Websites for Hartlepool firms, from Durham
Looking for web design in Hartlepool that you can price before you pick up the phone? A one page site starts at £99 plus VAT, which is £118.80 in total. Larger sites are quoted in writing after one short call. You deal with Hamza Shafiq, the owner of HS Tech Solution, from the first chat to launch day. A typical small business site is online within roughly seven days.
1. What can you spend? From £118.80 with VAT for one page. Bigger sites get a written quote.
2. What do you need? One page, a small site of a few pages, or an online shop.
3. Is it a single build or ongoing help? You can stop at launch. SEO from £399 a month is there if you want it later.
Five things locals look for
People here like to know who they are dealing with. Before they ring, they check that you are real, near and open. A site that looks like it could be anywhere loses that call. These five details fix it.
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Before: a mobile number hidden at the bottom of the page.
After: your number at the top of every page, and it rings when someone taps it on a phone.
2
Before: a stock photo of a city skyline that is not this town.
After: your van, your team, your shop front or your last job. A real photo of your work on the Headland beats any picture library.
3
Before: “we cover the North East.”
After: TS24 to TS27 written out, with places like Seaton Carew, Throston and Greatham named where you actually work.
4
Before: a page of quotes with no names.
After: reviews pulled from your Google profile, so visitors can click through and check them.
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Before: your site says open Saturday, but Google says closed.
After: one set of hours, the same on your site and your Business Profile. Google’s own guide to AI features says your Business Profile should be kept up to date, so this also helps you get found.
You are not alone. Owners in the town’s Facebook groups often post that they started a site on their own, got stuck, and now want someone to finish it. Some have already bought a domain. That is fine. Nothing you have done is wasted.
If your builder plan has a monthly fee, we tell you when it is safe to cancel it, so you do not pay twice.
Prices checked on 13 October 2026
Prices vary a lot, so here are the ones local and nearby firms publish on their own websites. We could not see if most of them include VAT. Ask before you sign, because VAT adds a fifth to the bill.
| Who | What they show | VAT shown? |
|---|---|---|
| HS Tech Solution | One page from £99 plus VAT (£118.80 total). Larger sites quoted in writing | Yes |
| RapidWeb Devs | £499 once, or £99 a month | Not stated |
| Digital Assassins | Start Up package £299 | Not stated |
| Dove Design (Durham) | £800 to £1,200 for up to 3 pages. From £2,500 for up to 5 pages | Not stated |
| Blast Digital | From £1,200 | Not stated |
| Parker Digital | £950 templated. £3,995 custom | Not stated |
| Yell guide | £1,500 to £5,000 for a small business site | Not stated |
Most Hartlepool firms do not need the top of that range. There are 2,250 businesses in the town, and 2,005 of them employ fewer than 10 people (Nomis, UK Business Counts 2026). A firm that size usually needs a clear site that gets calls, not a large build.
Construction is the biggest trade in Hartlepool, with 390 firms. Professional services come close behind with 380 (Nomis 2026). These two groups need different things from the first screen a visitor sees.
Checked with Invest Hartlepool, 13 October 2026
The council’s Pride in Place Shopfront Improvement Grant offers up to £20,000 for firms on Raby Road, York Road and part of Stockton Road. You need to put in at least 25% yourself. It is a capital scheme, so it pays for physical work like signs, doors and lighting. It does not pay for a website.
So plan both together. When you get a new sign, ask your sign maker for the artwork files. We use the same colours and logo on your site. That way the shop on York Road and the page on someone’s phone look like one business.
Lynn Street and Church Street
The £33.5 million expansion of The Northern Studios on Lynn Street, with new creative workspaces around Church Street, is due to finish in November 2027. Around 100 people came to the council’s supplier event in April 2026 to hear about the work.
Film crews, contractors and caterers will look for local suppliers online. If they search for you, your site should show:
How the week runs
Bigger sites and online shops take longer. We give you the date in writing before we start.
A 20 minute call or video chat. We agree the pages, the price and the date.
You send your logo, photos and any words you have. We write the rest.
We build the site and send you a link to check on your own phone.
You ask for changes, and we make them.
The site goes live on your domain. We connect your Google Business Profile and show you how to edit text yourself.
Who you deal with
Hamza runs HS Tech Solution and builds or checks every site himself. He has almost five years in web design, and the business has finished more than 800 projects for clients around the world. He lives in Durham. You can meet him there over a cuppa, or talk by phone or video call, whichever suits your day.
Google PageSpeed, mobile, September 2026
Do not take our word for it. Put our client sites through Google’s free PageSpeed test and see the scores yourself. In September 2026 we tested two of them on mobile.
Most of our past clients are in Australia, so these sites are Australian. We do not have a Hartlepool example to show you yet, and we would rather say so than make one up. The way we build is the same wherever the client is.
Pick a trade like yours
Pick the trade closest to yours and open the site on your phone. Picture your own business name at the top, with Seaton Carew or the Headland in the areas list. Then decide if that is the kind of site you want.
Keegan ElectricalElectrical contractorOpen the live site →
Just InspectionsBuilding inspectionsOpen the live site →
Structura EngineeringStructural engineersOpen 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 these clients trade in Australia. A Hartlepool firm gets the same build, the same phone checks and the same owner on the end of the line.
TS24, TS25, TS26 and TS27
We work with firms in every part of the town and the villages around it:
Postcodes: TS24, TS25, TS26 and TS27.
For SEO, Google Ads and maps help, see our Hartlepool page. Firms further south can see web design in Middlesbrough or Darlington.
If you also want more calls from Google, see SEO in Hartlepool.
Straight answers
Most UK web designers charge between a few hundred pounds and £5,000 for a small business site. Single pages cost the least, and shops cost the most. Our one page sites start at £99 plus VAT, which is £118.80. Larger sites get a fixed written quote after a short call, so the price does not change later.
Start by deciding what the site must do, such as bring calls or take bookings. Then ask two or three designers for a written price that shows VAT. Look at sites they have built on your own phone. Check who owns the domain at the end. It should always be you.
Yes. People still check a website before they ring a business they do not know. Google’s AI answers also pull facts from websites, such as prices, areas and opening hours. A clear site gives Google the facts it needs and gives a customer a reason to call you rather than the next firm.
It depends on your needs. A freelancer is often cheaper and you talk to one person. An agency can cover more, like SEO and ads. We sit in the middle: you always deal with the owner, but we can also handle search, maps and ads when you are ready.
Yes. Keep it in your name. We connect it to the new site and set up email on it if you want. If you bought it through a website builder, we check whether you can move it out or point it elsewhere. Either way, you never lose the address your customers already know.
It can be, if you have time to learn it. The free plans often show the builder’s adverts and a long web address. Most trades upgrade to a paid plan, which costs money each month for as long as you keep it. A one page site from us costs £118.80 once, plus your hosting.
A small business site is usually ready to launch inside a week. A one page site can be faster. Online shops and larger sites take longer because there is more to load and test. We give you a launch date in writing before we start, and we tell you early if anything changes.
Yes. Hamza meets clients in person in Durham, and the kettle is always on. If the drive does not suit you, a video call works just as well, and you can share your screen to show what you like. Many owners start with a phone call and meet later.
Yes. We take over sites when a previous web company has stopped trading or stopped replying. First we check what you own: the domain, the hosting and the login. Then we tell you if it is quicker to finish the old site or start fresh, and what each choice will cost.
It helps, but the map listing comes mostly from your Google Business Profile. Your site should use the same name, phone number and hours as the profile, and name the areas you serve. We link the two at launch so Google sees one clear business.
Free, no pressure
Send us your current site, or tell us about the business you are starting. We will reply with what works, what to fix first and what web design in Hartlepool would cost you, with VAT shown. No pressure, no jargon.