County Durham · North East England
HS Tech Solution offers web design in County Durham for trades, shops, tourism firms and manufacturers who want more calls and enquiries from their website. We have built over 200 websites since 2022. Our UK partner, Hamza Shafiq, lives in Durham, so you deal with a real person who knows the area.
Every site we build is fast on phones, easy to update and set up to show on Google for searches in your town.
Most of your customers will find you on a phone. Search is changing too: Google now shows an AI Overview at the top of many results, and those summaries pull answers from sites that load quickly, answer questions clearly and have accurate business details.
Average time UK adults spend online each day
Share of that time spent on a smartphone
Online adults who use Google Search each month
Google searches that now show an AI Overview
Source: Ofcom, Online Nation 2025
So when a local owner tells us their old website is “very dated”, the problem is rarely just the look. It is usually slow pages, missing phone buttons and no clear answers. Those are the things that cost you calls.
Our website design in County Durham covers everything from a single landing page to a full online shop.
We plan, design and build your site from the ground up, with a page for each service, a contact form that works and a phone number people can tap to call.
If your site is old, slow or hard to use on a phone, we rebuild and improve it, keeping the pages that already rank on Google.
We build in WordPress, Shopify, WooCommerce, Wix and Squarespace, and pick the one that suits your budget.
We set up your pages and your Google Business Profile so you can show in the map results for your town.
After launch we can host, update and back up your site. If something breaks, you have someone to call.
County Durham had 14,560 businesses in 2025, according to Durham Insight. Each type of business needs something different from its website. Pick yours.
For trades, good web design in Durham is about one thing: getting the phone to ring. Builders, plumbers, roofers and electricians in Consett, Stanley and Chester-le-Street win work from searches such as “plumber near me”.
2,360 construction firms, the largest sector in County Durham.
Visitors to Durham Cathedral, Beamish, the Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle and Auckland Castle in Bishop Auckland look for places to eat, stay and book on their phones.
£1.48bn: County Durham visitor economy in 2025, a third record year.
Town centres are under pressure. Empty shop rates rose for the third year in a row in 2025. Independent shops that sell online, offer click and collect and show up in local search give customers a reason to visit.
35.4% of Bishop Auckland town centre units were empty in 2025 (Peterlee 40.8%).
Aycliffe Business Park near Newton Aycliffe is the county’s biggest employment area. NETPark in Sedgefield is home to about 40 science and technology companies. Buyers judge firms like these by their website before they call.
500+ businesses at Aycliffe Business Park, around 10,000 workers.
Prices vary a lot. On Bark, County Durham web design quotes run from £180 to £1,000, with an average of £250. Larger local agencies advertise full projects from around £5,000. Both can be fair. They are simply different products.
| Type of website | Typical UK price |
|---|---|
| Do it yourself builder (Wix, Squarespace) | £10 to £50 a month |
| Template based site, customised | £500 to £3,500 |
| Professional custom small business site | £2,500 to £8,000+ |
| Online shop (ecommerce) | £2,000 to £20,000+ |
Based on published UK pricing guides, 2026.
HS Tech starter
£99
For a new business, a single service or a special offer that needs one clear page. Bigger sites get a fixed quote after a free call, before any work begins.
What changes the price: the number of pages, who writes the content, extra features such as booking or payments, and online shop setup. Also plan for ongoing costs: a domain name is usually £10 to £20 a year, and hosting, updates and backups are often a monthly fee.
Is there funding? The North East Business Support Fund used to cover 40% of web design costs, up to £3,200, but it has now closed. For current schemes, contact Business Durham or Durham County Council’s business funding team.
We learn about your business, your customers and what you want the website to do.
We agree the pages, the content and the search terms your customers use.
You see the design before we build, and we keep you updated at each stage.
We test on phones and computers, connect Google Search Console and check your Google Business Profile.
We stay on hand for fixes, updates and changes.
A small business site usually takes about one week to build once we have your content. An online shop or a site with custom features takes longer. The biggest cause of delay is waiting for text and photos, so we tell you early what we need from you.
Your local contact
Hamza Shafiq is our UK partner. He lives in Durham, so he knows the towns, the roads and the businesses our clients compete with.
You can meet Hamza in person in Durham, or talk by phone or video call if that suits you better. Many owners start with a quick call from their shop, van or office.
HS Tech Solution has been designing websites since 2022 and has completed more than 200 projects. We are honest about the work we take on: we do not build websites for gambling, adult content or alcohol led businesses.
We do not ask you to take our word for it. Here are two live sites we built, tested on Google PageSpeed Insights for mobile in September 2026.
Mobile performance
Electrical contractor. 98 out of 100 for mobile performance, with the main content loading in 1.8 seconds.
Mobile performance
97 out of 100 for mobile performance and 100 for SEO.
Both clients are in Australia, where much of our work so far has been. The same build standard applies to every County Durham project. You can test any site yourself, including your own, on Google PageSpeed Insights.
We also offer web design across the wider North East, including Newcastle, Gateshead and Sunderland. See our locations page for other areas.
Most UK web designers charge £500 to £3,500 for a template based site and £2,500 to £8,000 or more for a custom small business site. Online shops cost more. Our single page landing pages start at £99, and bigger sites are quoted on the features you need.
A small business website usually takes about one week to build once your text and photos are ready. An online shop or a site with custom features takes longer. The main cause of delay is waiting for content, so having it ready speeds things up a lot.
The North East Business Support Fund covered 40% of web design costs, up to £3,200, but it has now closed. Current council grants mainly cover premises and new retail units. Contact Business Durham or Durham County Council to check what is open now.
The 3 second rule means a page should load and show something useful within about three seconds. If it takes longer, many visitors leave, especially on phones. That is why we test every site on mobile speed before launch and keep images and code light.
Yes. Hamza lives in Durham and can meet you in person to talk through your website. If you are busy on jobs or in the shop, we can do everything by phone or video call instead. Most clients use a mix of both, whatever fits their week.
You do. The domain name should be registered in your business name, and you get full access to your website when it is finished. If you ever move to another provider, you can take your site and domain with you.
Plan for a domain name, usually £10 to £20 a year, plus hosting. Most businesses also pay a monthly fee for updates, security checks and backups. If you want to keep growing your Google rankings, local SEO is a separate ongoing service.
It can. We build pages around the services and towns you cover, add clear business details and help set up your Google Business Profile. Map rankings also depend on reviews and how close you are to the searcher, so results take time to build.
Yes. We build in WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify, Wix and Squarespace. WordPress suits most service businesses. Shopify suits shops that sell a lot of products. Wix and Squarespace suit owners who want very simple editing. We help you choose on the first call.
Yes. Every site we build lets you change text, photos, prices and opening times yourself. We show you how at launch. If you would rather not do it, our maintenance plans cover updates, so you can simply send us the changes.
If you are looking for web design in County Durham that brings in calls, not just compliments, start with a free review. We will tell you what is working, what is not and what it would cost to fix.
Call +44 7474 277315 or send us a message.