Welcome to The business detective

Website Design and Digital Marketing Agency

Based in Sudbury Suffolk, We are a small team offering professional Website design, Website Support, Website management services, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO Services) and Virtual office assistant functions.
What We Do

Why we rock at The Business Detective

As a Web Design company based in the heart of Suffolk, we rock at creating Websites that look fantastic and perform well, creating the all important ‘wow factor’ for your business.

We help small and medium-sized businesses build a powerful, search-ready online presence through website design, SEO strategy (managed SEO Services), and ongoing website management. Whether you’re launching a new brand, refreshing your site, or looking to climb the Google rankings, I offer a friendly, hands-on approach helping you at each step of the way, giving you as much control as you want. 

💻 Website Design That Works for You

I design and build websites using trusted platforms like WordPress and Joomla, tailored to your business goals. From elegant portfolio sites to full e-commerce solutions, every site is:

  • Fully responsive across mobile, tablet, and desktop
  • Optimised for speed, security, and user experience
  • Built with SEO-ready architecture and schema markup
  • Hosted on managed servers with regular updates and backups
  • Easy to update with intuitive content management tools

📈 SEO Services That Drive Local Growth

Your customers are searching—let’s make sure they find you. My SEO Managed Services are designed for small to medium sized businesses who want to rank higher, attract more traffic, and convert more leads. Services include:

  • Local keyword research and competitor analysis
  • On-page optimisation and technical audits
  • GEO-targeted content for County and Towns i.e Suffolk and Sudbury
  • AI-enhanced blog strategy and content planning
  • Monthly performance reports with clear, actionable insights

Whether you’re a tradesperson in Ipswich, a retailer in Bury St Edmunds, or a service provider in Lowestoft, I tailor every project to your market, your goals, and your growth.

 

Consulting

Offering FREE 60 minute consultations.

Marketing

A range of marketing opportunities including SEO monthly packages.

Design

We provide managed Website Design builds with an end to end service.

Digital Marketing Agency in Suffolk
Our Services

Take Your Business to the next Level

We provide an end to end service offering a range of fixed monthly packages, hourly rate charges and quotes based on your specific needs and requirements.

Website Design

Creating responsive websites that allow you to optimise your on page SEO and create high quality content ultimately increasing sales. We specialise in WordPress & Joomla Websites. Whether it is a one page website or a multi page E-Commerce solution, We will create you a Website design from our office in Suffolk.

Website Management Services including Hosting & Support

Maximise your time with our managed hosting, Domain renewal and monthly website support packages. Our packages include integration of Google search console and Google analytics.

Virtual Office Assistant

Virtual assistant for busy professionals, Providing Corporate support, Data Management, Administration, Business Support and Invoicing.

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is one of the most cost-effective marketing strategies for businesses, offering a high return on investment. Discuss our range of managed SEO services.

Some of our recent Customers

We are proud to have worked closely with customers across different industries and sectors, we have provided a range of Digital Marketing solutions to support many businesses.

Recent feedback from our Customers!

I had a website designed for my on line company by another web provider. I did not get many hits or orders and in truth drowned under the number of spam ‘we can improve your website’ messages.
Mark was fantastic and took me through what I could do and what he would do for me bringing my website up to date with all the current user trends.
I used Mark for the website design and SEO package focusing on 10 keywords requiring national coverage and looking to rank images on Google for my signature aviation furniture. 

Rated 5 out of 5

David Chewter

Director, Aviation & Binoculars

Mark and the team created us a full responsive e-commerce website for our new online shop selling walnut tableware products. He also provides us with a 2 hour monthly SEO package to help increase organic traffic to our website.

Rated 5 out of 5

Neil O'Brien

Director, Shakespeare & Taylor

The Business Detective provide managed SEO services to our interactive entertainment business and have supported our company for several years. The team have helped us rank on page 1 of Google for key words like ‘Giant games hire Suffolk and Garden Games hire in Suffolk’ which have been really key to increasing hires for us year on year.

Rated 5 out of 5

Darren Ward

Director, Games for Events