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Running & maintaining a website.
Launching a site is the easy part. These guides cover everything that keeps it fast, secure, legal and working long after go-live.
Most small business sites don't fail dramatically — they drift. Plugins go unpatched, the domain renewal is missed, the cookie banner never gets looked at again. This topic covers the ongoing jobs, what they should cost, and which of them you can reasonably hand over.
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GDPR and Cookie Consent for UK Small Business Websites
Most small business cookie banners are either wildly over-engineered or quietly illegal. Here's what the rules actually ask for.
Website Accessibility in 2026: What UK Small Businesses Actually Need to Know
Accessibility isn't a legal box-tick or a niche concern — it overlaps almost perfectly with plain good design. Here are the wins worth doing first.
Domain, DNS and Hosting Jargon Explained for Small Business Owners
Nameservers, A records, propagation. Here's what the words on your domain control panel actually mean — and which ones you should never touch.
How to Choose the Right Domain Name for a UK Small Business
Your domain is the one decision that's genuinely painful to reverse later. Here's how to pick one you'll still be happy with in five years.
How Much Traffic Does Your Website Actually Get? A Simple Guide for Small Business Owners
'Hits' hasn't been a real metric for 20 years. Here are the four numbers that actually tell you whether your small business website is doing its job — and how to find them.
How to Tell If a Website Is Secure (And Why So Many Small Business Sites Aren't)
A padlock in the address bar doesn't mean your website is safe. Here's the two-minute check every small business owner should run — and why so many sites quietly fail it.
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