From Brussels municipalities to business districts
Business districts set the pace of the economy in the Brussels municipalities. The European Quarter, spread over Brussels-City, Etterbeek and Ixelles, hosts the EU institutions along with the interest groups and consultancies around them. The Pentagon and the Avenue Louise area gather bank headquarters, law firms and advisers, while the Northern Quarter lines up large office towers. In these districts the client speaks French, the supplier Dutch and the employee English. A website therefore has to live in three languages without any of them becoming the poor relation. Anyone running an office or practice here also expects a site that looks professional next to large international players.
Beneath that institutional layer, the Brussels municipalities form an extremely dense retail and trades fabric: restaurants, practices, garages, shops and sole traders, from Anderlecht to Woluwe-Saint-Pierre. Their needs are simpler and their budgets tighter: be findable in the neighbourhood, take appointments, keep opening hours up to date. Each municipality also keeps its own commercial life, from the Chaussée d'Ixelles to the main streets of Schaerbeek or Uccle. A baker in Jette mainly wants neighbours to find opening hours and ordering options on their phone, while a dentist in Etterbeek wants online appointments. We work for both audiences.
