I'm Laurence, based just up the road in Ramsbottom, and I build websites and look after the tech for small businesses across Whitefield and the surrounding area.
Whitefield is a commuter town in the truest sense. People live here, catch the Metrolink into the city, and search for local services on their phones while they are out. A tradesperson, a hairdresser, an accountant working from a home office on Hamilton Road. The businesses here are often small, often run by one or two people, and they need a website that works the way their customers actually browse. That means mobile first.
Most of the traffic to a local business website in Whitefield will come from a phone. Someone searching "electrician near me" on the tram, or looking up a local cleaner while sitting in the car outside Tesco. If your site takes too long to load or looks cramped on a small screen, they are not going to pinch and zoom around it. They will just tap the next result.
I build every website by hand, starting with the mobile layout first and scaling up from there. No WordPress themes stuffed with features you will never use. No page builders that load slowly and look the same as everyone else. Just clean, fast code that gets to the point. From £499 as a one-off build, or fully managed from £30 a month with hosting and updates included.
If you are running a business from home in Whitefield, the first thing a potential client sees is your email address. Sending quotes and invoices from a free email account does not inspire confidence. I set up business email on your own domain using Microsoft Exchange (from £8 a month per user) or the full Microsoft 365 suite with Word, Excel and Teams (from £15 a month). I handle the setup, the DNS, and the ongoing management so you can just open Outlook and get on with it.
I also provide IT support for when things go sideways, from £65 an hour remotely or £85 for an onsite visit. If your business gets a lot of repetitive enquiries through the website, an AI chatbot can handle those for you around the clock, from £199 setup and £20 a month. And for businesses that want to show up properly in local search, I offer local SEO from £199 setup plus £20 a month.