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Web design · From £750

Your website should earn trust before you've said a word

Berlew is a Nottingham design studio building bespoke websites for businesses across the city and the UK since 2013. Not a template with your logo dropped in, custom design, proper SEO foundations, from £750 for a one-page site.

£750
One-page site, from
1–3 wks
Typical delivery
20+
Industries we've built for
Bespoke
Not a theme with your logo on
Turf Viper gardening equipment product range and branding by Berlew Design Studio.

A local studio, not a faceless agency

Design and build, in the city, not outsourced to it

Plenty of local web design results are national agencies renting a postcode. Others are freelancers who vanish after launch. We have been a Nottingham design studio here since 2013. Design, build and launch stay with the same small team, with brand and print under one roof when you need it.

Most projects run on a brief call, a preview link and your feedback. Because we are genuinely local, a coffee to talk through your homepage beats a video call when you prefer it. Every site we ship is listed in our work with a live link.

Fifth Element Systems IT company website designed and built by Berlew Design Studio, shown on desktop.

What Nottingham businesses get

What you get from a local, bespoke build

Not a theme every other business is running, a fast, findable site designed and built around your goals.

  • Bespoke, not a template

    Designed around your business and brand, not a stock theme with your logo dropped in, you stand out from the local competition.

  • Found on local search

    Proper SEO foundations built to help you rank for what Nottingham customers actually search for.

  • Meet in person if you want

    Video calls work fine, but being local means a coffee and a chat is always an option, no faraway account manager.

  • One studio for brand and web

    Design, build, branding and print handled by the same team, no juggling separate freelancers.

  • Fast on every device

    Fast builds tested from phone to desktop before launch, so your site loads fast wherever it's opened.

  • You own all of it

    Full WordPress access, files and training at handover.

Studio-built or a template?

How a bespoke Nottingham build compares

Template platforms and lone freelancers get something online. Here is what changes with bespoke web design in Nottingham from a local studio.

Berlew A local, studio-built site
Template or freelancer Wix, Squarespace, one-person shop

Design that's yours alone

Built around your business, not a theme others also run
A recognisable template, or one freelancer's default look

A whole team's skills

Design, build, brand and print under one roof
One person covering one part of the job

Local and reachable

A Nottingham studio you can actually meet
A national agency or a remote account manager

Built to rank

Proper SEO foundations from the first page
Limited SEO control in a locked builder

You own it

Full WordPress access, files and training
Rented platform; leave and you rebuild

How we build your website

A clear three-step process. Most sites go live within one to three weeks of signing off the brief.

  1. 01

    Brief & structure

    We map your goals, your customers and the pages that will rank , over a call or a coffee, then shape the sitemap around them.

  2. 02

    Design & build

    Bespoke design for your sign-off, then a WordPress build with a preview link, tested from phone to desktop.

  3. 03

    Launch & handover

    We go live and hand over full admin access, files and training. The site is yours.

A stack of green and white flyers for Turf Viper, a company that sells turf-related products, is displayed against a light green background. The flyer features a green grassy field at the top, with the company name "Turf Viper"

Questions from Nottingham businesses

The questions we hear most before a Nottingham website starts.

Are you actually based in Nottingham?

Yes, we have been an independent Nottingham design studio since 2013. We work with clients across the city, Nottinghamshire, the East Midlands and the UK, but Nottingham is genuinely home, not a rented postcode.

Can we meet in person?

Yes. Most of the project runs on a brief call, a preview link and your feedback, but because we're local, meeting for a coffee to talk through your site is always an option if you'd prefer it.

How much does a website cost?

From £750 for a one-page site, then £500 for each additional page, a five-page site is £2,750. E-commerce and custom functionality are quoted separately once we understand your brief.

How long will my website take?

Most projects take 1–3 weeks from brief sign-off to launch. We confirm the timeline with your fixed quote before any work starts.

Will I own the website?

Yes. We build on WordPress and hand over full admin access, files and training at launch.

Why not use a template builder or a freelancer?

A template gives you a theme with your logo dropped in; a lone freelancer covers one skill. Our small team handles design, build and launch, with branding and print under the same roof when you need it.

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Everything your business might need

Nottingham businesses usually need more than a website, here's what else we build under one roof.

From £750 · 1–3 week delivery

Tell us what your Nottingham business needs from its website.

Page count, goals, anything you're unsure about, we reply within one working day with a clear fixed quote.

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