Our History

Founded in 1999 in Southampton by Marcus Green as a Marine Industry Web Design Specialist, we're now one of the largest Web Design companies in the UK, with over 1,500 clients nationwide. We provide UK Hosting, Support, Design & Developement services primarily to Small UK Businesses, all delivered by our local team at our Chichester HQ.

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Our History - A Timeline

1999

Green Design is founded on 24th May by Marcus Green

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2001

The business started building websites for a number of high profile clients such as the Volvo Ocean Race, Ellen Macarthur and the Louis Vuitton Cup.

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2003

Green Design obtains Limited Status on the 1st April

2005

The company devised a five year plan to diversify the client base from solely marine based clients, to all sectors of service and manufacturing industries.

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2007

On the 21st May, Green Design became Toolkit Websites

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2008

The Toolkit has been adapted from the original brief to allow all our business customers to update all aspects of the website content.

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2009

The Toolkit Team are moved in to our historic Carlton Crescent offices in September

2011

We sign with Bacardi

2012

We release Webkit 1

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2014

Toolkit Websites releases its Mobile specific website platform

2016

Is the year of our brand new Fluid Responsive design platform

2017

We welcome to the team our first ever Office Dog, Winnie

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2018

We leave Southampton after over a decade in the City, for a new HQ in Havant

2019

We release Webkit 5, our brand new Website Engine

2021

Moved all websites to Microsoft Azure Web Hosting

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2022

Moved our office and team to our brand new Chichester HQ

2023

All legacy 'Mobile Sites' upgraded to Mobile Responsive

2024

Rackspace to OX Migration & Webkit 6 Launched

2025

WK 7 Launched

1999

Green Design is founded on 24th May by Marcus Green

logo1

2001

The business started building websites for a number of high profile clients such as the Volvo Ocean Race, Ellen Macarthur and the Louis Vuitton Cup.

logo2

2003

Green Design obtains Limited Status on the 1st April

2005

The company devised a five year plan to diversify the client base from solely marine based clients, to all sectors of service and manufacturing industries.

logo3

2007

On the 21st May, Green Design became Toolkit Websites

logo4

2008

The Toolkit has been adapted from the original brief to allow all our business customers to update all aspects of the website content.

logo5

2009

The Toolkit Team are moved in to our historic Carlton Crescent offices in September

2011

We sign with Bacardi

2012

We release Webkit 1

logo6

2014

Toolkit Websites releases its Mobile specific website platform

2016

Is the year of our brand new Fluid Responsive design platform

2017

We welcome to the team our first ever Office Dog, Winnie

TK Logo 2017

2018

We leave Southampton after over a decade in the City, for a new HQ in Havant

2019

We release Webkit 5, our brand new Website Engine

2021

Moved all websites to Microsoft Azure Web Hosting

logo7

2022

Moved our office and team to our brand new Chichester HQ

2023

All legacy 'Mobile Sites' upgraded to Mobile Responsive

2024

Rackspace to OX Migration & Webkit 6 Launched

2025

WK 7 Launched

Our Website's History

Toolkit Websites 2007

2007

Toolkit Websites 2011

2011

Toolkit Websites 2013

2013

Toolkit Websites 2015

2015

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2017

Toolkit Websites 2021

2021

Our Toolkit - A History

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Green Design CMS

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Toolkit V5