Next Big Leap

We help small businesses get chosen more often

The same team does the thinking and the building. No handovers, no account manager.

How we got here

We have been doing this since websites were ugly

We started building websites more than 25 years ago and never stopped.

Most of that work has been for businesses the size of yours. Accountants, solicitors, IT firms, recruiters, engineers and a few places you would rather spend a week at than work for.

We build in WordPress, Craft and Laravel. No favourite. We use whichever one you are already on.

Printed website pages and notes pinned to a wall in order

Where we stand

Things we will not do

Put you on a retainer

We do not want money from you every month for work that finished in March.

Hand your job to a stranger

The people who look at your site are the people who change it. Nobody new turns up halfway through.

Sell you a website you do not need

Most sites we look at need better words in a better order, not replacing. Replacing is just easier to charge for.

Tell you what you want to hear

If we think you are wrong about your own business, we will say so. You can ignore us.

You can hold us to every one of those.

An unpopular view

Most websites do not need redesigning

Redesigns get sold because they are easy to price and easy to say yes to. A new look feels like progress.

But most of the sites we are asked to look at do not have a design problem. They have a clarity problem. Nobody can tell quickly enough what the business does or why it is worth having. A new coat of paint leaves that exactly where it was, which is why so many redesigns change nothing.

That is an awkward thing to say out loud when redesigns are where the money is. We would rather say it and lose the work.

There is more of this on the blog.

Being straight with you

What we are not

We are not a marketing agency. We do not run ads, chase rankings or post for you. If that is what you actually need, say so and we will point you at someone who does it properly.

We also cannot show you most of our work by name. Some of it is covered by agreements and the rest is just private. So we describe the work without naming anyone. Take that for what it is worth.

We are a small team, so we only take on so much at once. If we are full, we will tell you when we are free rather than squeeze you in badly.

Next step

See whether we are the right people

Send us your website and a line about what you want it to do. You will get an answer within one working day, with a price. We will tell you honestly whether it is worth spending anything.

Get in touch

If we are not, we will say so.