website design & development

Your digital shopfront

Seamless Web Design That Transforms Clicks into Customers

Is your website leaving the wrong impression?

Do you cringe when someone says they've visited it, rushing to explain what you really offer, worried it didn't do your business justice?

You need more leads and smoother sales conversions, but past experiences, lack of resources, or feeling overwhelmed have held you back. We're here to turn that around.

From start to finish, we handle it all – writing, design, managing photoshoots and even creating customer case studies. Let us take the reins so you can focus on what you do best.

Common Challenges we see with websites

Not attracting the right customers
Your website should draw in your ideal clients, but poor messaging and SEO can attract the wrong visitors
Conversion issues
Poor navigation, dead ends, and lack of clear calls-to-action prevent visitors from becoming customers
Lack of evidence
Without strong testimonials, case studies, or proof of expertise, it's hard to build trust that you can deliver on your promises
Inaccurate reflection of work
Your website doesn't showcase the quality and scope of your work
Confusing articulation of offer
If visitors can’t quickly grasp what you offer, they'll likely move on
Weak and damaging brand presentation
A poorly presented brand can harm your reputation and diminish perceived value

how a website supports your business

In today's world, scepticism is everywhere. People are cautious, wary about buyer's remorse and fearful of making the wrong choice. Earning their trust is harder than ever.

As marketers, our job is to remove that doubt and help make decisions easy. A strong, effective website is crucial to ensuring your customers feel confident in their choice.

Your website should be your central marketing asset. It's where you can control the customer journey, guiding potential clients to know, like and trust your business.

Unlike any individual, a website promotes your brand 24/7, working around the clock to win over customers.

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What's included

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Custom Website Design
A completely unique and tailored website design that reflects your brand’s personality and attracts your ideal clients
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WordPress Development
Built on WordPress for flexibility, ease of use, and scalability, ensuring you have full control over content updates, and manage it with confidence
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Responsive Design
Optimised for all devices, ensuring your website looks and performs flawlessly on desktop, tablet, and mobile
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SEO-Friendly Structure
Your site will be built with SEO best practices in mind, giving you a solid foundation for future optimisation and better visibility in search engines
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User Experience Focused
Design and structure centred around your customers' journey, ensuring intuitive navigation and a seamless user experience
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Professional Copywriting
High-quality, SEO-optimised content that clearly communicates your message and drives engagement
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Testing and Quality Assurance
Rigorous testing to ensure your website performs perfectly across all browsers and devices before launch
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Ongoing Support
Post-launch support and training for your team to keep your website running smoothly and to handle any updates or improvements needed
Our commitment to you
We understand, you want this process to go as smoothly as possible. That’s why we provide regular updates throughout the journey and take charge of managing the entire project from start to finish. This lets you focus on daily operations with peace of mind, knowing that everything is moving along nicely in the background.

Website Design Portfolio

Soil Essentials
Screenshot of the SoilEssentials website homepage, featuring navigation links and text promoting their precision farming solutions, with a background image of farmland and machinery.
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Montrose Community Trust
A group of people walk together in a park on a sunny day, with the text overlay: Building a stronger, healthier community. Together, promoting sports, education, and wellbeing initiatives.
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Cairnview Windows & Doors
A website homepage for Cairnview Windows & Doors features a dark-themed modern living room with large windows and blue furnishings. Text promotes stylish, durable windows and doors suited for Scottish homes.
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Flower Pavilion
Screenshot of The Flower Pavilion website, showing navigation links for flowers, weddings, funerals, and more. Banner text reads Let Your Love Blossom with blurred wedding flowers in the background.
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Power Washer Services
A close-up of industrial equipment beside large white text that reads, “TO DO A JOB WELL YOU NEED THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT,” on the Powerwasher Services website homepage. There is a navigation menu and contact details above.
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Drumnor Investments
Screenshot of Drumnor Investments homepage with a river and bridge in the background, navigation links at the top, and a headline reading A personalised approach to professional investment.
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Rizon Training
A worker in safety gear and a helmet speaks while another worker listens, both inside a dimly lit industrial setting. The website header reads “rizon” and offers navigation links for services and courses. Text overlay states, “Strategy. Systems. Training.”.
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Discovery Flexibles
Homepage of Discovery Flexibles website, featuring a banner with the text “Flexible Packaging Solutions, Expert in every layer,” and background image of packaging machinery in a factory. Navigation bar and orange Discover More button are visible.
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Scott & Fyfe
Homepage of Scott & Fyffe’s website, featuring the tagline “Your trusted partner in technical textiles and advanced materials” over a dark, industrial background image. Three icons highlight solutions: high-performance, supply chains, and sustainability.
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MSIP Skills Academy
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Millers Interiors
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Montrose Port Authority
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Gillies & Mackay
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Arran Adam Joinery
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Longparke Farm
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beyond just a website

Clarifying your ideal customers
Pinpointing who they are and understanding their needs
Articulating your value
Clearly expressing what you do and the value you offer
Designing the customer journey
Designing an intuitive path that guides customers from interest to purchase
Showcasing your strengths
Highlighting what you do best to stand out in the marketplace
Creating an online system
Building a 24/7 online system that drives engagement and conversions
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AquaTerra engaged with Due North Creatives at the start of 2022 to assist with the development of our brand under a new sector as well as improve the reach of our brand as a whole. We are delighted to be ending Q1 with a brilliantly defined re-focus of our mission and company values and fantastic new brochure material completed. Can highly recommend the whole team and their continued support.
Stephen Taylor
AquaTerra Group
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The team take time to listen to you, they ask questions to get to the heart of your business and then use this information to create a beautiful and impactful website. We've signed up for an ongoing contract to support us in our PR and marketing and look forward to working with the incredible team!
Michelle De Almeida
Utili-Tay
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Delighted at the launch of our brand new website. Massive thank you to the lovely Amanda Inglis and her team at Due North Creatives who were so helpful and creative from start to finish. Would highly recommend!
Alison Buist
Smallworld Nursery
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I recently commissioned Due North Creatives to design and build a new website for my company. The whole process was great and they really went the extra mile to ensure the content was spot on to get the relevant information across to my customers. The website is fantastic and I'm really pleased with it! I would be happy to recommend their services to other local businesses!
Stevie Maddock
Maddock Joinery Manufacture
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Fantastic company bringing a professional image to any business, great work!
Arran Adam
Arran Adam Joinery
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The thing about Due North is that they listen intently and communicate clearly. You know that you can go to them with a million ideas, and they will take that madness and distill it down to something that works; for your business and your customers. We rely on them for troubleshooting, have continued to make further improvements on our website since it launched, and we also work with them also on our wider PR strategy. They put themselves in the customers' footsteps and translate that into what they are looking for. That is the magic of what Due North does, and it’s very hard to find elsewhere.
Cara Mackay
Gillies & Mackay
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We couldn’t recommend the team at Due North enough. Their knowledge and expertise on marketing, branding and online presence has been invaluable to the team at Crawford Architecture. Since working with Amanda and her team, and the launch of our new branding and website we have found that our client base has increased considerably.
David Paton
Crawford Architecture
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Very happy with our 2 amazing websites created by Due North Creatives. They are always very responsive, come up with good solutions and are great value. Would recommend.
Angus Smith
The Heron Farm Shop & Kitchen and The Heron Byre

What's the process?

Experience over the years has told us that website projects take us around 13 weeks to complete from kick off to going live. Efficiency is key, but delays can occur due to factors like waiting for requested information or scheduling photo shoots.

Here’s a rough timeline to what the process will look like, although it may vary slightly depending on scheduling and the complexity of your website.

Week 1
Kick Off Workshop
We dive into your business, goals and needs to lay the foundations for the project
Week 2
Research & Website Navigation
Mapping out the structure and navigation to ensure an intuitive user experience
Week 3
Initial Design Created
Design concepts are developed, reflecting your brand's identity and vision
Week 4
Home page and navigation revealed to client
The homepage and navigation are presented for your review and approval
Week 5–6
Website copy
Crafting clear, compelling copy that communicates your message effectively
Week 7–9
Website build
The website build officially starts integrating design, functionality and content
Week 10
Full website reveal
The full website is showcased for your review and feedback
Week 11
Website amends
Adjustments are made based on your feedback
Week 11
SEO work
Implementation of meta descriptions, alt tags and schema markup to enhance search engine visibility and improve ranking potential
Week 12
Go live
Your website is launched and shared with the world
Week 13
Website training
A live training session with video tutorials to guide you on managing and updating your new website, so you can easily refer back whenever needed
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    Week 1
    Kick Off Workshop
    We dive into your business, goals and needs to lay the foundations for the project
    Week 2
    Research & Website Navigation
    Mapping out the structure and navigation to ensure an intuitive user experience
    Week 3
    Initial Design Created
    Design concepts are developed, reflecting your brand's identity and vision
    Week 4
    Home page and navigation revealed to client
    The homepage and navigation are presented for your review and approval
    Week 5–6
    Website copy
    Crafting clear, compelling copy that communicates your message effectively
    Week 7–9
    Website build
    The website build officially starts integrating design, functionality and content
    Week 10
    Full website reveal
    The full website is showcased for your review and feedback
    Week 11
    Website amends
    Adjustments are made based on your feedback
    Week 11
    SEO work
    Implementation of meta descriptions, alt tags and schema markup to enhance search engine visibility and improve ranking potential
    Week 12
    Go live
    Your website is launched and shared with the world
    Week 13
    Website training
    A live training session with video tutorials to guide you on managing and updating your new website, so you can easily refer back whenever needed
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      the pricing breakdown

      Factors Affecting Project Costs
      Scope And complexity
      The number of pages, features and custom functionalities it requires
      Design requirements
      Level of design customisation and use of unique visual elements
      Content creation
      The amount and type of content required: text, images and videos as well as technical research required to ensure accuracy and relevance
      SEO and analytics
      Advanced SEO strategies and integration
      Integration needs
      Third-party tools and platforms
      Maintenance and support
      Ongoing support and updates post launch
      starting from
      £4,000 – £10,000
      +VAT
      Good to know...
      We manage the entire project from start to finish and write all of the copy, unlike many other website development businesses. This means less stress and time investment from your team, allowing you to focus on core business activities while we deliver a high-quality website that will attract and convert leads.

      Let's talk about photography

      Essential component
      Professional photography is essential, so much so that we require a photoshoot as part of our website process unless you already have a professional image library — after all, people buy with their eyes.
      half day session
      £450
      +VAT
      Maximising your brand impact

      More creative solutions

      branding

      Is your logo and brand looking tired? Before diving into the website project, this could be the perfect time to revitalise your brand presence and improve your market positioning. Find how we can bring these projects together.
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      video production

      If photography is worth a thousand words, then video is worth a million! As one of the fastest growing and most impactful ways to connect with your audience, we can help you create a number of engaging videos that showcase your expertise and client success stories.

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      outsourced marketing TEAM 

      To maximise the impact of your website project and to extend your reach, we can provide access to our outsourced team of marketing professionals who are specialists in PR, video, graphic design, SEO, social media and so much more.
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      Known for its cosy, rustic atmosphere, Longparke Farm is a family-run café and farm shop located just outside Monifieth and Dundee. Despite its loyal local customer base and pandemic resilience, the business originally known as Longparke, struggled to reach a broader audience and convey the unique charm that set it apart.
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