Custom Web Design and Development | Oxford, UK.
Web
We design and build custom websites that are clear, considered, and easy to manage. Every site is tailored to your goals — balancing strong visual identity with usability, performance, and long-term flexibility.
SEO
Search strategy built into the foundations of your website. From technical SEO to content structure, we help improve visibility, attract the right audience, and support sustainable organic growth.
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Planning a new website or looking to improve an existing one? Talk to our team about your goals, challenges, and next steps — we’ll help you shape a clear and confident digital direction.
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Our services
Website design
Website development
Ecommerce
SEO
Website hosting
Website support
Website design
Design should do more than look good — it should make things easier, clearer, and more effective. At XIST2, we focus on creating user experiences and interfaces that combine thoughtful design with practical usability.
Whether you’re refining an existing website or developing new digital functionality, we work across UX and UI to design experiences that feel intuitive, purposeful, and built around real user needs.
Website development
We specialise exclusively in website development, building robust, user-friendly sites using best-practice standards. Every website is custom built, not off-the-shelf, providing a stable, scalable foundation and the exact functionality your project needs, with SEO considered from the start.
Ecommerce
In a competitive ecommerce environment, one-size-fits-all solutions fall short. We understand the importance of creating intuitive, secure shopping experiences that integrate seamlessly with your existing systems, and that every ecommerce business has its own requirements and challenges.
SEO
SEO isn’t an afterthought, it’s built into how we design and develop websites. We focus on strong technical foundations, clear site structure, and search-friendly content frameworks to help your website perform well in search engines and attract the right audience over time.
Website hosting
Choosing the right provider for your website hosting can have a dramatic effect on how successful your website is. Fast load times and consistent up-time ensure that your number 1 selling tool is always in place and performing to the highest level to convert users into paying clients.
Website support
Keeping your website running smoothly shouldn’t be a worry. That’s why we offer an optional support service, highly recommended for every website we build, or for businesses moving away from their current provider. Our support services give our clients peace of mind, knowing that any issue they have can be resolved by our team.
Our people
Are the heart and soul of our business.
Keir Nicholson
Designer & Project Manager
Charlotte Barbe
Creative Director
Catherine Foster
Director
Kamila Tarasenko
Project Manager
Lorna Waterfield
Technical Director
Piers Foster
Managing Director
Rob Richardson
Developer
Ben Butler
Business Development Manager
Raluca Grosu
Business Development ManagerWe are a business that thrives on our people and the various skills and expertise they offer, from Juniors to Seniors we believe everyone has great ideas to bring to the table.
At XIST2 each individual team member is as important as the next.
Proud members and supporters of...
B4 Business
We have been members of B4 Business for a number of years and have created many brilliant and prosperous relationships with other members of the group. We believe in supporting other local Oxfordshire based businesses and being a member of B4 allows us to do just that.
Experience Oxfordshire
Through many years of servicing the local Oxfordshire community we have developed relationships with many businesses that provide tourism and entertainment in the Oxfordshire region.
Oxford Living Wage
As an Oxfordshire based business, we are proud supporters of the Oxford Living Wage. We believe that our hardworking and talented team of designers, developers, project managers and sales team are properly compensated for the work they have put in to learn their craft, allowing us to be in business.
Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce
Being an Oxfordshire based business we have worked with many businesses along the M4 corridor that the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce centres itself along. Being part of this community has provided us with many opportunites to work with a variety of Thames Valley based businesses.
