Updated 22 September 2026. This article originally explained why we bundled web design and social media into one fee. We've since unbundled them: website packages now start at £99/month on their own, with social media (planning from £99/month, managed from £249/month) and our AI Website Assistant (£79/month) sold as optional add-ons. The reasoning below is why we still believe in one team handling both, when you actually want both — we just stopped charging everyone for a service they might not.

The problem we kept seeing

Talk to enough business owners in Leeds and the same story comes up. There's a web developer who built the site two years ago and answers emails when he feels like it. There's someone else doing the Instagram. The two have never spoken. The website says one thing, the socials say another, and the owner is in the middle — chasing invoices, re-explaining the brand, and paying twice for the privilege.

None of these people are bad at their jobs. The structure is the problem. Your website and your social media are one thing to your customers — one brand, one voice, one impression. Splitting them across suppliers guarantees they drift apart, and guarantees you become the unpaid project manager holding it together.

So we stopped charging for what people didn't want

Vesica can do both, from one team — the same team that designs and builds your website can write and design your social media content too, in the same brand voice, the same photography style, the same understanding of what you're trying to sell. But plenty of businesses just want a proper website and nothing else, and there's no good reason they should pay for a social media service to get one.

So website packages start at £99 a month on their own: a custom-coded website (no page-builder templates), hosting, SSL, email, security updates and local SEO. Want social handled too? Social Planning is £99 a month if you'd rather post it yourself with our ideas and calendar, or Managed Social from £249 a month if you want it fully written, designed and scheduled. Every price is published on our pricing page, because "contact us for a quote" usually means "we'll size the number to your shoes".

What we deliberately do differently

The industry has a few habits we've opted out of. Lock-in contracts: ours is a 6-month minimum, then month-to-month with 30 days' notice and no exit fees. Held-hostage websites: your site files become yours after 12 months, and your domain, Google profile and social pages (if you take social) are in your name from day one. Vanishing after launch: from Growth upward we're in your website and Google Business Profile every month, and if you take Managed Social, we're active on your accounts every week too — we can't disappear, it's literally the product. Slow builds: your launch date is agreed in writing before we start, and if we miss it, the onboarding fee is refunded.

Why Leeds, specifically

Because we're from here, we're based here, and local matters in this trade more than people admit. Knowing the difference between a Headingley café crowd and a Horsforth one changes what you write. Being able to walk into your shop, taste the food, photograph the actual work — that's the difference between content that sounds like you and content that sounds like a content calendar. We serve Leeds and West Yorkshire first; further afield is case-by-case.

An honest note about being new

We won't pretend to be something we're not: Vesica is new. No "established 2008" badge, no wall of five-star reviews — and we'd rather have none than fake ones. Instead, we're making it worth your while to be early. Our first five Leeds clients get the £249 onboarding fee waived — Essentials from £99 a month. Nothing is asked in return — we don't trade discounts for reviews and we'd never buy one. If we do good work we'll ask you for an honest review, and you're free to say no. That's the deal — you get founding-client pricing, we earn our reputation the proper way.

If that sounds fair, tell us about your business — we reply within 2 hours during business hours. And if you're still shopping around, start with our guide to what a website should actually cost in Leeds, so nobody can pull the wool over your eyes. Including us.