About smallbusiness.host
Providing reliable, affordable web hosting for UK small businesses since 2002. Over two decades of experience, powered by a passion for helping businesses succeed online.
Customer First
Your success is our success. We prioritise customer satisfaction and support in everything we do.
UK Company
Registered in England & Wales since 2002. Decades of supporting small businesses across the UK.
Affordability
Professional hosting shouldn't break the bank. Competitive pricing without compromise.
Security
Your data's security is paramount. We implement industry-standard security measures across all services.
Expert Support
Our support team is knowledgeable and ready to help. Available through tickets and direct contact.
Environmentally Conscious
Our servers run on 100% renewable energy*, because hosting shouldn't cost the earth.
* Our suppliers use 100% renewable energy. Carbon emissions are offset in the rare event of an emergency requiring traditional power.
Your data is hosted across GDPR-compliant data centres in the UK and Europe, ensuring your information stays protected under robust data protection regulations and industry standard data security practices.
At smallbusiness.host we have been helping UK small businesses get online since 2002. What started as a straightforward web hosting service has grown and evolved over more than two decades into a comprehensive hosting platform tailored specifically for small businesses and entrepreneurs.
Over the years, we've continually invested in our infrastructure and expanded our services to meet the changing needs of our customers. From our early days of shared hosting, we've added WordPress-optimised hosting, professional business email, domain registration (including being a Nominet Registrar), and much more. Each step has been driven by listening to what our customers actually need.
Today, our platform runs on lightning-fast NVMe servers based in the UK and Europe, all in GDPR-compliant data centres with environmentally conscious suppliers. Our growing range of services includes our all-new and unique Small Business Email platform, as well as a modern, feature-rich Plesk-based control panel for website hosting, running on CloudLinux for stability and isolation, with a full suite of tools to make managing your online presence as simple as possible.
As a registered UK company (smallbusiness.host ltd, Company Registration No. 4465672), we take pride in offering a personal, transparent service. We're not a faceless corporation, we're a small team that genuinely cares about helping your business thrive online.
Over two decades of small business hosting services: here's how we got here.
PurplePaw
smallbusiness.host began life as PurplePaw in 2002, a small UK hosting business created to give local businesses an affordable, reliable online presence.
Throughout the 2000s and early 2010s, PurplePaw steadily grew its customer base and expanded its services, keeping pace with a rapidly evolving hosting landscape.
EuroFastHost & ITC
In the 2010s we welcomed ITC and EuroFastHost's Website and Email hosting customers to smallbusiness.host.
This enabled us to support hundreds of small businesses across the south-coast of England succeed, and transitioned them over to our modern platform, introducing them to a streamlined offering built around ease of ordering and reliable shared hosting with small businesses in mind.
smallbusiness.host
In the 2010s we rebanded from PurplePaw to smallbusiness.host, a name that said exactly what we were about.
A fresh brand, a broader customer base, and a renewed focus: helping UK small businesses get the most from their online presence.
smallbusiness.host Now
Throughout the 2020s we continued investing in our platform, keeping our infrastructure modern and optimised for popular platforms like WordPress, and launching new products such as a modern feature-rich Plesk platform for Web Hosting, our all-new built in-house Small Business Email platform, and more.
More than two decades on, we’re still here, helping UK small businesses succeed online with fast, reliable hosting and a support team that actually cares.
UK-Based Servers
Our primary servers are physically located in the UK, ensuring fast, reliable service for your business.
NVMe Storage
Ultra-fast NVMe drives mean your websites load instantly and perform beautifully.
Modern Platform
Latest Linux, PHP, and modern hosting features. CloudLinux PHP Selector for flexibility.
Plesk Included
Full Plesk control panel with modern features. Easy management of your hosting.
Email Solutions
Professional business email hosting for your branded communications.
Expert Team
Our support team is knowledgeable and ready to help you succeed.
Ultra-fast NVMe drives for instant page loads and snappy database performance across all plans.
Industry-grade Linux distributions with an up-to-date software stack built for reliable hosting.
Choose from modern and hardened older PHP versions via the CloudLinux PHP Selector.
A reliable, high-performance database engine fully compatible with MySQL.
Professional, easy-to-use control panel included on all hosting plans for effortless management.
Advanced antivirus scanning plus network-level DDoS protection before threats reach your site.
Free Let's Encrypt SSL certificates included on all hosting plans, auto-renewed for you.
Our servers run on 100% renewable energy*, keeping your hosting environmentally friendly.
* Our suppliers use 100% renewable energy. In the rare event of an emergency requiring traditional power, carbon emissions are offset to keep our hosting environmentally responsible.
Website Hosting
From £12/month + VATUK-based NVMe SSD hosting with Plesk control panel, CloudLinux PHP Selector, one-click WordPress, and free SSL. Also available: WordPress-optimised plans and Multisite packages for agencies.
Small Business Email
From £6/month + VATOur own email platform built for small businesses. Professional email on your domain, spam filtering, calendar and contact sync, webmail, and Apple configuration profiles. All hosted in the UK and Europe.