Hello. We are HeX, Nottingham-based digital and creative agency.

HeX are a service lead digital agency. We look after the things that matter to you. We show you how to improve your services and make them work better for you and your visitors. We help you to promote your best assets.

Every website we produce is accessible for people with disabilities who cannot access websites and digital services using conventional methods. Our coding includes instructions for assistive technologies like screen readers and voice assistance, aiding blind or partially sighted, motor or cognitive impaired users to navigate a website. These are not additional features and don’t cost any more to implement, this is the HeX standard. It’s simple when you know-how.

Based in Nottingham we specialise in designing and building completely bespoke, accessible websites across all platforms. Helping businesses of all sizes to achieve their online goals.

We help our clients with all things digital (website development and design, e-commerce solutions, web content, search engine optimisation (SEO), social media, blogs) and what’s more, our central location means we are ideally situated to be on hand UK-wide. 

We work hard to help our clients achieve their individual goals, and our clients range from international higher education institutes and local authorities to SMEs, family businesses and charities.

HeX started like any good company, in a back bedroom with hard work and perseverance.

Our Creative Director worked for many years in local authority and was trusted with the procurement of a new content management systems for 3 of the main councils in Nottinghamshire.

We call ourselves a digital agency and that all sounds very trendy but what do we actually do?

In a nutshell, we design things, we build things and we create content for the things we’ve built, using digital technology and digital channels. 

Website design is core to what we do.  We specialise in accessible websites, and the initial design is fundamental for this.

From wireframing to the finished result, we listen to what you’re trying to achieve – whether that’s a brand-new site or a reboot of an existing one – and our talented designers will deliver a website that fits your business like a glove.

Linked into your website is your branding.  Branding is the way businesses tell their story visually.  

A good brand gives you the ability to make your organisation instantly recognisable, telling potential customers who you are, what you’re about, and what you aim to deliver.

Without a decent brand, you’re doing yourself a disservice, as your target audience might not be getting the right message about you, and you could even see customers go elsewhere if they don’t understand who you are and what you do instantly. 

We will carry out competitor analysis and market research into similar businesses to make sure you stand out amongst the crowd.

Depending on your requirements, we can develop a range of logos, giving you options to choose from to see what resonates with you, giving you ownership of the process.

WordPress is a user-friendly Content Management System (CMS), which is used by more than 75 million sites across the internet to create a website. In fact, around 42% of the internet use WordPress over other website builders. 

A WordPress site and the use of its Gutenberg blocks gives greater flexibility with the style of the website and its features. WordPress themes and installing plugins allows you to create your content’s visual elements in a more engaging way for your online audience. 

Another big advantage with a WordPress website is it has a stripped back-end editor. This means that full-site editing and the maintenance of your own website will be a breeze.

“Is WordPress free?” I hear you say! Well, the off-the-shelf free WordPress version is only really a starting point. One of the main attractions of using WordPress to build a website, is that it can be modified and extended relatively easily to meet the needs of small and medium-sized web projects. It also has a huge support community around it.

WordPress offers free and paid versions, which are easy to pick up and start building without the need for coding knowledge.

However, this route is limited by pre-set templates, search engine optimisation (SEO) and scaling issues. Along with a whole host of accessibility problems. Basically, you don’t have full control over your website. If not used in the correct way, it can become a nightmare to maintain without experienced WordPress developers. 

WordPress gives you almost unlimited options, and is scalable, as your business grows. If you go for this option you may need help from a web developer or digital agency. This is due to there being as many opportunities as there are potential pitfalls – especially if you’re not well-versed in building WordPress websites.

We pride ourselves on a two-way process of feedback and iteration to ensure the finished product is exactly what you envisioned and fit for purpose.