Advice sought re converting existing Bc site to a responsive design

Hi,
I read today that Google is shaking up its search rankings to favour mobile-friendly sites.
I have an existing e-commerce Bc site (fixed width) that I'd like to convert to a responsive design. At the moment I don't have the time to do it myself because I'm working on another business, while running the existing one, and wondered if anyone could offer any advice?
What I'd like is not a whole redesign (I'm happy with the look and feel) but simply to convert it to make it responsive (and to include an elegant solution for making the tables on the site responsive too).
I was thinking of using 99designs, or something similar, but maybe there's a better way?
Site: http://tinyurl.com/mtknz5b
Kind regards,
Frank.

Hi Frank
i see you are in Sheffield I'm just south of Glasgow
i can quote you on this if you're open to it
Would recommend foundation framework.
We are a partner with a lot of site development and do BC exclusively.
www.platonik.co.uk
regards
Fraser

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