Web Design in Wick, Arun

Doing business in Wick, Arun

The Arun local authority area grew by 3.3% between mid-2021 and mid-2024, to 170,692 people. New residents have no favourite plumber, café or hairdresser yet, so they search; a clear website is how a Wick, Arun business gets onto that first list.

The Arun local authority area counted 6,470 business sites in 2026, and 85.1% of them employ fewer than ten people. Most of your competition is small and local too, so a professional website is a real differentiator.

Customers in Wick, Arun: what the census shows

57.7% of workers drive to work. A map and a note about parking save customers a phone call. For 6.6% of residents, the main language is not English. Plain English and good photos make your site easy to follow for every customer.

32.5% of workers in Wick, Arun work part-time. Customers keep varied hours, so make your opening times obvious.

15.1% of workers travel less than 2 km to work. Most customers live and work nearby, so the streets you name matter.

Wick, Arun in numbers

Census 2021 counted 5,319 households in Wick, Arun, with an average of 2.5 people each.

Other numbers worth knowing

• Train commuters: 1.7%
• Caravans and mobile homes: 2.2% of households
• Households of one person: 26.1%
• Adults with no qualifications: 20.4%
• One-person households aged 66 or over: 11.2%
• Owned with a mortgage or loan: 32.7%
• Semi-detached houses: 31.7% of households

Wick, Arun against its local authority area and England

Self-employed adults: 9.5% in Wick, Arun, 9.8% across the Arun local authority area and 9.7% in England. The share of households that own their home is 61.3% in Wick, Arun, against 71.3% in the Arun local authority area and 61.3% in England. Workers based mainly at home: 20.7% in Wick, Arun, 24.7% across the Arun local authority area and 31.5% in England.

Industries that stand out in Arun

The Arun local authority area had 6,470 local business units in 2026. The sectors below are more common here than across England, with what each one’s website should show:

• Cleaning, landscaping and building services (215): insurance details and the services and areas covered.
• Trades such as electricians, plumbers and roofers (730): before-and-after photos and emergency contact details and hours.
• Builders and renovation firms (300): licences, insurance and warranty details and photos of finished projects, room by room.
• Hotels, B&Bs and holiday lets (65): how to get there and the rooms with real photos.
• Childcare and care providers (125): fees and hours and what a typical day looks like.

The local count includes 35 childcare day centres, 160 electrical installation firms and 60 estate agencies. Whatever the sector, customers check the same things first: what you do, where, and how to get in touch.

The area your Wick, Arun website can cover

Within a short drive of Wick, Arun: Littlehampton (0.9 miles), Arundel (2.2 miles), Yapton (2.5 miles) and Rustington (2.9 miles). The nearest large city, Brighton and Hove, is roughly 19 miles away to the east. Wick, Arun is in the Arun local authority area. If you work in Littlehampton or Arundel as well, the site can say so on a service area page.

In Littlehampton, 21.1% of workers were based mainly at home in 2021; in Wick, Arun, 20.7%. Next to Wick, Arun, Littlehampton counted 19,060 people at Census 2021, with 61.3% of households owning their home.

A £69 website, step by step

We have built business websites for small companies since 2008, always working online. Nothing needs to happen in person: you send what you have by email and see the whole website on a temporary link before it goes live.

1. Do the online sign-up (about 5 minutes) and email us whatever material you already have.
2. No more than 3 working days later, the whole site is on a temporary link, with your colours and logo.
3. Once you approve it, the first monthly fee is issued and the website goes live on your domain, together with your business email.

Later on, updates to text, photos and prices go by email and cost nothing extra.

England rules for a business with a website

A website does not need a special licence, but the business behind it follows the usual rules. A few that come up often:

• A limited company must include its name on all company documents, publicity and letters, and on business letters, order forms and websites it must also show its registered number, its registered office address and where it is registered. GOV.UK: company names on websites
• You cannot set non-essential cookies on your website before the visitor has consented to them, and that consent must be actively and clearly given. ICO: cookies

Every business is different, so treat this as general information, not legal advice, and check the official pages linked above.