Web design and branding in Portsmouth
Portsmouth runs on defence, marine engineering and a tourist economy, which is an unusual mix and it makes for unusually different briefs.
A defence supplier and a waterfront restaurant want opposite things from a website. We would rather build two different sites than apply one house style to both.
What we do in Portsmouth
Brand, website and the search work behind it
Four pillars, one team: branding, digital, marketing and automation. Most businesses buy two of them from people who have never spoken to each other.
Serious where it needs to be
For defence and technical suppliers, restraint is the design decision. Confidence reads as credibility; decoration reads as a startup.
Warm where that wins
Hospitality is sold on atmosphere. Same team, completely different toolkit, and no house template forcing them together.
Security handled properly
HTTPS, headers, dependency hygiene and a build with no third-party scripts you did not ask for.
Spec build
C&D Security & Training
Not a client engagement. A complete brand and website we designed and built on our own time, to show what the studio does when nobody is holding the brief.
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Packages
How we work with Portsmouth businesses
Every package pairs a one-off Launch build with a monthly Grow retainer, and every client gets a live portal showing the work. Pick the depth that fits.
Foundation - Get found.
£749 + £249/mo- Website - 10 to 50 pages, mobile-responsive, contact form
- Domain + DNS setup - connected, SSL secured, records configured
- Business email setup - [email protected] with SPF/DKIM/DMARC for deliverability
- Click-to-call & WhatsApp buttons + Google Maps embed
- On-page SEO basics - titles, meta, headings, alt text
Site, profile and the search basics - set up once, kept active monthly.
Growth - Own your market.
£1,500 + £449/mo- Custom-designed website - 50 to 100 pages, bespoke copy, lead forms, speed-optimised
- Lumeops CMS embedded - you own the site. We keep it on the retainer; you can edit a page yourself if you want
- Schema markup (LocalBusiness, services, reviews)
- Image optimisation - WebP, compression, lazy-load
- Logo refresh + core brand kit - colour, type and usage basics
Our most popular package for businesses serious about their market.
Studio - Our flagship.
Custom quote- Brand strategy - positioning, naming and tone of voice
- Full identity system - logo, wordmark, colour and type, usage rules
- Motion identity - animated logo and a motion system for the brand
- 3D & rendered visuals - bespoke Blender-rendered product and brand imagery
- Flagship website - custom-coded and cinematic, with real-time 3D/WebGL where it earns its place
Our flagship design-and-build tier - brand, site and the search work behind it.
Partner - Your full digital team.
Custom quote- Mobile / web app or custom software build (scoped per engagement)
- Bespoke platform & systems architecture - multi-site or at scale
- Customer portal or membership area with real user accounts
- Lumeops CMS embedded - you own the site. We keep it on the retainer; you can edit a page yourself if you want
- Brand identity for the product - naming, identity and UI design system
A full product team - apps, platforms and custom software, quoted per engagement.
Who we work with
Sectors we take on in Portsmouth
We are not sector-specific and we would be suspicious of a studio that claimed to be. What matters more is whether there is something worth looking at and a business willing to invest in how it is presented.
We are based in Blackburn and the work is remote. No Portsmouth office, and we are not going to invent one for a search result.
How it works
From a conversation to a live build
No lengthy onboarding, no discovery fee, no twelve-month lock-in. Cancel anytime.
A conversation
What the business does, who it sells to, and what the current site is failing to say. No deck, no discovery fee.
A scope you can read
What we would build, what it costs, and what it does not include. Written plainly enough that you can compare it with someone else's quote.
We build it
Brand, site and the technical search work, made by the same team. You watch it happen in the portal rather than waiting for a monthly update.
It keeps working
Content, search and automation on a monthly retainer, or a clean handover if you would rather run it yourself. Cancel anytime.
Across Hampshire
Also working with businesses near Portsmouth
Most of this work is remote, so the same team covers your whole area - whether the business sits in Portsmouth itself or the towns around it.
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Tell us what you are trying to build
A short conversation, a scope you can actually read, and an honest answer about whether we are the right studio for it. If we are not, we will say so.