Argyll and Bute · Scotland
Web design for Rothesay businesses that want more enquiries.
We design and write websites for businesses in Rothesay, from sole traders to multi-site firms. A good Rothesay site also names the places around it, starting with Largs, 8 miles away. £299 to set up, then £99 a month, live in 3 working days.
Business across Argyll and Bute, including Rothesay.
These numbers are for all of Argyll and Bute, not Rothesay alone, because the council area is the smallest unit the ONS publishes them for. Source: UK Business Counts 2025, rounded to the nearest 5, and ONS population estimates.
Source: UK Business Counts - enterprises by industry and local authority, Office for National Statistics, 2025. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Source: Population estimates by local authority, Office for National Statistics, 2025. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Argyll and Bute has 44.3 active businesses for every 1,000 residents, against 39.3 across Great Britain. That ranks it 90th of 350 council areas.
Compared with the UK as a whole, Argyll and Bute has more holiday lets and other short-stay accommodation than its size would suggest (10.6 times the national share) and more hotels, guest houses and similar serviced accommodation (8.5 times).
The biggest single category is hotels, guest houses and similar serviced accommodation: around 120 of them. Financial services support businesses, including mortgage brokers, are thinner on the ground, at 19% of the UK share.
1,325
businesses across 68 of the trades we build for, in the Argyll and Bute council area.
Source: ONS UK Business Counts, 2025, rounded to the nearest 5. Open Government Licence v3.0.
These are the same Argyll and Bute figures shown on the Dunoon page, which lists every category.
| Category and businesses | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Hotels, guest houses and similar serviced accommodation,Bed & Breakfasts | 120 |
| Holiday lets and other short-stay accommodationHoliday Lets | 90 |
| Management consultanciesConsultants | 80 |
| Joinery businessesJoiners & Carpenters · Kitchen Fitters | 75 |
| Licensed restaurantsRestaurants | 75 |
Rothesay and the places nearby.
Rothesay is the main town on the Isle of Bute, a Victorian resort with a sweeping bay, a ruined castle and a ferry link to Wemyss Bay. Summer visitors and Mount Stuart bring seasonal trade, while the resident population is older and fairly small. Island customers value businesses they know will turn up, so a Rothesay trade should make it clear it is based on Bute. Guest houses and cafés need to keep ferry-dependent opening hours current online.
Inside Argyll and Bute, the closest places are Dunoon (10 miles) and Helensburgh (17 miles). Just over the council boundary, Largs (8 miles) is close by. Further out, Greenock (14 miles), Saltcoats (17 miles), Kilwinning (19 miles) and Dumbarton (20 miles) are within commuting distance. A list of the places you really serve is more useful to a customer than “and surrounding areas”.
Inside Rothesay, the site can name areas such as Port Bannatyne, Ascog, Craigmore, Ardbeg and Kingarth.
Rothesay addresses fall in the PA postcode area, about 359 miles north of Exeter, where we are based.
How we work with Rothesay businesses.
359 miles from our Exeter studio
We run Rothesay projects from our Exeter studio, by phone, WhatsApp and video call. You approve every page on your phone, and how well you show up locally comes down to how the site is built and written.
£299to set up
£99a month
3working days to launch
You approve it before anything goes live.
Designed from scratch, every word written for you, hosting and Google setup included. Or pay £1,795 once and £49 a month with no minimum term.
Websites in Rothesay: what people ask
Do you work with businesses in Rothesay?
Are there business figures for Rothesay on its own?
Where is Rothesay in relation to Exeter?
What if I work across Rothesay and nearby towns?
Let’s get your Rothesay phone ringing.
£299 setup, then £99 a month. Live in 3 working days. Tell us what your business does - we reply the same working day.