it is a commercial issue as well as a legal one, and the changes that make the biggest difference.
Common questions
The things people ask before they get in touch
Do we own the website when it is finished?
Yes, entirely. On final payment you own the design, the code, the content and the domain. The hosting account and the code repository are set up in your name with you as the owner, and we work inside them.
That means if you ever want to move to another supplier, you revoke our access and everything stays exactly where it is. Nothing has to be exported, rebuilt or bought back. You also receive written handover documentation covering how the site is deployed, where the environment variables live and how the content model works.
We would much rather you stayed because the service is good than because leaving would be painful.
How much does a website cost?
For most of the businesses we work with, a professionally designed and built website falls between £2,500 and £7,500. A focused five to eight page site for a local business or trade usually sits at the lower end; a larger site for a professional practice with detailed service pages, an article library and integrations sits higher.
We quote a single fixed price once the scope is agreed in writing, so the figure you see is the figure you pay. If the brief changes during the project we discuss it and re-quote before doing the work — you will never receive an invoice you were not expecting.
If your budget is below that range, say so. Sometimes the right answer is a smaller site now and a second phase later, and we would rather build something good within your means than stretch you into something you cannot afford.
What is a managed website?
A managed website is one where we take responsibility for keeping it working, for a fixed monthly fee. That covers hosting, domains, certificates, backups, software updates, security patching, uptime monitoring and an allowance of content and design changes each month.
The point is accountability. Most websites deteriorate because nobody in particular is responsible for them: certificates expire, software falls behind, forms quietly stop delivering enquiries, and content drifts out of date. On a managed plan those are our problem rather than yours, and you have a named person to ring.
There is no minimum term. Plans run month to month with a month's notice on either side.
Do you only work with businesses in Surrey and Hampshire?
No. We are based near Farnham and a good proportion of our clients are within an hour's drive — Farnham, Alton, Guildford, Godalming, Basingstoke, Aldershot, Farnborough, Petersfield and the surrounding towns — but we work with businesses across the UK.
Being nearby is genuinely useful at the start of a project, because it is much quicker to understand a business over a cup of tea than over email, and we will happily come to you. After that, most of the work happens remotely regardless of where you are.
If you are further afield and would rather meet, a video call at the outset achieves most of the same thing.
How long does a new website take?
A focused business website is typically designed, built and launched in three to four weeks from the point the scope is agreed. Larger sites with many service pages, location pages or integrations take six to ten weeks.
The single biggest variable is content. Projects that run late almost always do so because the words and photographs were not ready, not because of the build. We plan for that: we help shape the copy while the build progresses, and we tell you early exactly what we need from you and when.
If you have a hard deadline — a trade show, a rebrand, a lease ending — tell us at the outset. We will either commit to it or tell you honestly that it is not realistic.
Start a conversation
Tell us about your project
A few details are enough to get a useful answer. We will read it properly, look at what you have now, and reply with honest advice — even if that advice is that you do not need us.
- A reply within one working dayUsually the same day. You will hear from the person who would do the work, not a sales team.
- A fixed price before anything startsWe quote for the whole project, in writing, with the scope set out plainly. No hourly surprises.
- Local, if that matters to youWe work with businesses across Surrey and Hampshire, and further afield. Meetings in person or online.