leeds is the web design capital of yorkshire, with a host of web design agencies and independent web developers operating in and around the leeds area.
leeds’s success in attracting web design companies comes from its historic roots as a marketing powerhouse of the north of england. printing played a prominent role in the city’s diverse economic base, and gave rise to a large academic population which was well served by a number of colleges focusing on science, the arts, commerce and education (these became the modern universities).
leeds also benefited from good transport links to the rest of the uk, from the building of the aire & calder navigation in 1699 and rail connections to london and manchester in the 19th century to leeds-bradford international airport motorways like the m1, which runs between leeds and london, and the cross-pennine m62 in the 20th century.
as the uk’s industrial sector shrank, modern economic activities like retail, media, it and administration sprang up. 35 per cent of the uk’s email traffic is carried through leeds, and the city is the largest it centre outside london.
a vibrant population provides the necessary skills to make leeds such a successful centre for web design, combining the city’s heritage in marketing, manufacture, commerce and the arts with the modern need for skilled design and it knowledge.
web designers in leeds serve alwoodley, horsforth, headingley and rawdon as well as central leeds itself. leeds-based internet marketing agencies often serve other yorkshire cities like bradford, huddersfield, dewsbury and wakefield in west yorkshire, sheffield and doncaster in south yorkshire, hull and beverley in east yorkshire, and ripon, harrogate and york in north yorkshire.
many web design agencies are based outside leeds city centre itself. headingley is a natural catchment area to attract the most talented web designers, with its close links to the university. places like guiseley, otley, rawdon, yeadon, rodley and horsforth are ideally located to do business with clients in bradford and leeds equally, and benefit from close proximity to leeds-bradford international airport.
read more about leeds on the leeds city council website
read more about leeds on wikipedia
read more about leeds from the thorseby society (a renowned leeds historical society)
pixelbuilders web design agency welcomes questions from the media. call 07921909698 to learn more about web design in leeds.