A one-person studio in Ampleforth building professional websites for North Yorkshire trades, service businesses, and small companies. Twelve years of experience, one designer, no being passed around. Launch pricing is live while we build our portfolio: websites from £250 and care plans from £19/month.
Websites from £250 and care plans from £19/month.
Clear pages, basic SEO foundations, and local search structure so customers can find you, trust you, and get in touch.
Starter websites from £250, 5-page business websites from £500, and care plans from £19/month — or £49/month for Care + Local SEO. Plus five free portfolio builds while the studio finds its feet.
Cleaning · Holiday lets · Commercial · Richmond, North Yorkshire
Five phases. Clear scope, fixed price, and enough feedback points to keep the work moving without turning it into a long agency process.
Simple websites can still be handled properly: clear pages, mobile-first design, basic SEO, and no surprises at launch.
Week 1
We sit down — in person where we can — and work out what your business actually needs from a website. You talk to me, not an account manager.
Plan
Page structure, content plan, and basic SEO map. Grounded in what local customers are actually looking for.
Build
Design and build in short feedback loops. You see the site as it comes together and can keep it moving.
Go live
Final checks, forms, analytics, Search Console, basic schema, and indexing. No messy handover.
Ongoing
Hosting, monthly checks, small edits, and SEO if you want it. The same person who built the site looks after it.
Affordable should not mean vague. These are the boundaries that keep the work useful, calm, and properly scoped — for both sides.
Clear scope protects both sides. You know what you are paying for, and I know what needs to be delivered.
We keep the work practical, but a good site still needs a clear brief, content, feedback, and proper launch checks.
A site is the start of the work, not the end. The studio is set up to look after the website after launch, not hand over and disappear — the care plan exists for a reason.
A site has to explain your services, build trust, work on mobile, and help people contact you. Design matters, but it is not the whole job.
Nobody can promise that honestly. We can set the foundations, improve the signals, and keep working steadily, but Google rankings are never guaranteed.
We do not need endless meetings, but we do need quick answers on services, photos, wording, and contact details so the site reflects the real business.
If that sounds sensible, send a few details and we will come back with a clear next step.
Ask about a website →Twelve years of practical help for trades and small businesses — websites that look credible, service pages that explain the work, and support that doesn’t disappear after launch.
Section 01 — Build
Launch pricing while the studio builds its first North Yorkshire portfolio. The skill behind the work is twelve years old — the prices are new. Every site ships mobile-friendly, fast, and on solid SEO foundations.
01 — Up to 3 pages
From
£250
One-off · ex. VAT
Sole traders and small local businesses that need a credible online presence — fast.
02 — Up to 5 pages
From
£500
One-off · ex. VAT
Trades and service businesses that need clear service pages and stronger local search structure.
03 — Up to 8 pages
From
£899
One-off · ex. VAT
Established small businesses ready to look the part — with copy and Google Business Profile sorted for you.
Section 02 — After launch
Launch is only the start. Both care plans cover hosting, SSL, backups, security, and direct support. The bigger one adds monthly Local SEO work so the site keeps earning its keep in search.
6-month minimum
£19
/month
Self-sufficient clients who just want a safe, well-hosted site.
12-month minimum
£49
/month
Trades and service businesses that want the site actively working in local search every month.
Founding Five · Limited
Twelve-month Care + Local SEO at the founding rate of £29/month (then £49). Design, build, and launch on the house — a £500 build folded into the plan. In exchange: a Google review, a short testimonial, and permission to use the finished site as a case study.
Total year-one cost
£348
£29/mo × 12 · ex. VAT
See the offer →Extra pages, brand or logo work, copywriting from scratch, booking systems, e-commerce, and dedicated Local SEO retainers are quoted separately. Full Local SEO retainers start at £199/month.
Ask about a website →Measured live in your browser. No stock dashboards, no cherry-picked screenshots - this is the actual performance of the page you’re reading.
Largest contentful paint
Cumulative layout shift
Time to first byte
Transferred, kB
A studio rooted in one county. Every town we list is one we actually understand — postcodes, sectors, search behaviour.
Hover a copper mark to preview the town, then click through to the local web design page.
Essays from the bench. The kind of things we’d want to read if we were the buyer.
Schema markup is one of the least-understood and most-undervalued local SEO moves. Here's what it really does — and what it doesn't.
A 100/100 Lighthouse score makes a great screenshot. It doesn't, by itself, make a great site — and it definitely doesn't guarantee you'll rank.
The problem isn't lack of effort. It's that most websites are built on three foundational mistakes that no amount of content marketing can fix.
Yes. Copper Lane is me — Sean Inglis. You email me, you get me. No account handlers, no junior designers, no sub-contracting it out. I have been building websites for around twelve years, and I run the studio full time from Ampleforth.
Two reasons. First, the studio itself is new and I am deliberately building a local North Yorkshire portfolio at launch pricing — these prices will rise once that portfolio is in place. Second, there is no agency overhead: no studio rent, no account managers, no resellers in the middle. The work is small, direct, and the saving goes to you.
A simple 3-page starter site usually takes 1-2 weeks once we have the content. A 5-page business site usually takes 2-4 weeks depending on copy, feedback, and any extras.
Launch pricing starts at £250 for a 3-page starter website and £500 for a 5-page business website. After launch, Care Lite is £19/month (hosting, SSL, backups, support — 6-month minimum) or Care + Local SEO is £49/month (everything in Lite plus 30 minutes of edits and 30 minutes of monthly local SEO work — 12-month minimum). Selected Founding Five clients get their website built for free and Care + Local SEO at £29/month for the first year. Extra pages, logos, copywriting from scratch, ecommerce, and booking systems are quoted separately before any work begins.
You get a full export of your site files and content, and any third-party accounts in your name (domain registrar, Google Business Profile, email) stay with you. The site itself runs on Copper Lane hosting, so cancelling means it comes off our hosting — but nothing is held hostage and there are no exit fees. The 12-month minimum term keeps the launch pricing viable.
Most starter sites do not need a complex CMS. I can build a fast, simple website and look after changes through the care plan. If you need to edit content yourself often, a WordPress or CMS-backed build is quoted separately.
Yes. The studio is in Ampleforth and the local work is the focus, but I meet in person where it makes sense and work remotely where it doesn’t. Over twelve years I have built sites for businesses across the UK — launch pricing is open to any small business.
If you want editing access, I can quote that. For most small businesses the £49/month Care + Local SEO plan is simpler: I handle hosting, updates, backups, support, small content edits, and active monthly local SEO work for you. If you prefer to manage your own content, Care Lite at £19/month is the lower-commitment option.
Often, yes. I’ll audit what you have, tell you honestly what’s worth keeping, and either refactor it or rebuild from scratch. Sometimes a fresh build is faster and cheaper than untangling a bad one — I’ll tell you upfront which it is.
Yes. Every website includes basic SEO setup. Local SEO retainers for businesses that want to rank more seriously start from £300/month and can include Google Business Profile work, service pages, local content, and reporting.
Send a few words about your business, the pages you need, and whether you want ongoing support. I come back within one working day with a clear next step and a fixed price.
Four plain questions. If the fit is wrong, better to know before anyone wastes a call.
Websites from £250 and care plans from £19/month.
Tell me what kind of site you need. I come back within a working day with a clear price, scope, and next step — straight from me, the person who’ll be doing the work.