Web development
Web developer in Manchester
yellowloaf is a small web design and development studio in Ancoats, Manchester. We build fast websites, online shops, web apps and customer portals — properly coded, tested on real devices, and quoted up front.
Developers who design, designers who code
Plenty of Manchester businesses end up with a website that looks fine but is slow, fragile or impossible to change, because it was stitched together from templates and plugins. We take a different approach: we design your site with you, then write the code ourselves, so it does exactly what your business needs and nothing it doesn't.
That matters most when a project goes beyond a brochure site — taking payments, managing bookings, giving staff or customers their own logins, or replacing a tangle of spreadsheets with a proper system. We build with modern, well-supported tools such as Next.js, React and TypeScript (this website is built with them too), and host on fast cloud platforms so pages load quickly wherever your customers are.
Every build is tested on real phones and browsers before launch, and we stay on hand afterwards to keep things running smoothly as your business grows.
Areas we cover
We're based in Ancoats and work with businesses across Manchester city centre, the Northern Quarter, Salford, Trafford and the rest of Greater Manchester and the North West — and further afield over video calls. We also have an office in Stockport, so there's more on web design in Stockport if that's closer to you.
Beehive Lofts, Beehive Mill, Jersey Street, Manchester M4 6JG
What we develop
Websites that load fast
Hand-built pages without bloated page-builders, so they load quickly on phones and score well with Google.
Online shops
Product pages, baskets, checkouts, bundles and offers — built around how your customers actually buy.
Web apps and portals
Secure logins for staff or customers, dashboards, rotas, records and workflows that replace spreadsheets.
iOS and Android apps
Companion apps that match your website and brand, submitted to the App Store and Google Play for you.
Connecting your systems
Payments, bookings, email and the other tools your business runs on, joined up so information flows automatically.
Fixing and improving
Taking on a site someone else built — testing it, fixing what's broken and making it faster.
More detail on website design, redesigns, app development and website testing.
Things we've built
myroster.care
A rostering web app and carer mobile app, now the myroster.care product
Read the case study →SaaS productAhmed Property
A property management platform with bank-statement imports and reminders
Read the case study →E-learning platformMy Care Academy
A CQC training and compliance platform for care providers
Read the case study →E-commerce storeRaju Sauces
An online shop with bundles, reviews and stockist enquiries
Read the case study →Questions people ask
What's the difference between a web designer and a web developer?
A web designer decides how a site looks and works for visitors; a web developer writes the code that makes it work. At yellowloaf the same small team does both, so nothing gets lost between design and build.
How much does it cost to hire a web developer in Manchester?
It depends on what you need built. With yellowloaf, websites start from £1,500, online shops from £3,000 and web apps, portals and mobile apps from £8,000, each with a fixed written quote.
Can you take over a website someone else built?
Often, yes. We start by testing it and giving you a plain-English report of what we find, then recommend whether to fix, improve or rebuild.
Are you a freelancer or an agency?
A small studio. You talk directly to the people designing and building your project, without the overheads or account managers of a big agency.
Where are you based, and can we meet?
Our main studio is at Beehive Mill on Jersey Street in Ancoats, a short walk from Manchester's Northern Quarter, and we have a second office at The Embankment in Stockport. We work with businesses across Greater Manchester and the North West, and we're happy to meet at either office, come to you, or talk on a call.
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