UK trade websites, built to win local work.
Custom websites designed to earn trust, get found and turn local searches into direct enquiries.
Built around how trades win work.
Everything is shaped around trust, local visibility and making the next enquiry feel effortless.
Get found
Make it easy to call
Every build comes with a receipt the taxman hates.
A website is a business expense, so it comes straight off your profit before HMRC takes their cut. You get a proper invoice every month. Write it off, and a good chunk of the cost pays for itself.
Get your free mockupsEvery build comes loaded.
Your monthly plan is more than a brochure page. Open the toolbox. Every site ships with the kit that actually makes the phone ring.
Found on Google
Local SEO basics so customers in your area find you, not the competition three towns over.
Loads in under a second
Fast on a cheap phone with one bar of signal, where most of your customers actually are.
Designed around your brand
Your colours, your trade, your photos, a custom design, never a dropped-in template.
Built mobile-first
Click-to-call and WhatsApp buttons, big and obvious, so a quote is one thumb-tap away.
You deal with the person building your site.
Single point of contactClear communication from first call to final handover.
Designed and built in-houseThe visual direction and production stay connected.
Clear handoverYou know what is live, covered and maintained.
About Jacob and SiteworkNo build fee. Just a monthly plan.
Start with free mockups, so you see the actual site before you decide anything. If you like it, pick a plan. Three months minimum, and if you are not happy with the finished site the first month is on me. After twelve months the website is yours to keep.
Website
Everything you need to look legitimate and take enquiries properly.
weeks
Included every month:
- Custom design built around your trade, up to six pages
- Hosting, domain, SSL, backups and security
- Unlimited small text and photo edits
- Click-to-call, WhatsApp and form enquiries
- Every enquiry pinged to your phone in seconds
- Local SEO foundations: titles, sitemap, structured data
Groundwork
The website, plus the work that actually gets you found in the towns you cover.
weeks
Everything in Website, plus:
- Four new town and service pages every four weeks
- Google Business Profile set up, verified and posted to monthly
- Review request system: a link and QR code for the van and your invoices
- Job photos optimised and captioned for local search
- Monthly report: calls, enquiries and where you rank
Local Reach
The full content engine, for when you want to own the search results across your patch.
weeks
Everything in Groundwork, plus:
- Sixteen search-led posts every four weeks
- Keyword and service-area research, writing, publishing and internal linking
- Ongoing on-page improvements as the site grows
- A weekly "best in your area" feature on The Trade Verdict
- Weekly summary and a monthly performance report
You see the real site, built on your business, before you decide anything. No deposit to find out.
Give me twenty minutes on the phone. I write the words and sort the photos. You approve it.
First month refunded on any plan if you are not happy with the finished site. On Groundwork, no enquiry in 90 days and the next month is free.
The domain and the files transfer to you. No exit fee, and nobody holds your website hostage.
SEO takes time and rankings are never guaranteed. The Groundwork and Local Reach plans cover the agreed research, content, implementation and reporting work. Larger pieces of work outside the plan are quoted before anything starts.
Mockups first. Money later.
You see what you're getting before any money changes hands. Mockups first, payment only when you like what you see.
Tell me about your trade
Fill in the two-minute form below: your trade, your area, what you want the site to do. That's all I need to get started.
I send you free mockups
Within a few days you'll get real, scrollable designs of your business: open on your phone, show your other half, take your time.
Free · no payment, no obligationPick one, go live
Like one? Start your plan, send me your photos and details, and your site is live in about a week. Don't like any? You owe me nothing.
Get your free mockups.
Three short fields. No payment details. I read every enquiry personally and reply within one working day.
Details received.
I'll read them today and reply within one working day. Your free mockups will follow within a few days. Keep an eye on your phone and inbox. Jacob
The stuff you're wondering.
How does the pricing work?
There is no build fee. You pick a plan and that is the whole cost: £50 every four weeks for the website, hosting, domain, security and unlimited small edits. Groundwork is £100 and adds the work that gets you found locally. Local Reach is £350 and adds the full content engine. Three months minimum, then rolling.
Am I tied into a long contract?
Three months minimum, then it is rolling, cancel any time, no exit fee. The minimum is there so I am not building sites for people who change their mind on the Tuesday. It does not trap you though: if you see the finished site and you are not happy with it, say so in the first month and I refund it.
Are the mockups really free?
Yes, genuinely. You fill in the form, I design real mockups of your business and send them over. No payment details, no deposit, no obligation. If you don't like any of them you just say so and that's the end of it. The risk is mine.
What happens after twelve months?
The website is yours to keep. The domain and the files transfer into your name, with no exit fee and no handover charge. If you want me to carry on hosting and looking after it, you can stay on your plan. If you would rather walk off with it, walk off with it.
What happens if I cancel?
After the first three months the plan is rolling, so you can stop any time. The plan is what keeps the site hosted, secure and updated, so if it ends before the twelve month mark the site comes offline. Want to keep running it yourself instead? Just ask and we will sort a handover, no drama.
How long until my site is live?
Mockups within a few days of your form. Once you pick a design and send your photos and details, your site is live in about a week, or a little longer if you need a lot of pages. If anything will take longer, you'll know up front.
Do I have to pay for leads, like Checkatrade?
Never. Every enquiry from your site comes straight to you, and you do not pay a penny per lead. The monthly fee is fixed whether the site brings you one job or fifty, unlike a pay-per-lead platform.
What's The Trade Verdict?
Our trades publication, with honest, researched verdicts on the tools and firms UK trades and homeowners rely on. With the SEO add-on, your business gets a weekly "best in your area" feature with a link back to your site: third-party proof for your quotes, authority for Google, and coverage AI search can quote. See how getting featured works →
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