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Buying a website.
If you're weighing up a new website, these are the questions worth answering first — what it should cost, what you're actually paying for, and which route makes sense for a business your size.
There's no shortage of people happy to sell you a website. These guides are written to help you ask better questions: what's included, who owns what, what happens after launch, and how to tell a genuinely well-built site from a template with a nice photo on it.
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Wix and Squarespace are genuinely good for some small businesses. Here's when they aren't — and the total-cost-of-ownership comparison nobody in their marketing wants you to see.
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What Small Businesses in Cambridgeshire Should Look For in a New Website
From St Ives tradespeople to Cambridge startups, here's exactly what to demand from a new website — and the technical traps to avoid.
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