Web design for small businesses and charities in North London
Metropolis Web Design designs and builds WordPress websites for small businesses and charities in North London. New websites start at £475, and you can update the finished site yourself.
- Free homepage design to start
- Free first chat to talk through what you need
- Built on WordPress, easy to update
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See your new homepage first
We’ll design your homepage free of charge, with no obligation. If you like it, we’ll quote for the full site.
What’s included in a new website?
Every new website from Metropolis Web Design is designed around your business, built on WordPress and tested properly before it goes live.
- Desktop and mobile designs of your main pages, for you to approve before anything is built.
- A WordPress website where you can change text and images and add new pages yourself.
- A site built and tested on phones, tablets and desktops.
- Clear, well-structured pages that search engines can understand.
- A walk-through when the site goes live, or updates made for you if you’d rather.
- Custom features when you need them, from directories and maps to members’ areas.
Why design a website before building it?
Because it’s far cheaper to change a design than a finished website. You see desktop and mobile designs of your main pages first, and we agree how the site should look and work before any building starts.
Designing first also makes you think about what each page has to do: who it’s for, what they need to know and what you want them to do next. Getting that right is what turns visitors into enquiries.
How much does a website cost in North London?
New websites from Metropolis Web Design start at £475. The final price depends on what your site needs to do, and we’ll give you a quote after a free chat, so you know the cost before any work starts.
The things that make the biggest difference to the price are:
- how many pages you need
- features such as booking, ticket sales, members’ areas, directories or an online shop
- whether you’d like us to write the words (content writing starts at £500)
- whether content needs moving across from an old website
Why build on WordPress?
WordPress runs a large share of the world’s websites, so it’s well supported, easy to edit and not tied to one company. If you ever want someone else to work on your site, there are plenty of WordPress developers who can.
You can edit pages, add news and change images without touching code. And when a site needs more than WordPress offers on its own, we build the extra parts properly: see WordPress development.
What should a small business website include?
The best small business websites answer a visitor’s questions quickly and make it easy to get in touch. Whatever we build, we make sure it has:
- a clear statement of what you do, who it’s for and where you work, at the top of the homepage
- your phone number and a simple contact form, easy to find on every page
- a page for each main service, so people (and search engines) find exactly what they’re looking for
- real proof: examples of your work, and reviews if you have them
- answers to the questions customers actually ask
- pages that load quickly and work well on a phone
Will my new website show up on Google and in AI answers?
A well-built site gives you the best start. We build every site with clear, well-structured pages that search engines can understand: proper headings, page titles and descriptions, fast pages and content that answers real questions. That’s also what AI tools like Google’s AI Overviews and ChatGPT look for when they choose what to quote.
Where you rank also depends on your competitors and on the content you add over time, so we’ll be honest about what a new site can do on its own. If you want more help, see SEO and content.
How does it work?
Five steps, starting with a free, no-obligation chat.
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Free consultation
We talk through what you need, then send you a quote.
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Design
You see desktop and mobile designs of your main pages before anything is built.
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Build
We build your site on WordPress or a custom system and test it on phones, tablets and desktops.
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Launch
We put the site live and show you how to update it, or we make updates for you.
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Look after
We keep it secure, up to date and working.
Websites we’ve designed and built
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Bark & Co
A London criminal defence law firm. A fast, easy-to-use site built with search rankings in mind.
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Abbey Support
An IT support company in South West London. A simple, search-friendly site.
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Natrium Capital
A clean corporate site in the company’s colours, showing its achievements.
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Why choose Metropolis Web Design?
Because you get more than twenty years of experience, a web designer who’s local to you, and proper development when you need it.
- Over 100 websites built since 2004, including more than twenty years of work for charities and community groups.
- Based in Stanmore, so meeting in person in North London is easy. Phone and video calls work too.
- Proper development when you need it: custom content management systems, CRM tools and API integrations.
Web design: common questions
Most small business websites take two to four weeks, depending on how quickly the words and photos are ready.
Yes. When your site goes live, we show you how to edit pages and add content. If you’d rather not, we can make updates for you.
Yes. We build and test every site on phones, tablets and desktops.
Yes. We write website copy and optimise it for search, from £500.
Just a free chat. Tell us about your business and what you want the website to do, and we’ll take it from there. If you have a logo, photos or words already, bring them along.
Not always. If your site is built on WordPress and its structure still works, a redesign from £375 may be enough. A health check, from £49.99, will tell you what’s worth fixing.
Most of our clients are in North London, in and around Barnet, Harrow, Edgware, Stanmore, Radlett and Watford, and we also work with clients further afield.
Ready to talk about your new website?
Designed around your business and built properly. Start with a free chat, or a free homepage design.