Web Development Edinburgh
Websites with impact
We create websites which go beyond merely establishing your digital presence and identify opportunities to make your site work harder for you.
We have over 20 years of experience building scalable, maintainable websites across a wide range of sectors including small businesses, charities, schools and universities and more.
How we work
Individually crafted from scratch
Whether you are looking for a brand-new site or want to redevelop an existing one, our approach is always the same – we first establish what is needed, then ensure the site we produce meets those goals at every stage of the process, including addressing any specific issues you may have.
Designed to your needs
We design to your individual needs rather than forcing you into pre-built templates.
Optimised for all devices
Whether viewed on a phone, tablet, desktop or any other device.
AI & SEO friendly
We use well structured, lean code to ensure maximum search engine and AI appeal.
Accessibility focused
We ensure that no audience is excluded from experiencing your site.
Engineered for growth
Our sites are designed to flex and scale as your needs do.
Safe client editing
Editable where needed, protected everywhere else.
Who we have worked with
Experience spanning a range of sectors
* Hover or tab through the sectors to preview the kind of work each involves.
Our development approach
A solid process delivering a premium website
Developed through our many years of experience, our process is designed to ensure a frictionless development with each stage leading smoothly into the next.
Discovery
We start by understanding your goals, your audience and what your site actually needs, ensuring that any development is laser-focused on achieving your aims.
Design
We create and refine visual designs based on what the requirements generated from the discovery phase, ensuring it's all where it needs to be before any building starts.
Build
We will construct your site using clean, accessible code, ensuring the finished site is stable, fast and easy to manage.
Handover & Launch
We handle all the technical work of getting your site live and remain by your site once it's up and running.
Why come to us?
Four simple reasons to choose Arcas
A proven track record
20+ years in business, backed by multiple 5-star reviews from satisfied clients.
Approachable local support
Based in Edinburgh since our founding and always available by email, phone or in person.
Collaborative from day one
We don't just hand you a finished site but keep you involved at each stage throughout the development process.
A compact, experienced in-house team
A step up from a solo freelancer whilst avoiding the unnecessary bloat of large agencies.
Arcas rebuilt our website. Communication was great from start to finish … they were extremely helpful and gave lots of advice.
FAQs
Common questions answered.
To learn more about our work, our process or to ask a question of your own, simply get in touch with our team and we’ll be happy to help.
Ask us a questionYes, though we advise that this is done in a professionally-managed way.
This includes ensuring the areas of your site which may require regular updates are easy to edit yourself whilst ensuring guardrails are in place to protect the site’s design and structure integrity. Our website management service also includes our team carrying out small, simple changes on your behalf.
Every site includes basic on-page SEO as standard, including industry-standard best practices when it comes to the underlying code, proper semantic structure, core accessibility and more.
For a dedicated SEO campaign, we can put you in touch with trusted partner agencies who can handle the ongoing work for you.
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.
Every WordPress site needs ongoing maintenance (plugin updates, CMS updates, security monitoring, and so on). Our website management service (sometimes called a ‘care plan’) handles all of this on your behalf, so you don’t have to worry about it.
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.
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.
