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For small & new businesses

Smart technology for small businesses.

Professional websites, branding, social media and practical technology support — without the agency-sized price tag. We help you spend less on technology and more on growing your business.

Working with businesses across Southampton and surrounding areas.

Owner of a small independent shop updating her business website on a laptop at the counter

Spend where it matters.

Save where it doesn't.

Mobile first

Built for the phone screens your customers actually use.

Fast to load

Quick pages keep visitors around and help you rank.

Low running costs

Often little or no ongoing hosting bill at all.

  • Small business focused
  • Cost-conscious solutions
  • No unnecessary technology
  • Practical advice
  • Professional results

The problem

We help small businesses compete

Starting a business is expensive enough. Then the technology bills arrive — and it is rarely one bill. It is a collection of separate costs, each one sold to you by someone different, often before you know whether you need it.

Plenty of small businesses end up paying every month for tools and services they never use. We help you work out what is genuinely necessary, then find a practical, cost-effective way to do it properly.

How we work

The costs that add up

  • Website build
  • Hosting
  • Domain name
  • Business email
  • Logo and graphics
  • Social media
  • Software subscriptions
  • Maintenance
  • Technical support

Some of these are essential. Some can be free. Some you can skip entirely for now. The difference between those three is where a small business saves real money — and that is the conversation we start with.

Services

Everything a small business needs to look professional

Start with a website, come back for the rest as your business grows. One person who knows your business, rather than five suppliers who don't.

Our main service

Website Design & Development

Professional, responsive websites built around what your business needs — and what your budget allows.

  • Small business and local trade websites
  • One-page and landing page sites
  • Redesigns of tired existing sites
  • Portfolio and promotional sites
  • Low or no ongoing hosting cost where suitable
Explore websites

Website Maintenance

Content changes, small fixes and ongoing support, without a monthly retainer you don't need.

Logo Design

A clean, recognisable logo that works on a website, a van, a shop window and a social profile.

Flyer Design

Print-ready and digital flyers for openings, offers, events and community notices.

Business Card Design

Branded cards that match your website and don't look like a template.

Social Media Management

Help choosing the right platforms, setting them up properly and keeping them active.

Technical Advice

Straight answers about hosting, domains, email and software — before you spend money.

Web development

A professional website doesn't need to cost a fortune.

We build websites that are quick to load, easy to read on a phone and clear about what your business does. Then we choose the most cost-effective sensible way to put them online — which, for many small business sites, means little or no ongoing hosting cost.

Not every website can run that way, and we will tell you honestly when yours can't. What we won't do is add complexity, or a monthly bill, that your business doesn't need.

Discuss Your Website

Designed for phones first

Most of your customers will arrive on a mobile. That is where we start.

Fast to load

Quick pages keep visitors on your site and help you rank better.

Low ongoing costs

We recommend hosting that suits the site, not the biggest package.

No unnecessary features

If it doesn't help your customers or your business, we leave it out.

Clear recommendations

You'll know what everything costs and why, before we start.

Easy to update later

Come back for changes whenever your business moves on.

Technical advice

Before you spend money on technology, talk to us.

A lot of technology companies make their money from subscriptions, upgrades and add-ons. So the answer is always “yes, you need this”.

We start somewhere else: what does your business actually need? Sometimes the answer costs nothing. Sometimes it means telling you that the thing you were about to buy isn't worth it yet. Either way, you get a straight answer you can act on.

Ask us a question
  • Do I really need paid website hosting?
  • Which business email service should I use?
  • Do I need WordPress?
  • Should I use a website builder?
  • Which social networks should my business use?
  • Am I paying for software I don't need?
  • What's the cheapest sensible way to launch online?

Recent work

Websites built for real budgets

A look at the kind of work we do for small and local businesses.

Homepage design for an independent café shown on a laptop screen

Website + branding

Independent café

A simple site that shows the menu, opening hours and location clearly, and can be updated by us in minutes when the menu changes.

One-page website design for a local plumbing and heating business shown on a laptop

One-page website

Local trade business

A single-page site focused on getting phone calls: services, coverage area and a call button that works properly on mobile.

Photographer portfolio website shown on a laptop next to printed business cards and a flyer

Portfolio site + print

Photographer portfolio

A quiet, image-led portfolio with matching business cards and a promotional flyer, built to run with almost no ongoing cost.

How it works

Simple, and no surprises

  1. 01

    Tell us about your business

    We learn what you're trying to achieve and what problems you need solved — in plain English, no technical knowledge required.

  2. 02

    We recommend a solution

    We identify what you actually need, and where costs can be avoided. If something isn't worth paying for, we'll say so.

  3. 03

    We build it

    We create the website, branding or digital assets your business needs, and make sure everything works on every screen size.

  4. 04

    We're still here afterwards

    Come back for updates, maintenance, advice and new work as your business grows. No lock-in, no pressure.

Starting or growing a small business?

You don't need to figure out the technology alone.

Tell us what you're trying to achieve and we'll help you find a practical, affordable way to do it.

Contact

Tell us about your business

No obligation and no sales script. Describe what you need and we'll tell you what we think is worth doing — including if that is less than you expected.

Where we work
Southampton and surrounding areas — and remotely across the UK.

We reply to every enquiry. Prefer email? Write to hello@skryia.com.