Based in St Ives
A Cambridgeshire studio serving local businesses in person and clients nationwide remotely.
Web Design in Cambridge
Cambridge has one of the most competitive small-business search markets in the East of England. We help local Cambridge businesses cut through with hand-coded websites that load fast, rank well, and convert visitors into paying customers.
Why Cambridge small businesses choose A9
From the Mill Road independent scene to the consultancies clustered around the Science Park, Cambridge businesses face two recurring problems online: Wix/Squarespace sites that look pretty but rank nowhere, and bloated WordPress builds that cost a fortune to maintain. We solve both by hand-coding every site from scratch.
Our Cambridge clients include early-stage tech startups, independent retailers, healthcare providers, professional consultancies and trade businesses serving the wider city. The common thread: they all want a fast, professional, no-nonsense website without ongoing technical headaches.
Being based in St Ives — just 13 miles up the A14 — means we're genuinely local to Cambridge. We can meet in person, understand your business properly, and provide hands-on support whenever you need it. No call centres, no offshore teams, no agency hand-offs.
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Cambridge is really a set of separate markets that happen to share a postcode. A trade business covering Cherry Hinton, Trumpington, Arbury and Chesterton is competing for entirely different searches to a consultancy targeting the Science Park, the Biomedical Campus or Station Road offices, and an independent retailer on Mill Road or Burleigh Street is competing with footfall as much as with Google. We decide which of those markets you're actually chasing before we write a single page, then shape the site structure, service pages and Google Business Profile service area around that decision rather than publishing one vague 'Cambridge' page.
Search volume in Cambridge is high, which cuts both ways: there is real demand for terms like 'web design Cambridge' and 'SEO Cambridge', but the established agencies have been ranking for years. The practical route in for a smaller business is technical quality and specificity — a page that genuinely answers one sector's question in one part of the city will outperform a broad page aimed at everybody. That's the approach we take, and it's why our Cambridge clients tend to get enquiries from narrower, higher-intent searches rather than vanity terms.
Cambridge businesses also serve a much wider catchment than the city itself. The commuter corridor along the A14 and the Guided Busway pulls customers in from St Ives, Huntingdon, St Neots and Cambourne, while Ely, Newmarket and the villages toward Royston feed in from the other directions. If your work genuinely reaches those places, we say so explicitly on the site and cross-link the relevant town pages, so the area you cover is visible to Google instead of assumed.
For businesses that already have a site they're happy with, the work is usually visibility rather than a rebuild. Our separate SEO Cambridge page covers that side — Google Business Profile, local content, technical clean-up and measurement — and it's often the cheaper starting point if the existing build is structurally sound.
Industries we serve in Cambridge
Built for Cambridge's small businesses
- Tech & SaaS startups
- Healthcare & private medical
- Professional services & consultancies
- Independent retail (Mill Road, town centre)
- Hospitality & restaurants
- Trades serving Cambridge & surrounding villages
What's included for every Cambridge client
Hand-coded, mobile-first design
Lighthouse score 95+ on mobile
Custom domain & professional email
Google Business Profile setup
Local schema markup (LocalBusiness, FAQ)
Google Analytics & Search Console
Small content edits & direct support
Fully managed hosting, security & uptime
Want to rank in Cambridge search results?
Local search in Cambridge has its own competition and its own quirks. Our local SEO in Cambridge page explains what the work involves and which searches are realistically winnable.
How we work
Clear responsibility, without the agency layers.
One point of contact from the first conversation through launch and ongoing support.
Direct contact
You speak to the person planning and building the work, rather than being passed between departments.
Built for the brief
Hand-coded by default, with WordPress available when editing, ecommerce or an integration makes it the better fit.
Managed after launch
Domain, SSL, hosting, updates, backups, small edits and support can stay with one responsible point of contact.
Want to understand the process before getting in touch? Read how A9 works.
Pricing
Professional websites with no upfront cost.
Hand-coded, fully managed, and made to make small-business budgets work harder.
Most popular
Monthly
from£80/ month
£0 upfront · 12 month minimum
- Design & development
- Fully managed hosting & domain
- Up to 5 pages
- Basic text logo if needed
- Business email mailbox, set up for you
- Google Analytics & Business Profile
- Fully optimised for SEO
- Unlimited small edits & direct support
- Fully managed
Lump sum
from£1,200
- Design & development
- £30/mo managed hosting & domain (required)
- Up to 5 pages
- Basic text logo if needed
- Business email mailbox, set up for you
- Google Analytics & Business Profile
- Fully optimised for SEO
- +£40/mo for full management (optional)
Bespoke pricing for complex sites, WordPress, WooCommerce, and large migrations — just ask.
Further reading
Guides that go deeper.
Practical guides to getting a Cambridge business found in local search.
Local SEO
Affordable Local SEO for Tradespeople (2026 Guide)
Plumbers, electricians, builders: what local SEO really costs, what's worth paying for, and the playbook that gets your phone ringing.
Read article 12 minLocal SEOHow to Rank Higher on Google Maps in 2026
The Google Maps 3-pack is where most local enquiries are won or lost. Here's exactly what Google looks at in 2026 — and how to climb from position 10 into the top 3.
Read article 9 minLocal SEOHow to Get More Google Reviews (Without Buying Them)
Reviews are the single biggest local ranking factor after distance. Here's how to get more of them — without ever paying for a fake one.
Read article 7 minLocal SEOHow Much Does Local SEO Cost in the UK?
From DIY foundations to a focused monthly campaign, here is what local SEO should cost and what the fee should actually buy.
Read article 9 minServing Cambridge
Local to Cambridge, based in St Ives
We're a Cambridgeshire studio in St Ives, working with Cambridge businesses in person or over a call — whichever suits you. Visits, planning and handover are all included.
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Working with a Cambridge web designer
Do you work with Cambridge tech startups?
Yes — we've built websites for early-stage Cambridge startups and we understand the need for a fast, credible web presence that holds up to investor and customer scrutiny. Our hand-coded approach is well-suited to founders who care about technical quality.
Can you compete with Cambridge agencies?
We're a small local studio with straightforward pricing. Our hand-coded approach removes much of the plugin and page-builder overhead found in typical agency builds, creating a strong foundation for speed and technical SEO.
Will my Cambridge business rank in local search?
Local Cambridge searches such as 'plumber Cambridge' or 'accountant near me' are competitive. A fast website, clear service pages, accurate structured data and a well-managed Google Business Profile give your business a stronger foundation for visibility.
Do you serve businesses across the whole of Cambridge?
Yes — central Cambridge, Cambourne, Trumpington, Cherry Hinton, the Science Park, Histon, Milton, and surrounding villages. We're 25 minutes from central Cambridge.
How much does a Cambridge small business website cost?
The same as anywhere else we work: fully managed from £80/month with nothing upfront, or a one-off build from £1,200 if you'd rather own it outright. Cambridge agencies often quote several thousand for equivalent brochure sites; larger e-commerce or migration projects we quote individually.
Should a Cambridge business target the city or a specific area?
It depends what you sell. Trades and home services usually do better targeting the areas they genuinely cover — Cherry Hinton, Trumpington, Arbury, Chesterton, Cambourne — because that reflects how customers search. Professional services and B2B are better off pairing 'Cambridge' with their sector term. We set this deliberately when we build the site, including your Google Business Profile service area.
Do you offer SEO for Cambridge businesses as well as web design?
Yes. If your website is structurally sound and the problem is visibility rather than the build, our SEO Cambridge page covers that work specifically — Google Business Profile, local content, technical clean-up and monthly measurement. It's often the cheaper place to start.
How long does a new Cambridge website take to build?
Most five-page business sites go from sign-off to live in two to four weeks, and the pace is usually set by how quickly content and photos come back to us rather than by the build itself. Bigger sites with booking, e-commerce or migration from an existing platform take longer and we give a date before starting.
Can you rebuild a Cambridge WordPress or Squarespace site without losing rankings?
Yes, and preserving what the old site has earned is part of the job. We migrate the content, keep the page structure and headings that are already working, and map every old URL to its closest new page with permanent redirects so existing search visibility carries across rather than being thrown away.
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Ready to grow your Cambridge business online?
Free, no-pressure conversation. We'll outline what we'd build, what it'd cost, and what to expect — usually within one business day.