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The UK & Ireland Data Hosting Report: Data Sovereignty in Focus

Nathan - 30/09/2025

Survey of 250 UK businesses shows rising concerns over data hosting and sovereignty. See the key findings and why data location matters today.

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How we passed a cookie audit with iubenda – and what you can learn from it

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Nathan - 18/09/2025

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) got in touch with us recently. They wanted to run an online audit of our website, specifically looking at how we use non-essential advertising cookies. … Read more →

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The Data Hosting survey: How important is data location?

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Kelly Salter - 23/07/2025

We asked a number of UK and Irish businesses whether recent geo-political changes have caused them to re-assess where their data is located.

An update on our sustainability journey: Green Web Foundation

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Nathan - 24/11/2023

In our Working towards a greener future blog post we talked about the exciting achievements we had accomplished so far on our carbon neutral journey. Now that we’re further along… Read more →

Green Hosting: Making Websites Sustainable this Green Friday

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Dylan Griffiths - 20/11/2023

Black Friday is the biggest shopping event of the year, but it comes with a huge environmental cost. According to a study by the Web Neutral Project, the Internet accounts for… Read more →

Introducing our most advanced Web Hosting ever

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Nathan - 15/11/2023

What’s fast, green and secure? We promise you it’s not a trick question. We got some great answers when we asked this to some of our staff: “My shiny new… Read more →

Working towards a greener future: our sustainability journey

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Nathan - 23/10/2023

In this age of global warming and environmental challenges, the need to reduce carbon emissions and change the more damaging aspects of our lifestyles is stronger than ever. Here in… Read more →

It’s our 25th birthday. Have a treat on us!

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Nathan - 24/08/2022

We can’t quite believe this, but this week we’ve reached an incredible milestone. Since our humble beginnings in the heady days of the dot com boom during the late 90s,… Read more →

Claim an egg…citing 60% voucher this Easter!

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Nathan - 11/04/2022

This Easter we’re offering you a chance to claim an egg…ceptional 60% voucher! We’ve hidden 10 Easter eggs around our website, with a few of them giving a link to… Read more →