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Your work matters.

Your website should too.

Practical websites for independent businesses who’ve built something great and love what they do - and would rather be doing anything but promoting themselves online.

Sounds like you?

As we say in Yorkshire: give it here.

Let's sort your website

You’ve built something great. People love your work.

Now they need to find you online.

Maybe you don't have a website yet. You've been getting by on word of mouth and social media and it's working up to a point. But you know you’re missing people.

Or you have a site, but it went up quickly in the early days and it's never quite reflected what you've actually built. The online shop runs, there are some good photos and there’s a nice paragraph about how passionate you are, but otherwise it reads a lot like everyone else's small business website.

If people can’t tell who you’re for and why you’re different, they hesitate. They might even decide that you're 'not quite right' for them - that's quite galling when you know that you absolutely are!

The trouble is, fixing it keeps getting bumped down the list. It sounds boring at best, and at worst you're picturing hours of writing pretentious twaddle about yourself, or ending up with something that sounds like a pushy sales site. Really and truly, you'd rather just get on with the work you actually care about.

But meanwhile, people who would love what you do…

…don’t find you.

It doesn’t have to be like that.

A Town Mouse website takes everything you've built - the warmth, the thought, the reason you started - and turns it into a clean, clear Squarespace site that speaks in your voice, shows what makes you different and makes it easy for visitors to say ‘yes.’

The process is straightforward. You talk about your work; I handle the listening, the structure, the words, and the build. And you get on with the work you love.

Let's get on with it today

A person wearing a red knit beanie and black T-shirt is sitting at a table, drawing on a canvas with a marker. The table has various art supplies, including paint jars, brushes, and a laptop. The background features a colorful mural with an eye design.

Five women practicing yoga on a sandy beach, standing on colorful mats, with one foot resting on their thighs and arms raised, facing the ocean with waves, rocky shoreline, and mountains in the background.

A bookstore with a large window displaying shelves filled with books inside, and a black door next to it. Outside, a small table with wooden crates contains more books and items.

A young woman takes a photo outdoors with a DSLR camera, standing against a background of green trees, wearing an orange shirt and carrying a black bag.

Town Mouse Packages

The Town Mouse brings together web design and bespoke copy in one seamless package. You get a lovely Squarespace site that you own and manage, with clear messaging that earns trust and grows your business, whatever stage you are at.

First Online Home

A young woman with dark hair in a kitchen, smiling and resting her chin on her hand, sitting behind a cake on a blue cake stand.

You’re just starting out; time and budget are tight. Social media isn’t quite cutting it, but you’re not really ready for a full website yet.

First Online Home gives you a clear, professional online presence, bringing your key information into one clear page so people can understand what you offer, see what makes you stand out from the crowd, and get in touch.

It's intentionally simple and designed to be outgrown, but it's often the step that helps things feel real.

Best for: Brand-new businesses, side projects, student businesses, early local startups, small organisations and charities who need an online presence

See what's included in First Online Home

Mini Site

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When you’re running a small business, it’s really important that people landing on your site quickly get what you do, who you’re for and what to do next.

A Mini Site gives you a focussed, strategic website that answers the questions people have, earns trust quickly and makes it easy for customers to take the next step. No unnecessary complexity, no sprawling page count; just the right information, in the right order.

This isn't a shortcut or half measure. It's a focused, professionally written site with clean, mobile-first design, thoughtful structure, and the elements that turn interest into enquiries.

Best for: Tutors, therapists, coaches, freelancers, trades, and small local services with one clear offer, ready to look established online.

See what's included in a Mini Site

Full Site

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At some point, a simple website starts to hold you back. You've got more to offer, more to say, and more ground to cover, and need your website to really do some work for you.

The Full Sites starts with positioning work to get clear on who you're really for, what sets you apart, and how your services should be structured so visitors can find their way easily.

You get a professionally written, mobile-ready website of typically 4–5 pages, built on Squarespace's advanced Fluid Engine for a layout that's uniquely yours, plus a dedicated Bio page written to show who you are and why that matters to your customers. You can include booking system and email marketing integration, and a simple online store.

Best for: Established sole traders, multi-service businesses, and growing teams, including consultants, clinics, studios, and specialist trades

See what's included in a Full Site

It’s so easy to create your website…

When you’ve chosen your Town Mouse package and your Squarespace subscription, it’s plain sailing.

Step 1

We talk. A questionnaire and kick-off call collects everything I need and make sure I'm getting off on the right foot.
Step 2

I build. I write, design and create your website and send it over to you.
Step 3

We refine. You give feedback until you're happy with words and design.
Step 4

It's yours. I transfer the website into your name and show you how to use it.
From that point, you own it entirely and run it yourself.

Contact me to get started

Why The Town Mouse?

Hi, I'm Lisa: the human writer behind The Town Mouse Writing Company. I write copy and design Squarespace websites for small businesses who've put a lot of themselves into what they do, and want that handled with care.

When I work with clients, I ask a lot of questions and listen properly to the answers. I give people room to think out loud. There's often a bit of circling at first, but that's fine. I pull the threads together so you can read it back and say, "Yes. That's what I meant."

I'm not interested in filling your website with impressive-sounding phrases that don't actually say very much. If something looks beautiful but feels slightly hollow, I'll nudge us back to what matters: how your customer will feel, and why that's important. It might mean the odd slightly awkward conversation, but it's always in service of getting it right.

Alongside the copy, I build straightforward, well-considered Squarespace websites with thoughtful design that gives your words space to do their job.

The Town Mouse Writing Company is named after a story about choosing a life, a vision and values that suit you, rather than chasing what other people think you should have. That's the thread running through my work. The aim isn't to give you the website you're "meant" to have; it's to help you build the one that actually fits.

If you're creating something with care, want your website to sound like you on your best day, and can't be doing with faff, we'll likely get on just fine.