Serving Reading · RG1, RG2, RG4

Websites for Reading businesses

Reading's high street has the chain shops of The Oracle, but Castle Street and Friar Street still run on family-run independents.

Reading sits where the Kennet meets the Thames — the county town of Royal Berkshire, with Reading Abbey ruins a short walk from the new flats going up at Station Hill. You can walk from The Oracle down Broad Street, cut up Friar Street past Aldridge's leather shop, and end up at Sweeney & Todd's pie shop on Castle Street. Two big rail stations pump commuters in, and the University of Reading keeps a steady student trade for the small cafés wedged in between.

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£25/month · anyone, anywhere

What you get

Your own URL, on its own domain
Hand-coded — no WordPress, no page builders
Basic on-page SEO, fast loads, mobile-first
Small content edits whenever you need them
No setup fee, cancel any month

Working with Reading

Reading's small business scene leans heavily on daytime trade — students from the University of Reading, the tech firms out at Thames Valley Park, and the steady commuter flow through Reading station. The town centre's independent cluster lives in Harris Arcade, around Market Place, and along St Mary's Butts: the Smelly Alley Fish Company on Union Street for home cooks, Drews the Ironmongers on Caversham Road, Jacobs the jewellers on King Street, Workhouse Coffee on Kings Street. Reading Borough Council's 2025-2028 plan committed £7.5m over five years via the local BID to keep that core alive while Station Hill and the Minster Quarter rebuild around it.

Every Reading site is hand-coded, mobile-first, and shipped on its own domain. There's nothing for you to maintain — hosting, SSL, backups, updates and small content edits are all in the £25/month plan. You'll deal directly with me from brief to launch, by email or WhatsApp, in plain English.

Local economy

Real Reading small businesses, not stock photos

Every Reading brief lands somewhere on the same map of shops, salons, trades and indie operators. Here are some of the real Reading businesses I've researched while writing this page — the kind of place a clean £25/month site is built for.

Some Reading independents we'd happily sit next to

Sweeney and Todd
Pie shop
Family-run pie shop at 10 Castle Street, RG1 7RD
Jacobs
Family-run jeweller
Same family on King Street for three generations
Drews the Ironmongers
Ironmonger
Long-standing hardware shop at 71-73 Caversham Road
Workhouse Coffee
Independent coffee shop
Independent roaster and cafe at 10-12 Kings Street
The Smelly Alley Fish Company
Fishmonger
Traditional fishmonger on 11a Union Street, with home delivery

Streets we know in Reading

Broad Street
Friar Street
Castle Street
King Street
St Mary's Butts
Harris Arcade
Union Street
Caversham Road

Neighbourhoods covered

Caversham
Caversham Heights
Emmer Green
Whitley
Tilehurst
Katesgrove
Coley
Church
Abbey
Battle

Trade bodies & BIDs in Reading

Reading BID (Business Improvement District)

Why these industries cluster here

Tech and digital
Thames Valley Park hosts a major cluster of tech and software firms on the east of the town, drawn in by fast rail links to London Paddington.
Higher education
The University of Reading is one of the town's largest employers and underpins much of the daytime café and retail trade in the RG1-RG6 area.
Independent retail and food
Alongside The Oracle and Broad Street Mall, a long-standing cluster of family-run shops survives around Harris Arcade, Market Place, Friar Street and Castle Street.

Reading Borough Council's 2025-2028 Council Plan (March 2026 update) committed £7.5m over five years via the local Business Improvement District to support the town centre, alongside ongoing work at Station Hill and the Minster Quarter regeneration (source: reading.gov.uk Council Plan 2025-2028).

Where we work

Websites for Reading and Berkshire

I'm based in London, build over email and WhatsApp, and ship the same £25/month plan to Reading and every other town in Berkshire.

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Pricing

£25/month

One flat plan for every Reading build — hosting, SSL, backups, updates and small content edits all included. No setup fee, no contract, cancel any month.

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How it works

From your first message to a live Reading link in 1–2 weeks.

01You message me with a sentence on what you do.
02Quick call or text, you send your bundle.
03I build, you pay £25/month, you get the link.

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£25/month · 1–2 week build · cancel any month

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FAQs

Reading web design — common questions

Do you work with businesses in Caversham and Tilehurst, or just RG1?

I work anywhere in the RG postcodes — RG1 through RG30. Whether you're a café on Castle Street or a plumber in Tilehurst, the £25/month plan and the 1-2 week turnaround are the same. The only thing that changes is the brief.

Can you set up our Google Business Profile too?

No — and that's deliberate. I keep the £25/month plan focused on the website itself: hosting, SSL, backups, software updates, and small content edits back the same day. Google Business Profile setup and management is a separate thing I don't take on. If you need help with it, ask me and I'll point you to someone who does.

Will my Reading site rank on Google?

I do the on-page basics — page titles, meta descriptions, fast loads, clean hand-coded markup. I don't offer SEO services, link building, or keyword strategy, and I don't promise rankings. The point of the site is to give you a credible link to put on your van, your Instagram bio, and your invoices.

Can you write a blog for our business?

No, blogs and content marketing aren't part of the £25/month plan. What I do include is small content edits whenever you need them — a new phone number, a price tweak, a swapped photo, a new line of text. Those usually go back the same day.

How quickly can a Reading site go live?

Once the brief is agreed, 1-2 weeks to a live link on your own domain. There is no setup fee and no contract — you can cancel any month.

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