Trades Web Design — Greater Manchester

Web Design
Manchester That Gets You Found.

Right now, someone in Greater Manchester is searching for a plumber, electrician, or heating engineer. If you don't have a professional website, they're calling your competitor instead. We build websites that get tradespeople found — fast, properly, and at a price that makes sense.

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48hr
Average response
7
Days to go live
100%
Yours to keep
Zodiac Plumbing & Heating
Plumber · Manchester
★★★★★
313 five-star reviews — zero online presence before we built their site.
AA Manchester Plumbing
Trades · Stockport
★★★★★
30 years experience and a City & Guilds distinction — hidden on a 2009 website.
Nas Hair & Beauty
Salon · Salford
★★★★★
172 five-star reviews — no way for new clients to book online.
Taking on new clients — Manchester & North West

The Problem

Tradespeople are losing
jobs every day online.

Trades web design across Greater Manchester — plumbers, electricians, heating engineers & more

Thousands of tradespeople across Greater Manchester are brilliant at what they do but completely invisible online. They run on word of mouth and referrals — but every day without a website is jobs going to a competitor who shows up on Google. We fix that.

We specialise in trades websites. We know what a plumber's customers search for, what an electrician needs on their site, and how to make a heating engineer stand out locally. Every site is built from scratch — no templates, no shortcuts.

You're losing jobs to Google every day
When someone searches "plumber Stockport" or "electrician Manchester" and you don't appear — that job goes to whoever does. It happens dozens of times a month and most tradespeople have no idea.
Your reviews deserve to be seen
You've got years of experience, Gas Safe registration, and a string of five-star reviews — but none of that shows up for someone who's never heard of you. A proper website changes that overnight.
You shouldn't have to think about it
You've got jobs to do. We handle the whole thing — design, copy, forms, hosting, WhatsApp button. Tell us about your trade and we build it. Most sites are live in under two weeks.

Our Work

Built from scratch.
Every time.

No templates. No page builders. Every site is hand-coded and designed specifically for that business.

Plumbing & Heating · Manchester M1
Zodiac Plumbing & Heating

Full 8-page site with emergency callout CTA, quote request form, WhatsApp integration, and Gas Safe trust signals. Built for a 313-review plumber with zero online presence.

✓ Live in 7 days
Electrician · Stockport
LJ Norton Electrical

NICEIC electrician specialising in solar, EV chargers, and battery storage. Built around 267 five-star reviews with service-specific pages for maximum SEO impact.

✓ Live in 7 days
Cleaning Services · Manchester
Cleaners With Pride

Premium booking-focused site for a 719-review cleaning company. Services grid, reviews section, booking form, and WhatsApp booking flow.

✓ Live in 5 days

Transparent Pricing

No hidden costs.
No surprises.

45% to start, 55% when you're happy with the site. Every package includes hosting setup, mobile optimisation, and a WhatsApp button as standard.

Starter
£1,675
+ £150/month care plan
  • ✓Custom website up to 5 pages
  • ✓Mobile responsive
  • ✓Quote / contact form
  • ✓WhatsApp button
  • ✓Basic SEO setup
  • ✓Hosting setup
  • ✗No Google Business Profile
  • ✗No copy written for you
  • ✗No ads tracking
  • ✓Delivered in 14 days
Get Started
Standard
£2,250
+ £150/month care plan
  • ✓Everything in Starter
  • ✓Up to 7 pages
  • ✓Google Analytics
  • ✓Google Business Profile setup
  • ✓Full SEO & keyword research
  • ✓All copy written for you
  • ✓Branded email address
  • ✗No ads tracking setup
  • ✗No monthly report
  • ✓Delivered in 10 working days
Get Started
⭐ Best Value
Premium
£2,999
+ £150/month care plan

Most trades businesses recoup this entire investment within 60–90 days from new enquiries alone.

  • ✓Everything in Standard
  • ✓Up to 10 pages — more pages = better Google rankings
  • ✓Speed optimisation — Google rewards fast sites
  • ✓Facebook Pixel & Google Ads tracking ready
  • ✓1 month Google Ads campaign setup included
  • ✓Monthly performance report to your inbox
  • ✓Priority 24hr support
  • ✓Fastest delivery — 7 working days
Get Started — Best Value

Just 33% more than Standard — with 200% more value included

Why Premium pays for itself

1 job/month
from Google Ads covers the care plan entirely
10 pages
means 10 chances to rank on Google — vs 5 or 7
7 days
to go live — twice as fast as the Starter package

Optional add-ons — available on any package

AI Chatbot ? +£40/mo
AI Chatbot Add-on

A custom AI assistant trained specifically on your business — your services, pricing, and FAQs. It answers customer questions 24/7 so you wake up to booked jobs, not missed enquiries.

  • Trained on your services, prices & FAQs
  • Answers questions at 11pm on a Saturday
  • Captures lead name & number automatically
  • Works on all devices, no app needed
  • Retrained free if your services change
Local SEO Management ? +£150/mo
Local SEO Management Add-on

Monthly work to make sure you show up when someone nearby searches for your trade. Goes beyond the one-time SEO setup included in your site build.

  • Google Business Profile managed monthly
  • Local citation building across directories
  • Monthly keyword ranking report
  • Competitor position tracking
  • Review response management
  • Targets "plumber near me" type searches
Google & Facebook Ads ? +£500/mo
Ads Management Add-on

We set up and manage paid ad campaigns on Google and Facebook so you appear at the top of search results immediately. You control the ad budget — we make every pound work harder.

  • Full Google Ads campaign setup & management
  • Facebook & Instagram ad campaigns
  • Ad copy written and tested for you
  • Audience targeting for your local area
  • Monthly performance report
  • Ad spend paid directly to Google/Meta by you

The Process

From yes to live
in under two weeks.

01
Free consultation

Quick call to understand your business. No obligation, no sales pitch — just an honest conversation about what you need.

02
We build it

You fill in our simple onboarding form. We write the copy, design the site, and build everything from scratch.

03
You review it

We send you a preview. You request any changes — two rounds included. We refine until you're completely happy.

04
You go live

We handle hosting, domain setup, and Google indexing. Your site goes live and starts working for you immediately.

Why Forge Scale Grow

We're not a
big agency.
That's the point.

Big agencies have account managers, project managers, and three people on a call to tell you what they've already decided. We don't. You deal with one person who knows your site inside out, answers quickly, and actually cares whether it works.

We're local to Manchester. We know the market. And we're small enough that your business matters to us.

01
You'll always know who you're talking to
No call centres, no ticketing systems. Message us on WhatsApp and a real person replies — usually the same day.
02
We write everything for you
Most business owners hate writing about themselves. We do it for you — clear, confident copy that makes you sound as good as you actually are.
03
Your site is yours — full stop
Once it's built and paid for, it belongs to you. The files, the domain, everything. We're not holding anything hostage.
04
We refer. You save.
Send us one client who signs up — get a free month. Send us two — get two months free. Word of mouth works both ways.

Coverage

We cover all of
Greater Manchester.

Manchester City Centre Salford Stockport Didsbury Chorlton Stretford Trafford Altrincham Wythenshawe Bury Bolton Oldham Rochdale Ashton-under-Lyne Eccles Urmston Wigan Warrington

Get in Touch

Let's get your
business online.

Tell us about your business and we'll come back within a few hours. Or just give us a call — we're a real person, not a bot.

Phone
07359 781 407
Email
Joseph@forgescalegrow.com
Based in
Manchester, UK

We typically respond within a few hours. No obligation whatsoever.

Forge Scale Grow specialises in trades web design across Greater Manchester. We build professional websites for plumbers, electricians, heating engineers, gas engineers, builders, roofers, bathroom fitters, solar installers, landscapers, and painters & decorators. We serve tradespeople across Greater Manchester including Manchester City Centre, Salford, Stockport, Didsbury, Chorlton, Trafford, Altrincham, Wythenshawe, Bury, Bolton, Oldham, Rochdale, Ashton-under-Lyne, Eccles, Urmston, Wigan, and Warrington. Custom trades websites from £1,675 with monthly care plans from £150/month. Gas Safe registered? NICEIC approved? We make sure your credentials are front and centre.

Forge Scale Grow Ltd · Joseph@forgescalegrow.com · 07359 781 407 · Manchester, UK