For new UK small businesses

Everything your new business needs online,
set up and looked after by me.

I'm Mark. I help people starting new businesses look as professional online as they are in person. One monthly fee. No setup cost. Just mine to worry about — not yours.

I reply personally, within two working days.

What I sort out

The whole online side of your business, handled.

No seven tabs open, no monthly round of tiny invoices, no learning seven admin panels. All of this, set up properly and looked after by one person.

  1. 01

    An online home your clients find and trust.

    Designed around your work — warm, readable, fast, accessible. Built to convert enquiries, not just to look pretty.

  2. 02

    A booking link that fits everywhere.

    In your bio, on your door, at the bottom of an email. Clients choose a time, get a confirmation, get a reminder. No phone tag.

  3. 03

    Professional email on your own domain.

    Nobody taking @gmail.com bookings looks like a going concern. You get proper addresses (you@yourbusiness.co.uk) and I look after the admin.

  4. 04

    Consent forms, contracts, cancellation policies.

    Digital, signed, stored. Templates ready to adapt to your line of work — or bring your own and I'll wire them up.

  5. 05

    A newsletter, for when you've something to say.

    Capture sign-ups from your pages. Send when it makes sense. Never because a platform told you to.

  6. 06

    Proper measurement, quietly.

    So you know what's working. Privacy-friendly — no intrusive cookie banners, no selling visitor data, no tracking across the internet.

What most people end up doing

The honest cost of stitching it together yourself.

Most new businesses discover this six months in, the hard way. Here are the real UK 2026 prices — the tools you'd probably buy, what they cost, and how much of your time disappears into them.

Doing it yourself

Typical UK solo business, month one

Online home Squarespace Business £20/mo
Booking link Calendly Standard £8/mo
Newsletter sending Mailchimp Standard £10/mo
Digital signatures DocuSign Standard £20/mo
Email on your own domain Google Workspace £6/mo
Visitor measurement Plausible £7/mo
Your domain Registrar £1/mo
Accounting software Xero Growing £30/mo
Monthly subtotal   ~£100/mo

Plus, to actually get set up:

  • Brand identity and logo £500–1,500
  • Setting it all up to work together £2,500–5,000
  • Content writing / photography £900–2,300
  • Your time learning seven admin panels 40–80 hours
  • Your ongoing admin time 2–4 hrs / month

Year one, realistically:
£1,200+ in subscriptions,
£3,000–8,000 in one-offs,
and 60–130 of your hours.

With me

Launchpad tier

£149 /month

One bill. One person to ask if anything’s not right.

  • All the above, set up properly and working together
  • No setup fee
  • Brand identity and logo included
  • Content help included on Grow and above
  • I look after it; you get on with your work

Year one:
£1,788 total.
No setup fees.
Your hours back.

Ask for a proposal

Steady-state price is £149/mo. First 20 clients get a launch rate of £129/mo. Prices ex-VAT. Figures above are typical mid-market UK retail prices at the time of writing — you can get cheaper, and you can get much more expensive.

How it works

Three conversations, then it's running.

  1. 1

    We talk.

    Quick call, or a form — whichever suits. You tell me what you do, who you serve, where you are. I come back within two working days with a proposal and a clear price.

  2. 2

    I get it all set up.

    You answer a short set of questions and review drafts. I handle brand, pages, booking, email, e-signatures, analytics — the lot. Most clients are live within a fortnight.

  3. 3

    I look after it.

    You call or message me when you need anything. Updates, new pages, a new signature template, a tricky enquiry — all on one number. You just get on with your work.

Pricing

Three tiers. Honest pricing.

All tiers include the whole setup. The difference is how much of the ongoing content and strategy I handle for you.

Launchpad

£129 /mo

launch rate — steady £149/mo

Everything set up, looked after, one monthly fee.

  • Your online home — designed, built, hosted
  • Booking link that works everywhere
  • Professional email on your own domain
  • Consent forms, contracts, engagement letters
  • Newsletter, when you have something to say
  • Proper measurement of what's working
  • Brand identity and logo — yours
  • A real person looking after it
Start here
Most start here

Grow

£229 /mo

launch rate — steady £249/mo

Launchpad, with help putting content out regularly.

  • Everything in Launchpad
  • 1–2 considered posts each month
  • Quarterly 15-minute call with me
  • Up to 3 mailboxes on your domain
  • Quarterly review of what's working
Start here

Partner

£449 /mo

launch rate — steady £599/mo

I interview you. Your voice, your words, polished and published.

  • Everything in Grow
  • Monthly interview — I write in your voice
  • Direct line: priority email, monthly call
  • Up to 5 mailboxes on your domain
  • Custom work when your business calls for it
  • Capped at 10–15 clients, so I can keep the promise
Talk to me

No setup fee. Cancel with three months' notice after the first year. All prices ex-VAT.

Client story

Morven's clients find her, book her, pay her.

Mark took care of everything — the online side, the bookings, the emails. I just had to show up and do my work. That's exactly what I needed.

— Morven Taylor, running Tailored Hypnotherapy

Morven was the first client. A working hypnotherapist in Scotland who needed to be findable, bookable, and look the part — without spending her week wrangling admin panels.

Read how we built it →

One-off packages

When you want to make a real impression.

Available on any tier, or as a standalone. I script and direct; a trusted partner videographer or photographer handles the shoot. The output is yours.

Brand Story Video

£499–799

A proper short film about your work — scripted after a conversation with me, shot by a partner videographer. One flagship piece for your homepage plus 5–10 short clips for social. You'd struggle to do this yourself without it transforming how people feel about your business.

Photography Day

£399–699

Partner photographer, my brief. 20–50 edited images — for your pages, social, directory profiles. Not stock photos of strangers: your work, your hands, your space.

Combined Shoot Day

£799–1,199

Video and stills the same day. Most efficient if you want both. One shoot, two deliverables.

Launch Story Pack

£999–1,499

For new businesses: brand identity + Brand Story Video bundled into Launchpad onboarding. The full "looks-like-it-costs-ten-times-this" set.

Who I work with

New businesses of almost any shape.

Therapists and counsellors. Coaches and hypnotherapists. Residents' groups and community organisations. Photographers, consultants, accountants, creatives. If I don't think I can help you, I'll tell you.

I deliberately keep the variety wide. Five therapy sites start to look the same; a therapy practice next to a residents' group next to a photographer force every project to find its own voice. That makes every piece of work better.

Get started

Leave your email. I'll send a proposal.

Tell me a little about your business and I'll come back within two working days with a tailored recommendation and a clear price. No sales call unless you want one.

Or email me directly: mark@marksworkshop.co.uk