Serving York · YO1, YO10, YO24

Websites for York businesses

Roman walls, a 7th-century Minster, and a 7-day-a-week market — York trades on its own terms.

York sits at the confluence of the Ouse and the Foss and has been trading since Roman times. Walk out of the railway station and you're at the city walls within minutes, with York Minster above you and The Shambles a short walk down the road. The old centre is dense with independent shops and cafés — Shambles Market runs seven days a week under Make It York's management, and the side streets off Coppergate are still mostly indies. The National Railway Museum is a short walk from the Minster and pulls in visitors alongside the JORVIK Viking Centre on the same street. It's a working city, not a museum piece, and the BID talks about it that way.

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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 York

York's small-business scene is dominated by tourism and hospitality, but it's broader than visitors first assume. The BID levy covers most city-centre retailers, hospitality and leisure operators, and the BBC reported in 2025 that the BID itself is publicly flagging the effect of council parking charges on resident spending. Shambles Market, managed by Make It York, runs seven days a week with food, gifts and crafts stalls — the largest single concentration of independent traders in the centre. Out in the suburbs — Acomb, Clifton, Haxby — the high streets are full of tradesmen, salons and professional services serving residents rather than tourists. Fabrication Crafts, a social enterprise with a York shop, has stocked and supported Yorkshire makers for years. Monks Bar Model Shop has been family-run next to Monk Bar since 1963. Tourism is the engine, but the steady trades and the markets are the bones.

Every York 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 York small businesses, not stock photos

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

Some York independents we'd happily sit next to

Shambles Market
Open-air market
Managed by Make It York, open 9am–5pm seven days a week; the largest single concentration of independent traders in the city centre.
Monks Bar Model Shop
Independent model and hobby shop
Family-owned specialist shop next to Monk Bar, trading on the same site since 1963.
Fabrication Crafts
Social-enterprise gift shop
York and Leeds shop supporting more than 60 Yorkshire makers and small producers.

Streets we know in York

The Shambles
Coppergate

Neighbourhoods covered

Acomb
Clifton
Fishergate
Guildhall
Micklegate
Haxby and Wigginton
Heworth

Trade bodies & BIDs in York

Make It York

Why these industries cluster here

Tourism and hospitality
York and North Yorkshire attract over 40 million visitors a year; the city-centre BID membership is largely retail, hospitality and leisure.
Independent retail and markets
Shambles Market is the largest single concentration of independent traders in the centre, run by Make It York seven days a week.
Tradesmen and professional services
Suburban high streets in wards like Acomb, Clifton and Haxby are full of trades, salons and professional firms serving residents rather than tourists.
Cafés and food
The BID organises York Restaurant Week and lists well over 100 participating venues across the centre.

BBC reported in 2025 that York's city-centre BID is publicly blaming a rise in council parking charges for a fall in resident spending in the city centre (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz68e145v6do).

Where we work

Websites for York and North Yorkshire

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

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Pricing

£25/month

One flat plan for every York 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 York 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

York web design — common questions

How much does a website for a York small business cost?

I charge a flat £25 a month with no setup fee, hosting included, so a typical café, salon or tradesman site costs £300 a year all in.

Do you build sites for tradesmen in the YO postcodes?

Yes — most of my trade clients are plumbers, electricians, builders and roofers across YO1, YO10, YO24, YO30 and YO31 who just need a clean page that rings on the right phone.

How long does it take to get a York business site live?

I usually get a typical one-page or small multi-page site live inside two to three weeks, depending on how quickly I get your photos, logo and any trade body details from you.

Will my York site work on a phone?

Yes — every site I build is hand-coded mobile-first, no WordPress, no page builders, so it loads fast on a phone over 4G.

Do I own the domain name?

Yes — I register the domain in your name, not mine, so if you ever cancel it stays yours and you can move it wherever you want.

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