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How much does a small business website cost in the UK?.

A credible UK business website usually costs either your own time on a builder, a project fee to a freelancer, or a monthly retainer that includes hosting and edits. Published managed tiers here start at £500 per month ex VAT for Websites with a 12-month minimum, before VAT and any setup scoped on a call.

How the three services help

Websites

Websites retainers from £500/mo ex VAT with hosting and monthly edits.

  • +Starter for credible mobile sites
  • +Growth for orders, bookings and a monthly SEO page
  • +Scale for multi-branch lead engines

Search

Search from £500/mo ex VAT with no ranking guarantee.

  • +Starter for one location
  • +Multi-site tier for several towns
  • +llms.txt and sitemap maintenance

Books

Books from £299/mo ex VAT for month-end rhythm.

  • +One office, several branches and multi-entity tiers
  • +Handoffs for your accountant
  • +Not tax advice

Guide

Why monthly pricing shows up so often

Sites decay without updates. SSL certificates renew, menus change, and Google expects accurate hours. A one-off build without maintenance often costs again when something breaks.

Websites Starter at £500/mo covers hosting, security and monthly edits. Growth at £2,500/mo adds orders or bookings plus a monthly SEO page. Scale at £4,000/mo targets multi-branch lead engines.

What is not included in headline prices

VAT applies where relevant. Paid ad spend is separate and labelled. Photography, copywriting beyond agreed edits, and third-party booking SaaS may carry their own fees.

Search and Books are separate retainers if you need local visibility labour or month-end bookkeeping rhythm.

How to compare quotes fairly

Ask what happens after launch, who owns the domain, and whether SEO is a line item or included labour.

Open live demos on /work for your sector before you sign. Book a call at /book when you want scopes matched to canonical tiers.

Published prices

Prices before VAT. 12-month minimum on Websites and Search retainers. Scoped on a call before anything is charged.

Starter

£500/mo

Site live, hosted and edited each month. Ex VAT, 12-month minimum.

Growth

£2,500/mo

Orders or bookings, monthly SEO page, report. Ex VAT, 12-month minimum.

Scale

£4,000/mo

Multi-branch or lead engine. Ex VAT, 12-month minimum.

Book a call about Websites

Starter

£500/mo

Starter, one location. Ex VAT, 12-month minimum.

Growth

£1,250/mo

Growth. Ex VAT, 12-month minimum.

Multi-site

£2,250/mo

Multi-site, several locations. Ex VAT, 12-month minimum.

Scale

£4,250/mo

Scale. Ex VAT, 12-month minimum.

Book a call about Search

One office

£299/mo

one office

Several branches

£899/mo

several branches

Multi-entity

£1,299/mo

only for multi-entity

Book a call about Books