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We make websites do whatever you want them to.

Build, fix or scale your website with a team you can rely on. For 19 years we’ve helped busy teams get things done properly, and built relationships that last.

We can design and build you a new website, or we can inherit your old one and give it a new lease of life.

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Web Design & Development

If you need anything about your digital presence built or maintained, we can help. With us, you get user-friendly creative design and development, delivered on time and to budget.

We choose the right tools for your job. Over the years that’s often been WordPress or Laravel but we’re not limited to those and also use SquareSpace, Shopify or whatever else would be best for your project. Everything is done by our inhouse team meaning consistency and quick support when you need it.

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Strategy & Consultancy

We’ll work with you to find the right solutions for your business, calling on our decades of experience – both of business and the web – to help you find the best way forward.

Whether you’re looking to launch the MVP of your SaaS, refresh your SEO and get recommended by ChatGPT, Claude and other AIs, or are searching for the best cost effective off-the-shelf solutions to knit together for a seamless user journey, we’ll make the process pain free and successful.

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Architecture & Hosting

We can help you piece together the perfect digital architecture, no matter your traffic levels and requirements. We also then have advanced inhouse tooling to monitor everything for you.

If you’re bursting at the seams of your existing hosting and want to explore solutions like auto-scaling or self healing server set ups with AWS or DigitalOcean, we’ll get you up and running in no time.

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18a are like extended members of the Magnetic North Travel team. I literally can’t imagine business life without them. Always professional, always creative and on time, just fab. We want them all to ourselves!

Laura Greenman

Director, Magnetic North Travel

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Our approach is simple

We are creative and capable, we’re emotionally invested in our clients’ success, and we’re really nice people to work with.

The result? Cost-effective web development, pragmatic strategy, rapid business progression, and relationships that last for decades.

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people visit the websites we manage every year.
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years of trading – and the length of some of our client relationships.
Relationships

Our clients

We really value our relationships with our clients, so we asked a few of them how they found working with us. As we hoped, they said we’re great at what we do and a pleasure to work with. But they also talked a lot about trust and integrity.

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Everyone we work with has a few things in common…

Whether they’re a charity, a digital product start up, a global organisation or a household brand, the individuals we work with are truly invested in their organisations’ success, with an eye on the bigger picture, one foot on the ground, and a passion for progress. If this sounds like you, we could be a perfect match.

Knowledge Base

Talking Web

The original purpose of the Internet was for the sharing of scientific papers around the world. We still wholeheartedly believe in sharing useful information around the web, and so regularly publish guides and advice in our weekly Talking Web newsletter. You can also find Lisa on Insta, TikTok and LinkedIn.

Articles and research
Google search console
6 MIN READ

5 really useful things you can do with Google Search Console data

There’s an enormous opportunity with Google Search Console to really get the best results from things that are very nearly working for you already.

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Is your website actually yours?

Over the past decade, hosted platforms like Shopify and Squarespace have become incredibly popular. They’ve made it possible for almost anyone to launch a website or an online store without needing to understand servers or code. That convenience has been transformative. Designers can build and sell websites more easily, small businesses can launch stores in […]

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April
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Why we built SiteVitals at exactly the right moment – and what smart investors are confirming about that.

I watched a reel recently where Charlie Weavers-Wright, a venture capitalist, was explaining why investors have stopped chasing AI application layer startups. What he said mapped almost perfectly onto the thing we’ve spent the last few months building. The LLM wrapper problem The argument he was making is this: the tools that do little more […]

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March
Site Vitals

AI Won’t Replace Your Website. But It Will Ignore a Bad One.

There’s a Google patent doing the rounds that’s making website owners nervous. The idea: Google generates its own AI-powered landing page for your business, right inside the search results. No click required. No visit to your site. The obvious question is a reasonable one. If Google can synthesise your content into their own page, why […]

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March
Site Vitals

The Platform Illusion: Why Managed Hosting Isn’t the Same as a Managed Site

There’s an appealing pitch that comes with hosted platforms like Shopify, Squarespace, and Webflow. The servers are managed. The uptime is “99.9%.” Security patches happen automatically. The message, implicit or otherwise, is that the hard stuff is taken care of. It’s a tempting thought – but it’s only half the story. The platform handling your […]