Web design edinburgh
Born and based in Edinburgh since 1997, we deliver websites which are delivered in-house, on time and to budget.
Arcas have dealt with our website for years, from the initial development process through to maintenance and continual improvements. They’re always prompt and professional and are a pleasure to deal with.
Edinburgh's leading website studio for over 20 years.
Arcas are an experienced and trusted creative agency specialising in website design and development which delivers studio quality at an affordable price.
Our services
What we can do to help
Web Design & Development
Explore our approach to building sites →We provide an end-to-end website design and development service to ensure we create a site which is specifically tailored to your needs and positioned to achieve your goals – all handled by our dedicated and experienced in-house team.
Website Management
Learn how site management works →Ongoing hosting and care so your site remains fast, secure and stable without you having to worry about any of it.
Website Consultancy
See how consultancy works →If you already have a site we can give you an honest assessment about it, provide targeted feedback on areas of concern, or assist with training to help you use your site better.
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Our approach
What makes us different
We're not a studio stuffed with layers of account managers and inflated budgets to compensate – just senior-level expertise applied in a straightforward manner without all the faff, supported by two decades of experience in the industry.
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Built around you, not a template
Every site starts from a blank page, designed and crafted around your organisation, not squeezed into a pre-built template made for someone else.
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Working to your budget
Our development approach is flexible enough to to accommodate a range of budgets and deliver more bang for your buck.
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We don't disappear after launch
The best websites are continually improved and developed to make sure they keep meeting your needs. We remain involved for the long haul.
Client feedback
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FAQs
Common questions answered
Having worked in the web development industry for over 20 years now we have had experience in a vast array of industries and sectors so the simple answer is probably yes!
We’ve worked with clients of all sizes from sole traders and small businesses through to global organisations. We’ve built sites for local trades, charities, schools, university groups, fintechs, dentists, law firms, architects – you name it, we’ve probably worked on a similar site!
This broad experience allows us to understand the needs of each individual sector – so feel free to bring your project to us and it’ll be in good hands.
With modern systems like WordPress it’s very easy to throw a site which looks reasonably decent quickly and easily but in our experience many developers and agencies go no further than that.
A professional developer considers far more than that, taking into account everything from what the site goals are, the messaging and content, the construction of the site both visually and structurally, optmised and semantically-accurate code, accessibility, search engine appeal and so much more.
Your friend’s mate (who does a bit of web design on the side) can build you a site – but only an experienced, professional agency like Arcas can craft a site which looks good, works well and is perfectly positioned to achieve your goals.
It will depend upon the complexity of the project but normally 3-4 weeks is the starting point, with larger or more complex projects ranging from 4-12 weeks.
This is our most commonly asked question and the answer is … it depends.
It all comes down to the amount of work involved but as a general guide, for a professional development including design and build, we’d suggest a starting point of around £1300+VAT as the lower end of the range, around £3500+VAT for mid-tier projects and £7k+VAT and up for larger projects.
Learn more in our insight How much should I expect to pay for a website?
We certainly can and, in fact, its our development platform of choice for the majority of sites which we build.
WordPress is a great choice for allowing sites to be built with maximum developmental flexibility, meaning that your site can easily scale and adapt as your needs do. It also means that you have more control over your own data without being tied to any third-party platforms.
Yes, unlike some other agencies you’ll find who simply want to target business in the Edinburgh area and so pretend to have an Edinburgh office, we have been based in Edinburgh since being founded in 1997.
In that time we’ve had offices based in the Grange, Morningside and Edinburgh’s city centre so we are always around for face-to-face chats if preferred and know the city and its businesses well.
Whilst we do sometimes work from home as well, know that we will always be an Edinburgh-based local business.
Let's talk about your project.
Let us know what you're trying to achieve and we'll give you an honest assessment on how we can help – no jargon, no pressure.
