This is the comparison most UK small businesses end up making. Both providers are European, both start at about a pound a month, and both promise a domain, a website and email in one place. From the outside they look interchangeable.

They are not. One has built its business on simplicity and bundling, the other on infrastructure and scale, and the right answer depends almost entirely on how much complexity you are willing to manage in exchange for capability.

The domain question first

Start here, because it is where the two providers differ most in practice and least in marketing. Both include a free domain for the first year with hosting plans, and both charge standard rates from year two.

The difference is what surrounds it. In practice, buying a domain name from one.com puts the registration, DNS, SSL and email in a single control panel with one renewal date, and the interface assumes you are not a systems administrator. IONOS gives you more control over DNS records, more extensions and an included mailbox with the registration, inside a considerably busier account area.

For a business registering one .co.uk and pointing it at one website, one.com’s approach removes decisions you did not want to make. For a business managing several names across several projects, IONOS gives you tools you will actually use. Our wider guide to where to buy a domain in the UK puts both against the specialist registrars.

Price, and what happens next year

Both providers open at roughly £1 per month for entry level hosting. That is where the similarity ends.

IONOS renewals land in the region of £8 to £9 per month depending on the plan, which is a substantial increase but relatively moderate by industry standards, and the company is comparatively clear about it upfront. one.com also raises prices at renewal, and the honest advice with either provider is identical: calculate three years, not one.

Where one.com pulls ahead is on what is included at that price. Email addresses on your domain come with every plan rather than as a separate subscription, and the AI Website Builder is part of the package rather than a paid tier. With IONOS, the equivalent capability often means a higher plan or an add on.

Where IONOS pulls ahead is on resources. Even its shared hosting allocates dedicated CPU and memory rather than pooling everything, so performance is more consistent under load. If your site is doing real work rather than sitting as a brochure, that is worth paying for.

Infrastructure and reliability

IONOS wins this section clearly. Its data centres are Tier IV certified in the UK and across the EU, run on renewable energy, and hold ISO 27001 certification. Independent testing regularly puts its response times among the fastest for UK visitors. The company is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, which brings a level of disclosure smaller competitors do not offer.

one.com’s position is more modest. It has operated from Denmark since 2002, is subject to EU data protection law, and independent reviewers report performance that is good for the price bracket. They also note that it does not publish an uptime guarantee, which is a fair criticism if you need a contractual commitment rather than a track record.

If uptime is a business risk you have to document, IONOS gives you something to point at. If it is a practical concern rather than a compliance one, both will keep a small business site online.

Support

Both offer 24/7 cover. one.com provides chat, phone and email support in several languages, and reviewers consistently rate the experience as friendly and quick for straightforward problems.

IONOS does something structurally different by assigning every account a named personal consultant at no extra charge, alongside standard 24/7 phone, chat and email support. For a business owner who wants one person who understands their setup rather than a fresh agent each time, that is a genuine advantage and the single feature IONOS customers mention most.

The counterpoint is that one.com’s product is simpler, so there is less to need support for.

Website building

one.com’s builder leads with AI: describe the business, receive a structured site with drafted copy, then edit by dragging. It is straightforward and fast, and it is included in the hosting plan rather than priced separately. The limitation is depth, with a narrower template range and less design control than the specialists offer.

IONOS also offers an AI builder with a personal consultant attached to every plan, and its SEO controls cover the basics competently: editable titles, meta descriptions, alt text and automatic sitemaps. It lacks built in SEO analysis and offers limited control over URL structure.

Neither will satisfy a designer. Both will produce a credible small business site in an afternoon. Our roundup of the best AI website builders puts them against Wix and Squarespace, which is the more revealing comparison if design is your priority.

Growing beyond shared hosting

Both providers offer an upgrade path, and both handle it reasonably.

one.com provides managed VPS and cloud server options with dedicated resources and NVMe storage, positioned as a step up rather than a developer playground. IONOS goes considerably further, running a full cloud portfolio from VPS through dedicated servers and enterprise infrastructure, with pricing that stays competitive at the higher tiers.

If there is any chance your requirements will become genuinely technical, IONOS has more room above you. If the ceiling you are worried about is a busy brochure site outgrowing shared resources, either will do.

Complexity, which is the real deciding factor

The honest summary is that IONOS offers more and asks more. Its product range is enormous, its control panel reflects that, and buyers regularly report that the sheer number of options and upsell paths makes the early experience harder than it needs to be.

one.com offers less and asks less. Fewer plans, fewer decisions, a simpler panel, and a shorter path from signing up to a live website. For a plumber, a consultancy or a shop owner doing this alongside running the business, that is not a compromise. It is the feature.

Who should choose which

Choose one.com if you want your domain, hosting, email and site builder in one plan with one renewal date, you value a simple interface over granular control, and your priority is getting online affordably without managing infrastructure. Our full one.com review covers the bundle in detail.

Choose IONOS if you need certified data centres and documented reliability, you want a named consultant rather than a support queue, you are running something resource intensive, or you expect to scale into serious infrastructure later.

The verdict

IONOS is the better hosting company. one.com is the better product for most UK small businesses, which sounds contradictory until you notice they are answering different questions. IONOS optimises for capability and gives you the tools to use it. one.com optimises for the owner who wants a professional website, a working email address and a bill they understand.

Neither choice is wrong. Both appear in our ranking of the best web hosting UK businesses can buy, and the deciding question is simply how much you want to be responsible for.

LONDON — Remarks Kate, the Princess of Wales, made nearly a decade ago about the isolation many new mothers experience have resurfaced online, offering what commentators describe as a timely reminder that feelings of loneliness in motherhood are far more common than they may appear.

Speaking on April 20, 2017, at the opening of Global Academy, a new school in west London, then-Duchess of Cambridge addressed the emotional difficulty many parents face after having children. “It is lonely at times, and you do feel quite isolated,” she said. “But actually, so many other mothers are going through exactly what you are going through. It is being brave enough, like you obviously were, to reach out to those around you.”

The remarks were directed specifically at Katie Massie-Taylor and Sarah Hesz, the co-founders of Mush, an app designed to connect new mothers with one another. The two women had built the platform after becoming genuine friends themselves while supporting each other through the isolation that often accompanies early motherhood. The event took place as part of the royal family’s Heads Together mental health campaign, and Kate’s husband, Prince William, along with his brother Prince Harry, were also present that day, both speaking openly about their own experiences with grief and mental health following the death of their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales.

Kate has returned to the theme of maternal isolation on more than one occasion since that 2017 appearance, often drawing on specific personal experience rather than speaking in general terms. During a separate visit to a children’s center in Cardiff, she described the period immediately following the birth of her eldest son, Prince George, when William was still serving as a search and rescue helicopter pilot with the Royal Air Force. “I was chatting to some of the mums, I had just had George and William was still working with search and rescue, so we came up here when George was a tiny, tiny little baby, in the middle of Anglesey,” she said. “It was so isolated, so cut off, I didn’t have my family around me, he was doing night shifts.”

That specific, personal account has continued to lend particular weight to Kate’s broader public comments on motherhood and mental health, distinguishing her remarks from the kind of generalized advice more commonly associated with royal engagements. Rather than speaking about isolation as an abstract concept, she described a concrete period during which she personally experienced the kind of disconnection many new parents report.

Kate has continued to speak on related themes of connection and isolation in subsequent public appearances. In other remarks attributed to her, she has warned more broadly about the paradox of modern connectivity, observing that current generations may be simultaneously more digitally connected than any before them while also experiencing greater isolation and loneliness. She has also spoken about the importance of early childhood development, saying she believes the experiences children have in their earliest years carry lasting effects throughout the rest of their lives, a theme that has anchored much of her public work, including her long-running early years initiative through the Royal Foundation.

Kate’s 2017 remarks and subsequent related comments have taken on renewed relevance in recent commentary examining the gap between the public perception of motherhood and the private reality many parents describe experiencing. Coverage of her remarks has noted that motherhood is frequently portrayed publicly through milestones and family moments, while more difficult aspects, including exhaustion, uncertainty and loneliness, often remain unspoken. That silence, according to the commentary, can create a misleading impression that other parents are managing the transition to parenthood with relative ease, leaving individual mothers feeling as though their own struggles are unusual or isolating in a way others do not share.

Public health experts and parenting researchers have separately noted that the transition to parenthood often brings substantial disruption to a new parent’s existing social routines and relationships, even when family, friends or other parents remain physically present nearby. The shift in daily responsibilities that accompanies caring for a young child can significantly reduce opportunities for the kind of regular social contact that previously helped maintain a person’s sense of connection, a dynamic that can produce feelings of emotional isolation even in the presence of considerable practical support.

Kate’s broader public engagement around maternal mental health has continued in the years since her original 2017 remarks, including through her work establishing the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood, which has focused on raising awareness of the formative importance of a child’s earliest years of development. Her public statements on the topic have generally emphasized both the significance of early childhood experiences and the importance of parents receiving adequate emotional and practical support during that period.

Kate has also spoken publicly about maintaining a positive outlook during difficult periods in her own life, including remarks she made regarding the importance others placed on her mindset during a personal health challenge. “Everyone said to me, please keep a positive mindset, it makes such a difference,” she has said, reflecting a broader pattern in her public commentary of connecting personal experience to wider themes of resilience and emotional wellbeing. She has also spoken about her professional work bringing her genuine fulfillment, saying in past remarks that her work “has always brought me a deep sense of joy,” and expressing eagerness to return to public engagements when circumstances allow.

Kate’s continued willingness to speak candidly about difficult personal experiences, including isolation during early motherhood, has been credited by commentators with helping normalize public conversations around maternal mental health, a topic that has historically received less open discussion in public life despite affecting a significant proportion of new parents. Her remarks continue to circulate in commentary examining parental mental health nearly a decade after they were first delivered, reflecting the resonance many parents have found in hearing a public figure describe personal struggles with isolation in terms that closely mirror their own experiences.

As renewed attention returns to Kate’s original 2017 comments, the broader message embedded in her remarks — that reaching out for support represents an act of courage rather than a sign of struggling to cope — continues to be cited by parenting advocates and mental health commentators as a meaningful counterpoint to the isolation many new parents report experiencing, even while surrounded by supportive family, friends and communities.

BASE,Inc. (BAINF) Q2 2026 Earnings Call August 5, 2026 3:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Ken Harada – Senior Executive Officer, CFO & Director
Tsuruoka Yuta – Founder, Chairman, Senior Executive Officer & CEO

Tsuruoka Yuta

Thank you for joining us today for BASE, Inc.’s financial results briefing. This is streamed as a recorded video. If you have any questions, please contact ir@binc.jp. We will respond to your questions via email as appropriate.

Today’s attendees are myself, Tsuruoka, Representative Director; and Harada, Director, Senior Executive Officer, and CFO. We will now start the financial results briefing.

First, as usual, I will present the Company overview and executive summary. Our CFO, Harada, will then present the results for Q2 of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.

First, as always, this is our mission. We develop all of our products under the mission statement “Payment to the People, Power to the People.”

We are deeply focused on this concept of “Power to the People”, the idea to enable individuals and small team so that they can play a more active role in society. In particular, as reflected in our “Payment to the People” initiative, we are dedicated to bringing “Power to the People” to the fields of payments, e-commerce, and finance. We work tirelessly every day to build our products under the mission.

The number of products within the BASE Group has been growing recently. The overall idea is that we are developing one of two main types of products: those that generate GMV, gross merchandise volume, or those that drive take rates through added value, which are then converted into net sales and gross profit.

While BASE and PAY.JP are primarily focused on growing GMV, the products built on top of them, such as YELL BANK and PAY ID, exist to provide all kinds

The 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks is approaching next month and a prominent foundation serving first responders and servicemembers is partnering with a major beer brand as the American public remembers those who stepped forward in response to the attacks.

The Tunnel to Towers Foundation and Anheuser-Busch have deepened their partnership in advance of the anniversary, with the company stepping in to help sponsor events around the country. Stephen Siller Jr., who manages the In the Line of Duty program at the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, told FOX Business in an interview that the company stepped in to support the foundation’s “never forget” mission.

“For the 25th anniversary of September 11th, we wanted to give the country the opportunity to mourn. The events are very New York, Shanksville, Pentagon-focused – we wanted to do something this year where we traveled the country, allowing as many people as possible to pay their respects,” Siller explained.

This year, the group is traveling the country with a 21-foot, 16,900 pound beam from the South Tower of the World Trade Center with 35 stops in about 30 cities. The journey will conclude by going through a tunnel into New York City, following in the footsteps taken by Siller’s father as he responded to the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001.

TUNNEL TO TOWERS LAUNCHES ‘STEEL ACROSS AMERICA’ TOUR TO HONOR 9/11 VICTIMS AND HEROES

The Tunnel to Towers Foundation hosts memorial races, including an annual 5K in New York City that Anheuser-Busch is sponsoring. (Andy Katz/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Stephen Siller was an FDNY firefighter who was off-duty on the day of the September 11 attacks but responded to the World Trade Center after hearing the news. When he reached the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, it was closed to vehicle traffic for security purposes, so he walked through the tunnel while carrying his gear to the Twin Towers, where he was tragically killed while trying to save others.

The Tunnel to Towers Foundation began with a run that followed his footsteps on September 11, and has built off that tradition with a growing number of events, including a tower climb where participants go up 104 flights of stairs at the World Trade Center and hundreds of run events around the country. This year’s “Steel Across America” tour builds on that legacy.

“One of our main goals when we set out on the steel tour across America was to make sure kids like me who were nine months old or not even born at the time understand what was done for them,” Siller said.

“We’re going to be arriving back in New York, taking that piece of steel through the tunnel following the footsteps my father took that day and ending at the World Trade Center after a long four months of speaking of the stories of that day, making sure the men and women who lost their lives that day will never be forgotten,” he added.

9/11: THE IMPORTANCE TO NEVER FORGET

Budweiser’s “Respect” ad pays tribute to the victims of 9/11 and those who sacrificed their lives in responding to the attacks in service of our country. (Courtesy of Anheuser-Busch / Fox News)

Anheuser-Busch has helped sponsor those events and also plans to re-air the Budweiser “Respect” commercial on September 11 for just the fourth time to commemorate the 25th anniversary. 

The commercial features the brand’s iconic Clydesdale horse mascots, which are depicted traveling into New York City and bowing at the Twin Tower memorial beams and the Freedom Tower.

Cesar Vargas, chief external affairs officer at Anheuser-Busch, noted that the original “Respect” ad aired just once during the 2002 Super Bowl, and has been re-aired to mark the 10th and 20th anniversaries of 9/11. The version that will air this year is the one that first aired on the 10th anniversary and includes the Freedom Tower.

“By partnering with the Tunnel to Towers Foundation to re-air the commercial, we’re following that approach, honoring the ad’s original sentiment to commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11,” Vargas said.

WORLD TRADE CENTER REBUILD REVITALIZED LOWER MANHATTAN AND BROUGHT HEALING

The Tunnel to Towers Foundation and Anheuser-Busch are continuing their partnership to ensure 9/11 is never forgotten. (Courtesy of Tunnel to Towers and Anheuser-Busch / Fox News)

Vargas added that the company’s partnership serves to “honor the memory of those who were lost by providing meaningful support for the heroes who serve our communities and our country.”

Siller said that the advertisement is “in the same realm as our piece of steel is. It was a memento that is sacred, that was meant to pay respects to those who gave their lives on September 11th, those who give their lives to protect this country on a daily basis.”

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The annual Tunnel to Towers NYC 5K Run & Walk is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 27, which Anheuser-Busch is sponsoring for the fifth consecutive year with 250 employees, family members and friends participating. The event is capped at 30,000 participants.

The Budweiser Clydesdales will escort the Siller family in the opening procession, and the company plans to share commemorative cans at post-race gatherings.

Thailand and Qatar aim to boost tourism collaboration, focusing on luxury and wellness offerings. Despite a slight decline in Qatari visitors, extensive air connectivity supports ongoing promotional efforts targeting high-value travelers.

Key Points

• Thailand and Qatar aim to enhance tourism ties by focusing on luxury, wellness, medical, family, and culinary tourism to attract high-value travelers, leveraging Qatar’s strong purchasing power.
• Thai Ambassador Pensom Lertsithichai and TAT Governor Thapanee Kiatphaibool discussed travel trends and opportunities on August 13, noting 13,603 Qatari visitors to Thailand from July 1 to August 9, a slight decline from last year.
• TAT will implement a “Value over Volume” strategy, targeting luxury and family travel, and increasing collaboration with Qatar Airways and local agencies to promote tourism and share market data.

Thailand and Qatar are seeking to expand tourism ties and attract more high-value travelers, with luxury, wellness, medical, family, and culinary tourism offering key growth opportunities in the Qatari market.

Thai Ambassador to Qatar, Pensom Lertsithichai, met with Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Governor Thapanee Kiatphaibool on August 13 to discuss travel trends and future market opportunities. Qatar is an important Gulf Cooperation Council market for Thailand, supported by travelers with strong purchasing power and demand for premium tourism experiences.

Thailand welcomed 13,603 Qatari visitors between July 1 and August 9, a 0.52% decline from the same period last year despite uncertainty in the wider Middle East. Air connectivity remains extensive, with Qatar Airways operating a combined 49 weekly flights from Doha to Bangkok and Phuket.

TAT plans to pursue its “Value over Volume” strategy by promoting luxury and wellness travel, targeting families during summer, and using influencer marketing to convert interest into bookings. The agency is also seeking closer cooperation with Qatar Airways, Qatari government agencies, and private-sector partners, while expanding tourism promotion and the exchange of market data to reach travelers from Qatar and the wider Middle East.

Source : Thailand Targets More High-Value Travelers From Qatar

Mark Walter, who sold his ownership stake in the Los Angeles Lakers and may be looking to unload his shares of Chelsea Football Club, continues to cut back amid a federal investigation. 

TWG Global, Walter’s holding company, said on Tuesday it had agreed to cut up to $6.5 billion of Delaware Life Insurance Co’s investments in his businesses. The billions in swaps would be related-party investments for an equivalent amount of assets classified as independent, according to Reuters. 

“The Group 1001 insurance companies are working with the Delaware Department of Insurance to address the identified investments, and TWG is committed to resolving this matter to the Department’s satisfaction,” a spokesperson for TWG Global told the outlet. 

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Mark Walter of the Guggenheim Baseball Management group, applauds a speech by partner Earvin “Magic” Johnson at a press conference introducing them as new Dodgers owners in center field at Dodger Stadium. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times / Getty Images)

This comes as The Wall Street Journal reported U.S. federal prosecutors and the SEC are investigating Walter’s businesses to determine whether he, or his entities, committed fraud by concealing financial dealings while borrowing billions from insurers he controls. 

In February, Delaware Life and Clear Spring Life and Annuity Co received grand jury subpoenas in connection to an investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. 

MARK WALTER LOOKING TO UNLOAD CHELSEA STAKES DAYS AFTER SELLING LAKERS TO JOSH KUSHNER, BOB IGER: REPORT

Also, one of Wall Street’s top regulators has been conducting its own investigation, focused on whether private credit investments, which were categorized as unaffiliated investments by Delaware Life and Clear Spring Life, were in fact connected. 

Delaware Life conducted its own internal investigation after received the subpoenas, where they found errors in how certain related-party investments were presented. 

Mark Walter, CEO of Guggenheim Partners, Ilana Kloss attend day 13 of the French Open 2022 held at Stade Roland Garros on June 3, 2022 in Paris, France. (Jean Catuffe/Getty Images / Getty Images)

It was also reported earlier that the FBI recently seized Walter’s phone and laptop, as well as a high-ranking Guggenheim Investments executive’s, this past year. 

While the investigations are ongoing, Walter shockingly sold his majority stake in the Lakers just one year after purchasing the team for a then-record $10 billion. He sold his majority stake to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger for a whopping $12.5 billion. 

Now, Walter and his business partner, Todd Boehly, are reportedly looking to sell their shares in the English Premier League’s Chelsea Football Club, per the Financial Times. Walter and Boehly are hoping to sell their stakes to Clearlake Capital, the majority owner of one of the most popular soccer teams in the entire world. 

Clearlake Capital reportedly has had some friction with the two minority stakeholders after they purchased a piece of the club four years ago. The outlet reported there have been negotiation talks for years between both sides, but no deal was made. 

Mark Walter, Owner and Chairman, Los Angeles Dodgers speaks during the unveiling ceremony of a brand new Koufax commemorative statue at the Centerfield Plaza at Dodger Stadium. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports / IMAGN)

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Some are viewing the Lakers’ sale as a quick way to liquify assets for Walter with potential legal problems ahead, and now Chelsea could be yet another way to do so. 

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In June and July, gold traded mainly between $4,000 and $4,200. In early August, it broke above this range, signaling a potential upward shift in its price trend.

Gold has recently broken out of its established summer trading range, signaling increased investor interest and potential shift in market dynamics. After months of trading sideways between defined support and resistance levels, gold’s breakout indicates renewed confidence in the precious metal as a safe-haven asset amid global economic uncertainties. Factors such as inflation concerns, geopolitical tensions, and fluctuating bond yields have contributed to the bullish momentum pushing gold higher.

According to CME Group, this breakout may mark the beginning of a new upward trend, with traders closely monitoring key technical levels for confirmation. The increased volatility highlights the market’s responsiveness to macroeconomic developments and investor sentiment shifts. Gold’s price action remains sensitive to interest rate policies and currency fluctuations, which continue to influence its trajectory.

Market analysts suggest that if gold sustains above recent breakout levels, it could attract additional buying interest from both institutional and retail investors. This move underscores gold’s role as a hedge against inflation and economic instability. As the market evolves, traders will watch for continued momentum and possible consolidation around new resistance levels, shaping the outlook for gold in the coming months.

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Choosing a host used to be a technical decision; for most UK small businesses it is now a commercial one. Entry level specs have converged (storage, SSL and one click installers are standard) so what matters is renewal cost, what is bundled, and who picks up the phone when something breaks.

We ranked five providers on three year cost rather than headline price, what is included, and suitability for a business with no in house IT.

The market has also become far more competitive over the last few years. Features that once justified paying a premium, such as automated backups, SSL certificates or website builders, are now included by default with many entry-level plans. That means the real differences between providers are often hidden in the small print: renewal pricing, customer support, migration tools and how easy it is to manage everything once your website is live. A cheap first year is attractive, but changing hosts later takes time, introduces risk and often costs more than choosing the right provider from the outset. For most businesses, web hosting is an expense that should quietly disappear into the background, allowing owners to focus on customers rather than servers, control panels and security updates.

1. one.com: best value bundle

one.com takes the top spot for what arrives in the box: a free first year domain, email on that domain, SSL, daily backups and the AI Website Builder on every plan, from around £1 per month. Buy those pieces from three companies and you will beat it on any line item while paying more in total, across three renewal dates instead of one. Operating from Denmark since 2002 also puts one.com under EU data protection law rather than a US corporate structure: useful if you handle customer data and want straightforward obligations under UK GDPR guidance. The trade offs: a builder less flexible than the design led platforms, and no published uptime guarantee. one.com hostingplans show renewal terms upfront, and our full one.com review has the detail.

Best for: small businesses and sole traders who want everything in one account.

2. IONOS: best infrastructure

IONOS is the heavyweight of the European market and the most credible choice if reliability is a board level concern: its UK and EU data centres are Tier IV certified and run on renewable energy, and shared plans get dedicated resources rather than a shared pool. Alongside 24/7 phone, chat and email cover, every account gets a named personal consultant at no extra cost; invaluable if you do not speak fluent DNS. Entry pricing starts around £1 per month; renewal lands nearer £8 to £9, though IONOS is more upfront about this than many rivals. The main criticism: a huge product range, numerous upsells and a busy control panel. We compare the two head to head in one.com vs IONOS, the decision most readers are actually making.

Best for: businesses that want certified infrastructure and named support.

3. Hostinger: best budget performance

Hostinger delivers more speed than its price suggests, with a well designed control panel, sharply improved AI site generation and benchmarks consistently above its cost. The catch: the lowest rates require long commitments, often four years paid upfront, and renewals are far higher. Pay years upfront and total cost is excellent; on an annual term the maths is far less impressive. Support is chat based, generally fast, with no UK phone line.

Best for: cost focused buyers willing to commit long term upfront.

4. GoDaddy: best brand recognition

GoDaddy is the biggest name in the business, bringing a polished interface, extensive documentation, phone support and products for nearly everything, from basic websites to managed WordPress and dedicated servers. It also brings the checkout, the most common complaint: add ons for privacy, email, security and site building come pre selected, so advertised price and basket total rarely match, and renewals climb steeply. Not a bad host, just one that needs attention at purchase and at renewal.

Best for: buyers who value brand familiarity and a wide product range.

5. Fasthosts: best UK only option

Fasthosts is for businesses that want their data physically in the UK and support in the same time zone. Headquartered in Gloucester, it runs its own UK data centres on renewable energy, holds ISO 27001 certification and backs its plans with a 99.99 per cent uptime commitment. It is one of few affordable hosts offering both Windows and Linux — relevant for .NET — with cheap shared plans and modest VPS rates. Two caveats: the proprietary control panel means relearning if you arrive from cPanel, and introductory pricing rises substantially at renewal.

Best for: UK focused businesses that want local infrastructure and a genuine uptime SLA.

How to choose

Three questions settle most decisions:

• What does year three cost? Multiply the renewal rate by twelve and compare that, not the launch offer: day one’s cheapest provider is often month twenty four’s most expensive.
• What is actually included? Email, SSL and a domain are bundled by some and sold separately by others; a plan a pound cheaper can cost more once you add pieces you assumed were there.
• How much control do you need? Most small business sites live happily on shared hosting for years; if you need root access or heavy resources, look at VPS plans and check managed pricing first.

Whichever you choose, treat the basics as your responsibility: keep backups you control, enable two factor authentication, and work through the NCSC’s small business cyber guidance before something goes wrong. Providers protect their infrastructure; protecting your website and access to it is still your job.

The good news is that there are no genuinely poor choices on this list. Each provider is capable of hosting a reliable business website, but they are designed for different priorities. one.com offers the strongest overall value for businesses wanting a complete package, IONOS stands out for infrastructure and support, Hostinger rewards buyers prepared to commit long term, GoDaddy appeals to those who value familiarity and breadth of products, while Fasthosts remains an excellent option for organisations that want their hosting and data to stay firmly in the UK.

Spend an extra half hour comparing renewal pricing, bundled features and support before signing up and you’ll likely avoid years of unnecessary costs or frustration. Web hosting is one of those purchases where making the right decision once is far easier than correcting the wrong one later, especially once your website, email accounts and customers all depend on it.

Fading hopes for Middle East peace pushed oil prices higher, which in turn triggered an increase in U.S. 30-year Treasury bond yields to their highest levels since 2007. Ten-year ‌bond yields touched their ⁠highest ⁠level since January 2025.

The Philadelphia SE Semiconductor Index tumbled as investors fled stocks that had rallied previously on booming AI-related demand. Rising borrowing costs lowered ​how much investors were willing to pay for potential growth in technology profits.

“It starts off almost like a domino effect. Talks break down. ​That leads to oil prices going up. That leads to higher inflation expectations and bond yields rise,” said Burns McKinney, portfolio manager at NFJ Investment Group. He added that “every time bond yields rise, that tends to disproportionately hit the technology ​names.”

According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 lost 51.97 points, or 0.67%, to ⁠end at ‌7,692.10 points, while the Nasdaq Composite lost 350.45 points, or 1.31%, to 26,294.46. The Dow Jones ​Industrial Average fell ​115.93 points, or 0.22%, to 53,343.85.

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Among the S&P 500’s 11 major sectors, the information technology ⁠sector created the biggest index-point drag on the day and was the benchmark’s ​biggest percentage loser.
The S&P 500’s biggest drags from individual stocks came from chip companies, including leading AI chipmaker Nvidia and memory chipmaker Micron Technology, which fell on Tuesday after rising almost 18% in the previous five sessions.Other hard-hit stocks included data storage firms Sandisk and Western Digital, while the Roundhill Memory ETF tumbled after five straight sessions of gains.

“There’s nothing that can crack a momentum rally quite like interest rates moving higher and you’re getting evidence of that today,” said Tony Welch, chief investment officer at SignatureFD, who added that rising yields ‌suggested that Federal Reserve policy is too easy for the growth and inflation outlook.

While they left high-growth sectors, investors flocked instead to more defensive sectors such as healthcare and consumer staples. Wall Street’s ​fear gauge rose to ​its highest level since August ⁠5. With support from rising oil prices, the S&P 500 energy sector also outperformed. By late afternoon, U.S. crude oil futures had pared most of their gains but still settled up 0.5%, after Iran threatened to shift to a “fully offensive” military ​posture and Washington ruled out extending a ceasefire deal. Shares of home-improvement retailer Home Depot inched up after beating second-quarter sales estimates.

Investors awaited results due later this week from other retailers, including bellwether Walmart. Minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s July meeting, due on Wednesday, could offer more clues about how the central bank is assessing the current environment.

Investors see Nvidia’s upcoming quarterly report as the next big test for the AI-driven momentum.