Squarespace website design for UK businesses
Squarespace suits businesses that are sold on how they look. Studios, salons, photographers, cafes, consultants and venues. We set it up so the design holds together and the site still gets found.
Selected work
Live sites you can open and judge for yourself
Trades, clinics, shops, transport firms and professional services. More than 200 websites since 2022, for businesses from one person trades to teams of fifty. Open any site below on your phone, see how fast it loads and how it reads. That is the standard your site gets.
Keegan ElectricalElectrical contractorOpen the live site →
Static SolarSolar installationOpen the live site →
Offsite GroupConstructionOpen the live site →
Your Family MedicalMedical practiceOpen the live site →
Dr Bella MarkerHealthcare practitionerOpen the live site →
Mindful MosaicCounsellingOpen the live site →
Precision Paralegal SupportLegal supportOpen the live site →
Wealth Way CapitalFinanceOpen the live site →
One Drop FMFacilities managementOpen the live site →
Pelican ServicesTrade servicesOpen the live site →
Piano PickupSpecialist removalsOpen the live site →
Moments by MRPhotographyOpen the live site →
Jordan BS MediaMedia productionOpen the live site →
Next SwingSport and leisureOpen the live site →
Dane ThornburghPersonal brandingOpen the live site →Most of the work above sits with clients in Australia. We work with businesses across the UK on exactly the same basis, and you deal with the two of us either way.
Where Squarespace earns its keep
It is the strongest of the drag and drop platforms for visual work, and its templates are hard to make ugly. That matters when the product is partly how you look.
01
Image heavy work looks right
Galleries, portfolios and menus display properly without fighting the layout. For a photographer or a venue that is most of the job done.
02
Typography stays consistent
Squarespace holds fonts and spacing together across pages, so the site does not drift as you add to it.
03
Bookings and scheduling built in
Appointments, classes and consultations can run natively, which suits salons, clinics and studios without bolting on extra tools.
04
It stays tidy when you edit it
Clients tend not to break Squarespace layouts. If you plan to update the site weekly, that is worth a lot.
And where it does not
Squarespace trades flexibility for polish. The template does a lot of the thinking, which is why it looks good, and also why you hit walls. Monthly fees run higher than self hosted WordPress once you add commerce or scheduling, and as with Wix, the site cannot be exported and moved to another host.
If you need custom functionality, a large catalogue, or serious technical SEO control, WordPress is the better long term home. We will say which one fits at the quote stage rather than after you have paid.
No export route
Leaving means rebuilding elsewhere, not transferring. Worth knowing on day one.
Template boundaries
Custom features often need workarounds, and some simply are not possible.
Monthly cost adds up
Commerce and scheduling tiers push the running cost above self hosted WordPress.
How a Squarespace build runs
Fixed price agreed before we start, and nothing goes live until you have walked through it yourself.
STAGE 01
Brief and template choice
We look at what you sell and pick a template that suits it, rather than starting from whichever one looks nicest.
STAGE 02
Structure and content
Pages mapped, copy shaped, images sized and compressed so the site loads quickly on a phone.
STAGE 03
Build and refine
The site is built out, then we go through it with you page by page on desktop and mobile.
STAGE 04
Launch and handover
Domain connected, SEO fields completed, forms tested, and a walkthrough so you can edit it yourself.
Working with businesses in the North East and across the UK
Our UK partner is based in County Durham, and we work with independents right across the region and the rest of the country. Squarespace projects run comfortably at a distance, so where you are makes little difference to the build.
Chester-le-Street
Durham City
Newton Aycliffe
Spennymoor
Bishop Auckland
Consett
Seaham
Peterlee
Gateshead
Newcastle
Sunderland
and UK wide
Common questions about Squarespace website design
We quote the design and build as a fixed price once we know the page count and what content you are supplying. The Squarespace subscription is paid by you directly to them and we take no cut of it.
If the site is mainly a visual shopfront and you want to manage it yourself, Squarespace is a sound choice. If you need custom features, a large catalogue or maximum SEO control, choose WordPress. We give you our honest view before you commit.
Not as a straight transfer. Squarespace sites cannot be exported and rehosted, so moving means rebuilding. Your domain, text and images come with you, the pages do not. Worth factoring in at the start.
Yes, scheduling is built in and works well for salons, clinics, studios and consultants. It sits on a higher subscription tier, which we will flag in the quote so the running cost is clear.
Yes. Titles, descriptions, headings, alt text, sitemap and Google Business Profile alignment all apply. Our SEO service works on Squarespace, though some deep technical work has a lower ceiling than WordPress.
We can. Have a look at branding and logo design and marketing and print design. Doing them together means the brand is only worked out once.
Yes, and Squarespace is one of the harder platforms to break. We hand over the account with a walkthrough and written notes so routine edits do not come back to us.
Yes. The domain stays registered in your name, whichever platform we build on. No release fees, no leverage, ever.
Pricing
What does a Squarespace site cost to build?
You pay for the build. Squarespace charge you separately for their own plan, and that fee goes straight to them. Our figure is fixed in writing before we start, with a launch date attached.
Starter site
4 pages
£300
Plus VAT, fixed in writing
- Home, about, services and contact
- Live in 7 to 10 working days
- Two rounds of changes
Standard site
6 pages
£450
Plus VAT, fixed in writing
- Room for separate service pages
- Live in 2 to 3 weeks
- Two rounds of changes
Custom build
Shops and larger sites
Quote
Priced to your requirements
- Online shops and booking systems
- Timeline agreed in writing
- Scoped before any work starts
What every price includes
Custom design rather than a stock template, mobile and tablet layouts, a working contact form, Google Maps, basic on page SEO, an SSL certificate and speed tuning. You own the domain, the hosting login and the site itself.
Priced separately
Written content, licensed photography, hosting and domain renewals, online shops, booking systems and any pages beyond the number agreed. We tell you the cost of these before work starts, never after.
Looking after the site afterwards starts at £25 a month. Updates, backups, monitoring and security, billed monthly with no minimum term.
See care plansStart your Squarespace project
Tell us about the business and what the site has to achieve. You get a fixed price, a timescale, and a straight answer on whether Squarespace is the right fit.