Straight answers to the questions we get asked
Written for people deciding whether to spend money on this, including the parts that argue against hiring anyone.
What a small business website actually costs
Real 2026 UK figures for builders, freelancers and agencies, what moves the price, the running costs nobody mentions, and when you should not pay for a custom build at all.
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Who owns your website
Five things can be held hostage when a relationship ends: the domain, the hosting, the code, the accounts and the DNS. How to check what you own today, and what to ask before you sign.
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How long a website actually takes
Real 2026 timelines by project type, the eight stages of a build, and the single thing that delays more projects than design and code combined. It is not the developer.
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Do you actually need a booking system?
Off-the-shelf booking software covers roughly nine in ten businesses, and it is cheaper than anything custom. The test for whether you are the tenth, and what custom really costs.
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When to replace a spreadsheet with real software
Eight symptoms that a spreadsheet has outgrown the job, the hidden costs that never appear on an invoice, and the cases where the honest answer is to keep the spreadsheet.
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