About Chris Littler

I have been enjoying building websites for almost 25 years.

Having trained in website design in 2002, I built up a website portfolio and established a good customer base whilst living in the Isle of Man, and then in Sheffield and the rest of the UK since 2005.

Background

My background is in economics and working in public service. With degrees in economics from the University of Sheffield and University of Manchester I worked as an Economic Adviser in the civil service in the Employment Department, Education Department and Business and Innovation Department. I worked on economic appraisal and research and evaluation of active labour market policy, and education policy.

I combined civil service and website work for a number of years, but in 2010 devoted all my working time to website design and photography.

In 2024, and quite by accident, I set up a massage therapy business, having trained over recent years simply as a hobby. I’m now very successfully combining this work alongside website design (both from home) in Sheffield as In the Flow – Massage.

Ethos

My aim is to make a real difference to businesses’ profitability by creating websites that promote them effectively to as wide an audience as possible. I most enjoy working for small businesses, and, as an owner myself of a small business, I understand the importance of working efficiently and economically to minimise costs. I use my consultancy and project management skills from 21 years as a government policy analyst to quickly assess business requirements and to deliver projects with value for money, with a focus on getting things right first time. I never sell anyone something that they don’t need. I work to ethical working practices that ensure a great customer service, and develop clients’ trust so that nearly all my business comes from word of mouth, and always has done.

Photography

Adventures in photography: Combining my interests in photography, web design and social history I have set up Manx Shop Fronts to document contemporary working life in town centres, and preserve it for future posterity. I have since added a longitudinal element to areas initially covered a decade earlier with four “ten years on” projects.

Clients

Who do I build websites for?
So far… I’ve built websites for over 70 different types of business and organisation, including, in no particular order…

Holiday cottages (lots) and their professional body on the Isle of Man, Manx local authorities (eight), a university research department, a roofing company, a kite aerial photography expert, a garden office builder, choirs (three), an instrumental music teacher, a language teacher, a language immersion retreat, a campervan converter and rental agency, B&Bs (lots), a farmer and a long distance walking farmer, a truck driver, a dentist, a quilt maker, a plumber, music festivals (two), a house builder, an estate agent, local communities, several charities, a museum, a library, GP surgeries (two), a poet, a walking tour guide, a driving tour guide and their professional body, a piano tuner, a genealogist, Buddhist meditation groups (two), politicians (four), outdoor theatre company, a marquee hire company, a carpenter, an author, a group campaigning for EU membership, campsites (three), artists (three), a photographer, a photography exhibition, a carpet fitter, an Alexander Technique teacher, a counsellor, a blacksmith, a cosmetic treatment company, a craniosacral therapist, a fish supplier, a catering company with multiple cafes, a personal trainer, a solar panel installer, a playgroup (Manx language), a vodka bar and restaurant, a chamber of trade, local heritage groups (two), friends of a church, a map maker, an accountant, an orienteering club, a business coach, a singer songwriter, a Viking festival, a religious walking group, an energy advice centre, a community space and events centre, a ground screw company, a refuse and recycling centre, a massage therapist and a website designer (me!). In the pipeline, a youth club and a housing association.