Local, and doing the work myself
Business Sorted Kent is me, John Lally, working from Ashford. I design and build every website and do the SEO myself. When you call, you speak to the person doing the work.
I do not do video calls: I would rather meet you, and in Ashford that is easy. We can talk at your premises about what the site needs to do and who it is for.
Town centre and the new estates
Ashford businesses cover a lot of ground: the High Street and County Square, Elwick Place and the Commercial Quarter near Ashford International, and neighbourhoods such as Park Farm, Finberry and Chilmington Green. If you serve customers in particular areas, your pages and Google Business Profile should say so.
Getting to you
3.2 miles by road from my base at Sandyhurst Lane, Ashford TN25 4NX: about 8 minutes’ drive without traffic.
My base is on Sandyhurst Lane, on the edge of Ashford, so most of the town is ten minutes away or less. For an Ashford business that means we can sit down in person whenever it helps, not just at the start.
What people in Ashford search for
Real searches naming Ashford that showed this site in Google in the three months before 13 October 2026, from Google Search Console, with how often each was shown:
- “web design ashford” 856 times
- “website design ashford kent” 325 times
- “seo ashford” 278 times
- “local seo ashford” 243 times
- “ashford seo expert” 48 times
Ashford searches brought the old site more impressions than any other town’s, and the largest single search of all was "web design ashford". Searches here ask for a website at least as often as for SEO, so this page and my web design page cover the build in detail, with SEO built in from the start.
The local business picture
Ashford borough had 6,630 businesses at the March 2026 count, and 6,055 of them (91%) were micro businesses with fewer than 10 employees.
The borough count takes in Tenterden and the villages as well as the town. Ashford has the highest share of micro businesses of the eight districts on these pages, which matches who I mostly work with: owners who want a site that just works.
Source: ONS, UK Business Counts 2026, enterprises by employment size band, via Nomis (released 24 September 2026). Enterprises live at the March reference date on the Inter-Departmental Business Register, for Ashford borough as a whole, as rounded by ONS.
Local search checklist for a Ashford business
- If you serve customers in particular parts of town, such as Park Farm, Finberry or Kennington, say so on the relevant pages and in your profile’s service area.
- Make sure your website’s address matches the one on your Google Business Profile exactly, down to the postcode.
- Ask local customers for reviews that mention the job; specific reviews help people choosing between Ashford firms.
- Ashford Borough Council’s business pages cover funding, rates and support. Ashford Borough Council: business.
- Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce is the county’s accredited chamber, a good route into local networking. Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce.
Questions from Ashford businesses
Are you actually based in Ashford?
Yes. My base is 184 Sandyhurst Lane, Ashford TN25 4NX, and I work Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
Have you built location pages for Ashford before?
Yes. For Kent iPhone Repair I built location pages for the towns they cover, Ashford among them, and optimised their Google Business Profile.
Can we meet more than once during the project?
Of course. Being local, I can come back to you whenever a face-to-face conversation is quicker than a phone call.
What happens after five months of SEO?
If you spread a new website over five monthly payments, SEO is included. After five months, you decide whether to carry on.
Do you build sites for businesses outside Ashford?
Yes, across Kent and the UK, but I am always glad to work with businesses close to home.
Let’s make your website work for you.
Tell me about your business. I’ll reply within 1 to 2 working days.
- No jargon
- No pushy sales
- Just honest advice