About

The person behind
the site

Nick Barrett — NeoBookworm.uk
📍 Swindon
Nick's workspace — where your website gets built

I got fed up watching good tradespeople lose work online

I spent 25 years working in technology — building and delivering software for a major French bank. For most of that career I was deep in the technical side; more recently I moved into project and programme management, overseeing large, complex builds from brief to delivery.

That background taught me two things: how to build things properly, and how to keep a project on track without letting it spiral into something expensive and overdrawn.

But after all those years in the bank I kept noticing the same problem closer to home — brilliant local tradespeople, people who genuinely knew their craft, losing work to competitors with shinier websites. Not because those competitors were better. Just because they made a better first impression online.

So I decided to do something about it. I started building websites specifically for local tradespeople in and around Swindon — fast, affordable, no agency nonsense. A fixed price, plain English, and no disappearing act once the site goes live.

I’m not an agency. I’m one person, working locally, who responds personally to every message. If something needs changing, you email me — not a helpdesk in another time zone.

Why I do things differently

No fluff, no hidden costs, no middlemen. Just a website that works — built by someone who lives here too.

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Local knowledge

I’m based in Swindon. I know the area, I know the trades, and I know what your customers are actually searching for when they need someone like you.

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No middlemen

You deal directly with me — the person building your site. No account managers, no hand-offs, no “I’ll check with the team”. If you have a question, I’ll answer it.

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Honest about what you need

I’m not here to upsell you on things you don’t need. If a simple, clean website will do the job, that’s what I’ll recommend. No padding the invoice.

£299
Fixed price
No surprises, ever
1 wk
Typical turnaround
From brief to live
£19.99
Monthly maintenance
Optional — not mandatory

Sounds like a good fit?

Drop me a message and I’ll get back to you within 24 hours. No obligation, no pressure — just a straight exchange about what you need.