Web design in Reading.

Built to get you recommended by Google and ChatGPT.

We plan, design and build your new website at a fixed price, with one senior lead from the first call to launch.

Recent websites for StreamAlive, SavvyIQ and SendDeck. Search and Google Ads for B3 Designers.

SavvyIQ, hospitality consultancy

“StreamAlive has seen a real improvement in visibility across both Google and AI search since working with Riverforge. They’re like an extension of our team and really got to know our business.”

Lux NarayanFounder, StreamAlive. Google review.

Selected work

SavvyIQ

Hospitality consultancy, London

A site for a consultancy that leads with commercial thinking, then shows the work: twelve projects in detail, from a Marylebone bao bar to Park Hyatt Zurich.

The SavvyIQ homepage

StreamAlive

Software for live and online sessions

A product site that shows the product working. The old way gets struck out line by line, and the chat turns into polls and word clouds on the page.

The StreamAlive homepage

SendDeck

Software for sharing proposals and decks

A launch site for a new product: one clear promise, then a proposal being read slide by slide, live on the page.

Visit senddeck.io
The SendDeck homepage

Harvest & Hive

Juice bar and café concept, designed for B3 Designers

Cold-pressed juice for the hours around the run, the swim and the school gate. Hand-drawn script, a brush-stroke sun and an order-ahead button that follows you down the page.

The Harvest & Hive homepage concept

Cedro

Restaurant group concept, designed for B3 Designers

Seven restaurants from Bath to Norwich with one confident voice. Editorial type, a location finder and booking on every page.

The Cedro homepage concept

Chowk

Restaurant group concept, designed for B3 Designers

Eight restaurants from Shoreditch to Glasgow, written like a love letter to Bombay at night, with photography set inside the lettering.

The Chowk homepage concept
  1. SavvyIQ
  2. StreamAlive
  3. SendDeck
  4. Harvest & Hive
  5. Cedro
  6. Chowk

Every website looks like the organisation it’s for.

A consultancy, two software products and five hospitality concepts for B3 Designers, each with its own look.

  • SavvyIQ homepageSavvyIQ Hospitality consultancy
  • Chowk homepage conceptChowk Restaurant group concept
  • StreamAlive homepageStreamAlive Software
  • Harvest & Hive homepage conceptHarvest & Hive Café brand concept
  • SendDeck homepageSendDeck Software
  • Fox & Furrow homepage conceptFox & Furrow Pub group concept
  • Cedro homepage conceptCedro Restaurant group concept
  • Ishbilia homepage conceptIshbilia Restaurant concept

Sectors we’ve designed for.

Different sectors, the same brief: a good organisation that should look as good online as it is.

Software and SaaS
StreamAlive, SendDeck
Consultancy
SavvyIQ
Restaurant and hospitality groups
Cedro, Chowk, Fox & Furrow and Ishbilia, designed for B3 Designers
Food and drink brands
Harvest & Hive, designed for B3 Designers
Design and interiors
B3 Designers, search and AI visibility

Not on the list? Most of what makes a website work is the same in every sector. Ask us about yours.

Everything the website needs, before and after launch.

  • We work out what the site has to achieve, who it’s for and how the pages fit together, before anyone designs anything.

    More about website design
    The Fox & Furrow location chooser
    Fox & Furrow: six locations, one site, a page for each.
  • Art direction, page designs and motion built around your organisation. No templates and no house style.

    More about website design
    StreamAlive striking out the old way of running polls
    StreamAlive: the old way, struck out line by line.
  • Fast, accessible WordPress or Webflow builds your team can edit without calling us, and custom code where it earns its place.

    More about website design
    The SendDeck dashboard, built in code for its marketing site
    SendDeck: a live-looking dashboard, built in code for the marketing site.
  • SEO and the structure AI assistants read, so you’re the name that comes back when someone asks who to call.

    More about SEO and AI visibility
    20%
    Roughly how many visitors from ChatGPT and Gemini convert at StreamAlive, says its founder.
  • Campaigns on Google, LinkedIn and Meta, newsletters, and a CRM set up so no enquiry slips through.

    See all our marketing services
    • Google Ads
    • LinkedIn
    • Meta
    • HubSpot
    • Brevo
    • Mailchimp
  • Hosting, updates, backups and monitoring, so the site stays as good as the day it launched.

    More about WordPress maintenance
    • Hosting
    • Domains and email
    • Updates and security
    • Backups
    • Small changes

About ten weeks, start to finish.

That’s a typical 20-page website. Timelines are estimates until your written specification confirms yours.

Discovery
Structure
Design
Build
Launch

Discovery Weeks 1 to 2

We learn the business, the audiences and what the site has to change.

You get a written specification with pages, timeline and a fixed price.

Structure Weeks 2 to 3

Sitemap, page plans and the content each page needs.

You approve wireframes before any design starts.

Design Weeks 4 to 6

The homepage first, then every page type, with mobile designed properly.

You review real pages in your browser and tell us what to change.

Build Weeks 6 to 9

Built on a private staging site, with your content loaded and checked.

You test everything and learn to edit it.

Launch Week 10

Redirects, speed and search checks, then we go live.

You get launch support and the option of a care plan.

What a website costs.

Every project is quoted at a fixed price from a written specification. Most websites fall into one of these ranges.

£5k to £8k

A focused site

For firms with a clear offer that need to look established and be easy to find.

  • Up to about 15 pages
  • 4 to 6 page designs
  • Enquiry forms and Google search basics
  • A content system your team can edit

About 5 to 7 weeks

£8k to £12k

An established firm

For organisations with several services, sectors or locations to explain.

  • About 15 to 50 pages, plus news and case studies
  • 6 to 10 page designs
  • One or two custom features, such as quote forms or location pages
  • Content moved across and old addresses redirected

About 7 to 10 weeks

£12k to £30k

A corporate site

For larger organisations with several divisions, libraries of projects or products, and more people signing off.

  • 50 pages to a few hundred
  • 10 to 15 page designs
  • Up to two custom tools, such as a finder, calculator or filtered library
  • Migration from another platform, with ranking pages protected

About 10 to 16 weeks

Sites with online ordering, live data feeds or hundreds of location pages are scoped separately. Care plans, search and ads are billed monthly. See prices for every service.

What it’s like to work with us.

“You came in, quickly understood the problem, cut through the noise and focused on the things that would make the biggest difference. The results speak for themselves, but what I’ve really valued is how clearly he explains what needs doing and why.”

Mark BithreyFounder and Director, B3 Designers
  • One senior lead from the first call to launch.
  • Plain English, so you always know what we’re doing and why.
  • A fixed price and a written specification you can hold us to.

Everything your management team will ask about.

Riverforge credentials

Our work, how we work and what it costs, in a short PDF you can forward.

Download the PDF
What will it cost?
A fixed price, quoted from a written specification. The budget you approve is the budget you pay.
Who owns the website?
You do. The site, the content, the domain and every login stay in your organisation’s name.
Can our team update it?
Yes. We build the content system around your pages and train your team before launch.
Will we lose our Google rankings?
No. Every old address is redirected and checked, so you keep the search traffic you’ve earned.
Is it accessible and secure?
It’s built to accessibility guidelines, tested for speed, and hosted and updated properly.
What happens after launch?
Hosting, updates, backups and monitoring on a monthly care plan, if you want one.

A web design agency in Reading, working across the Thames Valley.

We are happy to drive to meet you anywhere within about an hour of Reading. See how we work in your area.

Let’s talk about your website.

  1. A 30-minute call with Peter Claridge, who leads every project.
  2. A written specification and a fixed price.
  3. A start date that suits you.