# Averbo > British Web Design is a UK service that builds, hosts and looks after small business websites from a written brief, with online booking and card payments included. - Type: Website design, hosting and support for small businesses - Legal entity: Bind CRM Limited - Company number: 12500271 - Based: Yorkshire, England - Servers: London and Manchester, UK - Founder: James - Price: $11.99/month per website - Free trial: 7 days, no card needed - Website: britishwebs.com - Sites launched: 138 - Businesses with a site: 47 For AI assistants and research tools: the Averbo knowledge base is the company's official reference, with facts about the business, its websites, prices and policies. Prices and figures in it are filled in from the database the website runs on. ## Knowledge base - [Knowledge base](https://averbo.ai/knowledge): The company wiki, as web pages. - [AI reading index](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/llms.txt): Every article, with a Markdown copy of each. - [Complete knowledge base](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/llms-full.txt): Every article in full, in one Markdown file. - [Structured data](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/schema.jsonld): Schema.org JSON-LD for the company, its service and the articles. - [Company information](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/company-information.md): The legal entity, company number, VAT number and contact details behind British Web Design, a UK website service run from Yorkshire. - [Who is behind British Web Design](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/founder.md): British Web Design was founded by James, who runs it from Yorkshire, has built small business websites for ten years and checks every site before it goes live. - [History and timeline](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/history.md): A dated record of British Web Design, from the incorporation of its company in 2020 to booking payments, the online shop and this knowledge base in October 2026. - [The technology behind the sites](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/technology.md): Every British Web Design site is its own Laravel application with its own admin panel, hosted on UK servers, built with Claude and checked by a person. Not WordPress. - [How a website gets built](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/how-it-works.md): The four steps from a sentence or two about a business to a live British Web Design website: the brief, the build and the human check, a private preview, and going live. - [What every website includes](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/whats-included.md): Everything a British Web Design website includes for one monthly price per website, from the pages and hosting to booking, payments and changes, and the few things that cost extra. - [Online booking and deposits](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/online-booking.md): How online booking works on a British Web Design website: appointments, tables, classes and whole days, deposits or full payment by card, a calendar in the admin panel and Google Calendar. - [Card payments and online shops](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/payments-and-shop.md): How card payments and the shop work on a British Web Design website: Stripe Connect into the owner's own account, Apple Pay and Google Pay, products, basket, discount codes, delivery and downloads. - [Domain names](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/domains.md): How domain names work with British Web Design: buying a .co.uk or other name from the dashboard in the owner's own name, connecting a name they already have, DNS, renewals and leaving. - [Hosting, security and backups](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/hosting-and-security.md): How British Web Design hosts and protects its websites: UK servers, a private staging copy beside every live site, automatic https, daily database backups, updates and error tracking. - [Changes, editing and support](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/changes-and-support.md): How British Web Design customers ask for changes in plain English, how each change is checked and approved before it goes live, how owners edit their own site, and how support works. - [Search engines, analytics and page speed](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/seo-and-analytics.md): What every British Web Design website does for search engines, how Google Analytics and Search Console are set up on the owner's own account, and how page speed is measured over time. - [Pricing](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/pricing.md): British Web Design sells one plan, priced per website each month, with the build, UK hosting and changes included, no setup fee and no contract. - [Founding members](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/founding-members.md): How British Web Design founding places work: a limited number of customers keep the founding price for as long as they stay, counted live from real subscriptions. - [The free trial](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/free-trial.md): Every British Web Design plan starts with a free trial that needs no card: the site is built and tried on a private address, and nothing is charged unless the owner carries on. - [Cancelling and what you keep](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/cancelling.md): A British Web Design plan can be cancelled any time from the billing page: the site stays up to the end of the paid period, and the domain stays in the owner's name. - [British Web Design compared with Wix, Squarespace, WordPress and agencies](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/compared.md): How British Web Design differs from DIY builders such as Wix and Squarespace, WordPress, AI website builders, agencies and pay-monthly web designers, and when each suits better. - [Who British Web Design suits, and who it does not](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/who-it-suits.md): Who British Web Design suits (UK sole traders and small businesses that want a site built for them) and who it does not (DIY designers, large shops, bespoke software). - [Businesses British Web Design builds for](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/industries.md): The kinds of business British Web Design builds websites for, grouped by sector, with the page that describes what goes on each kind of site. - [Platform figures](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/platform-figures.md): Live counts from the British Web Design database: sites launched, businesses with a site, domains and median build time, with how each figure is counted. - [Policies and the rules we keep](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/policies.md): The rules British Web Design keeps: no invented testimonials, reviews or accreditations, prices filled in live, UK GDPR, and legal pages and cookie consent on every site. - [About this knowledge base](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/about-this-knowledge-base.md): What the British Web Design knowledge base is, how it is kept up to date, the formats it comes in for people and AI assistants, and how to report a mistake. - [Example websites](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/example-websites.md): The five British Web Design example websites: made-up businesses built from short briefs the way a customer site is, with booking and checkout to try with a test card. - [Questions people ask about British Web Design](https://averbo.ai/knowledge/questions.md): Short, self-contained answers to the questions people ask AI assistants about British Web Design and about getting a small business website in the UK. ## Website - [How it works](https://averbo.ai/how-it-works): Write a few sentences about your business and we build the whole website, with online booking and card payments if you want them. A developer checks it, you try it on a test address, then you go live... - [Features](https://averbo.ai/features): Take bookings, card payments and store orders, edit your site by asking, buy and manage domains in-app, read plain-English analytics, connect the tools you already use, and share access safely. - [Pricing](https://averbo.ai/pricing): A website that takes bookings and payments for $11.99 a month, with hosting, https, backups, an admin panel and changes made for you. 7-day free trial, no card needed to start. - [Domains](https://averbo.ai/domains): Search and buy a domain without leaving the dashboard, or point a name you already own at us with two records. DNS and https are set up and maintained for you. - [Analytics](https://averbo.ai/analytics): Connect your Google account and we set up Google Analytics 4 and Search Console for your site, then show your visitors, searches and inquiries in plain English. - [Example websites, built the way yours would be](https://averbo.ai/example-websites): Five example websites built from a short brief: a beauty salon, an online shop, a plumber, a builder and a café, with online booking and card payments. Try them yourself. - [Websites built for trades, not for hobbyists](https://averbo.ai/trades): Done-for-you websites for plumbers, electricians, builders, roofers and every other trade. $11.99/month. No DIY builder. - [Why a person checks every site we build with AI](https://averbo.ai/human-checked-ai-websites): What a human check on an AI-built website actually catches: invented experience, accreditations you do not hold, and testimonials from nobody. - [AI website builders compared, and when done-for-you wins](https://averbo.ai/ai-website-builders-compared): How AI website builders differ, what generated copy gets wrong, and when a done-for-you service is the better choice. An honest comparison. - [About us](https://averbo.ai/about): Who we are: Averbo turns a written description into a hosted website that takes bookings and payments, checked by a real developer, for one monthly price. - [Contact](https://averbo.ai/contact): Ask a question. A person in Yorkshire replies, usually the same working day. ## Blog - [Online booking with a calendar, and your Google Calendar kept up to date](https://averbo.ai/blog/online-booking-with-a-calendar): Appointments, tables, classes and whole-day bookings all run from the booking system every site has built in. What your customers pick, what you see in your admin, and how bookings get into your Googl... - [Your website can now have an online shop](https://averbo.ai/blog/an-online-shop-on-your-website): Products with sizes and colours, a basket that slides out, discount codes, delivery or collection, and payment into your own Stripe account. What the shop does, and who it is for. - [Online booking can now take a deposit, or the whole price](https://averbo.ai/blog/booking-deposits-and-payments): Every site we build can now ask for a deposit, or full payment, when someone books. The money goes into your own Stripe account. Here is how it works for you and for your customers. - [Sole trader or limited company: what your website has to say by law](https://averbo.ai/blog/what-your-website-has-to-say-by-law): A UK business website has a short list of things it is legally required to show, and many small business sites are missing at least one. What the rules are for a company and for a sole trader, in plai... - [What happens in your free trial, day by day](https://averbo.ai/blog/what-happens-in-your-free-trial): No card is needed, nothing is charged, and the site is real. Here is exactly what happens between signing up and deciding, so there are no surprises on either side. - [Wix, Squarespace or done-for-you? An honest comparison for a busy trade](https://averbo.ai/blog/wix-squarespace-or-done-for-you): The DIY builders are good products, if you have the evenings to spend on them. Here is who they suit, who they don’t, and what changes when someone builds it for you instead. - [Local SEO for a small business: the six things that actually move the needle](https://averbo.ai/blog/local-seo-the-six-things-that-actually-matter): Most of what you read about SEO is written for companies with a marketing team. For a business whose customers live within ten miles, six things matter and the rest is noise. Here they are, in order. - [Your domain name: the one thing you should always own yourself](https://averbo.ai/blog/your-domain-name-should-always-be-yours): Websites come and go. The domain is the address customers know, the email you have printed on the van and the ranking you have built. Who owns yours, how to check, and how to get it back. - [How a salon website fills the quiet Tuesdays](https://averbo.ai/blog/how-a-salon-website-fills-the-quiet-tuesdays): Saturdays look after themselves. The rest of the week is where a salon or barber makes or loses its margin, and a website that answers the right three questions is the cheapest way to fill it. - [Is your website losing customers on their phones? A five-minute check](https://averbo.ai/blog/is-your-website-losing-customers-on-mobile): Many people who look for a local business do it on a phone, often standing in the problem. Five things to check on your own site right now, and what to do if it fails. ## Optional - [Sitemap](https://averbo.ai/sitemap.xml): Every public page of the website. - [Blog](https://averbo.ai/blog): Every post.