Kestrel Digital | Web Design & Digital Agency in Leeds, UK

Custom Web Development • Laravel Applications • Business Software

Transforming Ideas Into Powerful Digital Solutions

We design and develop modern websites, custom web applications, CRM systems, ERP solutions, and business software that help organisations improve efficiency, increase productivity, and accelerate growth.

  • 4.9/5 from 120+ client reviews
  • 98% client retention
  • Based in Leeds, working UK-wide
Transforming Ideas Into Powerful Digital Solutions

Trusted by ambitious teams across the UK

Albion & Co Cirrus Cloud Fenwick Retail Orbit Energy Halcyon Health Trent Foods

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Who we are

A senior team that treats your website like a product, not a project

At Web Spider, we help businesses grow through innovative digital solutions, professional web development, strategic digital marketing, and reliable business support services. With years of industry e...

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What we do

Six disciplines, one accountable team

Everything your website needs to win attention and convert it — under one roof in Leeds, with no hand-offs between agencies.

Web Design

Bespoke, accessible design systems that make your brand credible and your journeys effortless to complete.

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Web Development

Fast, secure, well-documented builds with testing and CI/CD as standard — engineered to be inherited, not endured.

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E-commerce

Shopify and bespoke commerce platforms tuned for conversion, integrated with your operations, ready for peak trading.

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SEO

Technical excellence, content worth citing and digital PR that earns authority — reported in pipeline, not impressions.

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Digital Marketing

Paid search, paid social, email and CRO run against agreed cost-per-acquisition targets — with the landing pages built by us too.

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Hosting & Support

Managed UK hosting, proactive maintenance and a named engineer who already knows your site when you call.

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Why Kestrel

Chosen for the same reasons clients renew every year

Anyone can promise results. We structure every engagement so you can check them — and hold us to them.

One team, end to end

Strategy, design, build, marketing and hosting under one roof --- nothing lost between suppliers, and one number to call when it matters.

Measurable by default

Every engagement starts with agreed numbers and ends with a review against them --- no vanity metrics, no moving goalposts.

Accessible as standard

WCAG 2.2 AA is our floor, not an add-on invoice --- built in from the first wireframe, verified before every launch.

Honest about trade-offs

We would rather win your trust than the upsell --- if a service is not right for you we will say so. It is why 98% of clients stay.

UK-based, always

Design, engineering and support from our Leeds studio. No outsourcing, no time zones, no waiting for tomorrow.

What good looks like

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4.9/5 from 120+ verified client reviews, and 98% retention — the numbers our clients actually judge us on.

Solutions

Problem-led programmes, not off-the-shelf packages

When the challenge is bigger than a website, we assemble the right disciplines into a single programme with one outcome to hit.

Digital Transformation

Replace the patchwork of legacy sites and manual processes with one coherent, measurable platform.

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E-commerce Acceleration

Diagnose the funnel, fix the leaks, integrate the back office — then compound it with a testing programme.

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Data & Dashboards

Trustworthy analytics and live dashboards that let the whole business see what is actually working.

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Automation & Integrations

Connect the systems that refuse to talk to each other and automate the work nobody should be doing by hand.

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Case studies

Results we are happy to be measured against

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Web Design & Development

Meridian Law: from brochure site to business development engine

A new platform for a 90-partner law firm - governed self-serve publishing and practice pages built around instruction intent.

+64% qualified enquiries

1.2s mobile LCP

E-commerce

Fern & Field: replatforming a garden retail brand for growth

9,000 SKUs migrated to a custom storefront, with ERP integration and a funnel rebuilt from drop-off data.

+112% online revenue

4.6% conversion rate

SEO & Content

Orbit Energy: owning the renewable search conversation

A technical overhaul plus a content programme that made a regional installer the most-cited voice in its niche.

+183% organic traffic

24 keywords in top 3

How we work

A process refined over 240+ projects

Predictable enough to plan a business around, flexible enough to think inside. You will always know what is happening, what it costs and what happens next.

Discover

Workshops, analytics and customer research to align everyone on the problem worth solving and the numbers that define success.

Design

Prototypes you can click, reviewed weekly and tested with real users — no big reveals, no surprises at handover.

Build

Two-week sprints with a working demo every Friday, hardened by automated tests, security review and accessibility audits.

Grow

Launch is the starting line: measurement, optimisation and a roadmap that keeps improving your numbers each quarter.

Testimonials

What clients say when we are not in the room

They rebuilt our store across a single weekend and not one order was lost — then conversion rose 38% in a quarter. The difference is that they sweat the details nobody else notices.
Rachel WhitmoreE-commerce Director, Fern & Field
The first agency that asked about our margins before it asked about our fonts. Every recommendation came with a number attached, and the numbers have held.
Georgina HaleManaging Partner, Albion & Co
Organic enquiries have tripled in nine months. More importantly, Kestrel told us which half of our content was dead weight and helped us retire it with confidence.
Claire BennettMarketing Director, Orbit Energy
Theirs is the first support plan where I know the engineer's name and he knows our stack. Incidents get acknowledged in minutes and explained in plain English.
Marcus LeesIT Director, Trent Foods
They challenge us — respectfully, and usually correctly. Our booking platform now passes accessibility audits that used to fill us with dread.
Dr Anita RaoDigital Lead, Halcyon Health

Not sure which service you need first?

That is the right question to ask - and the one most agencies answer with whatever they sell most of. Book a free consultation and we will give you an honest read, even if it points away from us.