Darlington Design

Guides for small business owners

Plain-English help with your website and getting found online. No jargon, and nothing you need to buy.

12 signs your website is costing you customers

A plain-English checklist you can run on your own website in ten minutes, on your phone.

How much does a small business website cost in 2026?

Typical UK prices for a new website, hosting and upkeep, what pushes the price up, and the questions to ask before you pay.

How guest houses and B&Bs can get more direct bookings

Practical ways to win bookings without paying booking-site commission, without falling out with Booking.com.

Should you repair your website or replace it?

A simple way to decide whether to fix what you have or start again, and roughly what each costs.

What to do if your web designer disappears

How to get back control of your website, domain name and email when the person who built it can’t be reached.

Is a Facebook page enough for a small business?

What a Facebook page does well, where it falls short, and when a simple website is worth having alongside it.

Your Google Business Profile: a 30-minute tidy-up

The free Google listing that often brings in more calls than your website, and how to get it right.

Rather I just looked?

Send me your web address and I’ll send back a free, plain-English review of your website, with what to fix first and what it would cost.

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