One accountable specialist
You work directly with the person planning and building the site, not a passed-around agency team.
Look credible before
anyone gets in touch.
Accessible websites for established North East service businesses, built to win better enquiries. Local funding can cover up to half the cost, where it's available.
Why choose Brandbadger
The specialist website partner your business deserves
I combine accessibility, frontend engineering and clear commercial thinking to build websites that make good service businesses look as credible online as they already are in real life.
Check if this is a fitPractical web strategy
Clear page structure, stronger trust signals and a focused enquiry route built around how people choose you.
Clear pricing
One agreed scope, one clear price and local funding checked where it genuinely fits.
Focused turnaround
A tight process for established service businesses that need a credible site without months of drift.
Accessibility built in
Semantic HTML, keyboard support and readable interfaces handled from the start, not patched in later.
Built to last
Clean frontend work, fast pages and maintainable components rather than a fragile page-builder stack.
Who this tends to suit
Established service businesses with trust to earn
These match the tighter audience on the who-it's-for page. The real test is whether your website needs to earn trust before someone gets in touch.
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B2B service firms
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Professional consultancies
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Accountants & bookkeepers
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Coaches & trainers
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Trades moving upmarket
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Technical practices
What's coming, and how projects are shaped
No delivered case studies yet, so here's what's honest to show instead
More than Grandparents is a real project in the pipeline, not a finished case study. The other cards aren't claimed as delivered client work either; they show the practical project shapes Brandbadger is built around.
View the workIn the pipeline
More than Grandparents
A clearer, more usable site I'm hoping to build for a Sunderland kinship care charity, pending funding, with simpler mobile journeys and stronger trust for families and funders.
Common project shape
Service business credibility site
The usual pattern for established service businesses: clearer pages, real proof, readable content and an enquiry path that filters the right leads.
Common project shape
Funding-ready project scope
A practical way to shape a North East SME project: agreed scope, plain-English quote and a build that can sit beside a grant application.
Is this the right fit for your business?
Answer four quick questions and get a plain next step.
Step 1 of 4
Where is the business based?
Who this is for
Your site undersells you
You're trading and doing good work, but the website no longer matches what people get when they actually deal with you.
Trust matters before they call
Consultants, accountants, clinics, trainers, technical firms and trades moving up-market, where people size you up before they get in touch.
Structure, not a platform
You need clearer pages, better structure and a reliable enquiry route, not a sprawling build with logic you'll never use.
Established, not starting out
Already trading with real work coming in, and ready to invest in a site that does the business justice.
Not a fit for ecommerce, custom booking systems, businesses that haven't started trading yet or large platform builds.
How the funding works
Funding is a discount, not the product. If it fits, here's how it runs.
North of Tyne Up to 50% back. For trading SMEs in Northumberland, Newcastle and North Tyneside. Usually for projects between £3k and £8k.
Sunderland Up to 40% back. For trading Sunderland businesses. Usually for projects between £3k and £6k.
Elsewhere in the UK Worth a check. Most areas run their own local grants through Growth Hubs and councils. Tell me where you are and I'll help you check what's open.
You pay for the project first, then claim back if approved. Funding depends on eligibility and the funder's decision.
What you can expect
Every site is built to the same standard, whatever the budget. Here's what that means in practice.
- Clear pages that explain what you do in plain language.
- Layouts that work properly on a phone, not just a desktop.
- Built to be usable for everyone, including people on screen readers or a keyboard, with WCAG 2.2 used as the working standard.
- An enquiry route that feels simple and trustworthy, not hard work.
How it works
- 1 Check eligibility
A quick check of your business, location, site size and which current funds might fit.
- 2 Shape the job
You get a clear page plan, price and what content you need. No inflated feature list.
- 3 Build the first version
I build the site with clean frontend foundations, sensible structure and accessibility considered from the start.
- 4 Launch and claim
The site goes live. If funding was approved, you submit the claim after paying for the project.
Common questions
Do I need funding to work with you?
No. Funding can cut the cost where it applies, but the website is the point. If a grant doesn't fit, or you'd rather not bother with it, the site still gets built to the same standard.
Who is this for, and who is it not?
Established, trading North East service businesses that want to look credible and win better work. It's not for ecommerce, complex booking platforms, businesses that haven't started trading yet, or donation-funded charities that can't meet the commercial-income test.
How does the grant actually work?
You pay for the project first, then claim your share back if the funder approves it. North of Tyne covers up to 50%, Sunderland up to 40%. Eligibility and the final figure are the funder's decision, not mine.
Will the site be accessible?
Yes. Proper HTML, keyboard support, readable content and forms that work, with WCAG 2.2 used as the working standard. It's baseline quality here, not an add-on.
Ready to look credible online?
Four quick questions tells you if the funding fits. No obligation either way.
Check if this is a fitBrandbadger, built by Andy Terry
Brandbadger is run near Morpeth by frontend developer and accessibility specialist Andy Terry.
You work directly with the person planning and building the site. When a project genuinely needs extra support, trusted specialists can be brought in for focused parts of the work.