Gateshead has a working economy behind the postcard view of the Angel of the North, The Glasshouse and the Baltic. The MetroCentre retail hub and the Team Valley trading estate hold a large base of retail, logistics and trades businesses, and most of them need a website that does a plain job. It should say what you do, show the work and bring in enquiries by phone or form. Search matters too, because a customer looking for a firm in Gateshead should find yours before a national directory.
Our angle is that web and video sit in one team. Tiago Francisco is an award-winning video producer who also builds the sites, so the footage of your van, your unit or your shopfloor is shot with the page in mind. Gateshead is about 15 minutes by car from Sunderland, one of the places we work in the North East, so we come to you for meetings on your premises. Design, build and hosting all stay with us.
What we do
Business and trades websites
Clear sites for trades, logistics and service firms on Team Valley and around Gateshead, with service pages, project galleries and enquiry forms that send every message straight to your inbox.
Online shops for retailers
Shops with card payments, shipping and click and collect options for businesses that trade near the MetroCentre or sell beyond it, with a back end your team can update without calling us.
Video that lives on the site
Short films, product clips and drone shots planned alongside the page layout, then compressed and placed so they load quickly. One team means no briefing a second supplier or reformatting files.
Custom tools and ongoing care
Booking systems, quote request tools and customer portals when a standard template will not fit, plus hosting, updates, backups and speed checks after launch so the site stays fast.
Recent work
Our web platform work is Swiss, led by the LinkUp marketplace, and our North East work so far is video, including a logo animation for the Sunderland news title We Are Sunderland.
How it works
- 01
Intro call
A free 20-minute call about your business, your customers and what the website needs to do. We can meet at your unit or shop in Gateshead afterwards if it helps.
- 02
Plan and quote
We scope pages, features, any shop and any filming, then send a fixed quote in writing. A basic website typically takes 2 to 4 weeks and an online shop 6 to 12 weeks.
- 03
Film, design and build
If video is part of the job we shoot it early so the design is built around real footage. You see drafts along the way, not one reveal at the end.
- 04
Launch and care
We handle go-live, then host and look after the site with monitoring, backups, updates and security patching, so you are not chasing a developer when something breaks.
Questions
Do you cover Gateshead as well as Newcastle?
Yes. We work across the North East and treat both banks of the Tyne as one patch. For meetings in Gateshead, Team Valley or the town centre we come to you, and the rest of a web project runs well over calls and shared drafts.
Can you film at our Team Valley unit or MetroCentre shop?
Yes. Because the same team makes the video and the website, we can film on your premises, in your workshop or on a job site, then place the footage on the site. Drone work is possible where the location and rules allow it.
We sell through the MetroCentre. Can the website complement that?
Yes. An online shop can carry the same range with click and collect, local delivery and clear opening details, and it helps shoppers find you on a search for Gateshead before they visit. We scope this on the intro call.
Our site is on a DIY builder. Can you move it?
Yes. We move the content across properly, keep the pages that already rank, and rebuild the rest so it loads faster and is simpler for your team to edit.
How much does a website cost?
It depends on scope, because a small business site and a full online shop with filming are different jobs. After the free 20-minute intro call we send a fixed quote in writing, with no obligation to go ahead.