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Small business cyber security basics: the UK essentials, in order
Cyber security basics for a UK small business, in order: a password manager, two-factor login, updates, 3-2-1 backups, email checks and Cyber Essentials.
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Domains, email and security for UK businesses
Keeping a business and its website safe: the security basics in the order they matter, the password managers and privacy tools worth using, the records that stop people spoofing your email, and a domain kept in your own name. For owners who want the basics right without becoming an IT department.
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Domains and DNS
Who owns your domain name? Registrar, DNS, locks and transfers explained
How to check who owns your domain name, what the registrar and DNS host each control, registrar locks and transfer codes, renewals, and DNSSEC and CAA.
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Website security
The best privacy and security tools for UK small businesses
The privacy and security tools a UK small business should set up first: a password manager, two-factor login, encrypted email, a VPN and encrypted storage.
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Website security
Bitwarden vs 1Password vs Proton Pass: password managers for UK businesses
Bitwarden vs 1Password vs Proton Pass for UK businesses: prices checked in November 2026, where each keeps your vault, security models, and which fits a team.
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Do it yourself, or have it done.
Free to use, with no email needed, and a case study of work we have done. If you would rather we did it for you, we quote for the work.
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Free guide
5 questions before letting an agency host your domain
Registrar in whose name, DNS in whose account, the transfer-out policy, and what the agency keeps if you leave.
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Free check
Domain availability checker
Is the .co.uk, .uk or .com you want still free? A check with the registry itself, with alternatives if it is taken.
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Case study
VerySEOly: our own site, held to the standard we sell
Our own site: quote-led, built ahead of time, every provider named with its country, and a test suite that guards the copy as well as the code.
Also in this hub: Website security and Transactional email.