Custom web design & development for UK businesses A website that sells.
Brikd designs and hand-builds websites for UK businesses that need theirs to take bookings, run a shop, sign up members, answer customers and plug into the tools you already use. No page builders, no templates, no bloat.
- WCAG 2.2 AA
- UK GDPR & PECR ready
- Core Web Vitals pass
- Technical SEO built in
If your business does it,
your website can do it too.
Every panel below has a working demo. Try them. Each feature can be built into your site, and they can be combined however you need. Features marked on request are scoped individually.
An online shop built around how you sell.
Product variants, stock sync, trade pricing and UK shipping rules, with a checkout that takes Apple Pay and Google Pay in two taps.
- Stripe, PayPal & Klarna checkout
- VAT-correct pricing & invoices
- Royal Mail, DPD & Evri labels
- Trade accounts with their own prices
- Abandoned-basket recovery emails
Bookings that fill your diary while you sleep.
Customers see real availability, pick a slot, pay a deposit and get reminders. Staff calendars stay in sync both ways.
- Syncs with Outlook & Google Calendar
- Deposits & no-show fees
- SMS and email reminders
- Multiple staff, rooms or resources
- Gift vouchers & packages
An assistant that knows your business inside out.
Trained on your services, prices and policies. It answers questions around the clock, qualifies leads and hands over to a human when it should.
- Answers from your own content only
- Books appointments & captures leads
- Hands off to staff via email or Teams
- Every conversation logged for review
- Configurable tone and guardrails
Private areas for clients, members and staff.
Secure logins with their own dashboards, documents, invoices and messages. Ideal for agencies, accountants, clubs and trade customers.
- Passwordless & two-factor login
- Microsoft 365 or Google single sign-on
- Role-based access to files
- Secure uploads and e-signatures
- Member directories and forums
Recurring revenue, collected automatically.
Memberships, boxes, retainers and SaaS plans. Card or Direct Debit, prorated upgrades, payment reminders and a self-serve billing page.
- GoCardless Direct Debit
- Stripe Billing for cards
- Free trials & discount codes
- Prorated plan changes
- Customer self-service billing
Your numbers, live, in one place.
Pull sales, bookings, stock and marketing data into dashboards for you, your team or your customers. Updated in real time, readable on a phone.
- Connects to Xero, Shopify & your database
- Real-time charts and alerts
- Customer-facing reporting
- CSV & PDF exports
- Scheduled email summaries
Plugs into the tools you already pay for.
Orders flow to your accounts, leads land in your CRM, bookings appear in your calendar. If it has an API, we can connect it.
- Accounting: Xero, QuickBooks, Sage
- CRM: HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive
- Email: Mailchimp, Klaviyo
- Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Slack
- Custom APIs & legacy systems
Built for everyone who visits.
Multilingual sites with proper translations and SEO in each language, including Welsh. Accessibility built in, not bolted on.
- Welsh, Gaelic & any other language
- Separate URLs & SEO per language
- Keyboard and screen reader friendly
- Adjustable text size and contrast
- Plain-English content review
Everything a serious site needs.
Custom website design
A website designed around your business, not squeezed into a template. We design every page, hand-build the code and give you a content system you can actually use.
Learn moreE-commerce websites
An online shop built around how you sell, with a checkout that takes Apple Pay and Google Pay in two taps and pricing that is VAT-correct from the start.
Learn moreOnline booking systems
Let customers see real availability, choose a time, pay a deposit and get reminders, while your staff calendars stay in sync both ways.
Learn moreAI chatbots and assistants
An assistant that answers questions from your own services, prices and policies, around the clock, and hands over to a person when it should.
Learn moreClient portals and member areas
Private, secure areas of your website where clients, members or staff log in to see their documents, invoices, messages and account details.
Learn moreSubscriptions and recurring payments
Memberships, subscription boxes, retainers and software plans, collected automatically by card or Direct Debit.
Learn moreLive dashboards and reporting
Your numbers, live, in one place. Dashboards for you, your team or your customers, readable on a phone.
Learn moreWebsite integrations
Orders flow to your accounts, leads land in your CRM, bookings appear in your calendar. If it has an API, we can connect it.
Learn moreMultilingual and accessible websites
Websites built for everyone who visits, in the languages your customers speak, with accessibility built in rather than bolted on.
Learn moreSEO services
Search engine optimisation that starts with the foundations: a fast, well-structured site that search engines can read, then content that answers what your customers are searching for.
Learn moreWebsite hosting and maintenance
Care plans that keep your website fast, secure and up to date after launch, with time each month for changes and improvements.
Learn moreFast enough to feel
like it's already loaded.
Every build ships with a written performance budget. These are the targets we test against on a mid-range Android phone over 4G before anything goes live.
Performance
Every page, mobile and desktop
Accessibility
Automated audits plus keyboard checks
Best practices
Security headers, HTTPS, modern formats
SEO
Structured data, metadata and crawlability
Lighthouse target scores for every page we launch.
Google's "good" threshold is 2.5s. We aim for under half that.
Taps and clicks respond instantly, even on busy pages.
Nothing jumps around while the page loads.
From first call to launch
in as little as three weeks.
Discover
Week 1Workshops on your goals, customers and systems. You get a written scope and a fixed quote by email.
Prototype
Weeks 1–3Clickable designs on real devices. You sign off every screen before we write production code.
Build
Weeks 2–10Weekly releases to a private staging link so you can watch it come together and give feedback.
Launch
Go-live dayRedirects, DNS, analytics and accessibility checks, done with zero downtime.
Grow
OngoingMonthly reports, testing and new features as your business changes.
Hosting and care that
keeps it quick and safe.
Care plans are quoted alongside your build, so you know the full cost up front. More about hosting and maintenance.
Essentials
For brochure and small sites
- Fast hosting on a global edge network
- Daily off-site backups, 30-day history
- SSL, security patches and updates
- Uptime monitoring
Growth
Most chosenFor growing sites and shops
- Everything in Essentials
- Monthly hours for changes and new features
- Monthly SEO and performance report
- Support by email during business hours
Partner
For platforms and web apps
- Everything in Growth
- More development time each month
- Conversion testing and roadmap sessions
- Priority support during business hours
Straight answers.
How much does a website cost?
Every project is different, so we quote each one individually and the price is fixed. Use our quote builder or email us with what you need, and you will get a fixed price by email within one working day.
Do I own the website and the code?
Yes. Once the final invoice is paid, you own the design, the code and the content. It lives in a repository you control, and you can take it to another developer at any time.
Can I update the site myself?
Yes. Every build includes a content management system set up around your pages, plus a recorded training session. Most clients edit text, images, products and blog posts without contacting us.
Why not just use a template or a site builder?
Builders are fine for a simple brochure site. Once you need bookings tied to your staff calendar, trade pricing for logged-in customers, or data flowing into Xero, a custom build is faster, cheaper to run long-term and does not lock you into monthly plugin fees.
Can you move my existing site without losing Google rankings?
Yes. We audit every indexed URL, map redirects page by page, carry over metadata and monitor Google Search Console after launch.
Where are you based?
Brikd is based in Hexham, Northumberland. We work with businesses across the Tyne Valley, Northumberland and Tyneside, and with clients across the rest of the UK. Workshops happen in person or on video calls, whichever suits you.
How do payments work?
Usually 30% to start, 40% at design sign-off and 30% at launch. Larger projects can be split into monthly stages.
Tell us what your site needs to do.
Send us a short brief and we will email you a fixed quote within one working day. No obligation.