If someone is looking for an accountant, a solicitor, or a financial adviser, the first thing they do is Google it. The second thing they do is judge you by your website. If it looks cheap, outdated, or like it was thrown together on a free template, they'll assume the service matches. That's not fair, but it's true. In professional services, your website is your first impression, and people make decisions based on it before they ever speak to you.
I'm Laurence, and I build websites for professional service businesses. Accountants, solicitors, financial advisers, insurance brokers, mortgage brokers, bookkeepers, HR consultants, surveyors, architects, recruitment firms. Hand-coded, clean, fast, and designed to make people trust you before they pick up the phone.
Your website needs to do one job above all else: make potential clients confident that you know what you're doing. That means clean design, clear information about your services, and an easy way to get in touch. No clutter. No stock photos of people pointing at whiteboards. No walls of text that nobody reads.
I build sites that present your expertise properly. Your qualifications, your experience, the specific services you offer, and the areas you cover. Laid out clearly, easy to navigate, and designed to work on phones because that's where most people will find you first. A professional service business with a professional website wins the client over a competitor with a better CV but a worse website. That's the reality.
When someone searches "accountant in Bury" or "solicitor near me" or "financial adviser Greater Manchester", the firms that show up are the ones with proper websites and real content. A Google Business Profile alone isn't enough. Directory listings aren't enough. You need a website that tells Google exactly what you do and where you do it. I handle local SEO so that your firm shows up for the searches that actually bring in new clients. £199 setup, £20 a month.
Most people looking for professional services are doing it in the evening or at weekends, because that's when they have time to think about their finances, their legal matter, or their tax return. Your office is closed, but their need isn't. I build AI chatbots that sit on your website and answer enquiries around the clock. Trained on your actual services, your fees structure, your areas of expertise. The potential client gets an immediate response, and you get a qualified lead waiting in your inbox on Monday morning. From £199 setup, £20 a month.
A hand-coded website starts at £499 one-off. If you'd rather spread the cost, fully managed sites start from £30 a month, which includes hosting, SSL, support and updates whenever your services or team change. Nothing upfront on the monthly option.
I also set up business email on your own domain from £8 a month. Because sending client correspondence from a gmail.com address undermines every other credibility signal on your site.
If your professional reputation deserves better than a template website, let's sort that out.