Websites for UK small businesses from £70/month, with no upfront cost. Designed, built, hosted and looked after by Oscar Beamish in London.https://oscarbeamish.com/https://oscarbeamish.com/lab/glass-search-bar-webgl/https://oscarbeamish.com/lab/glass-search-bar-webgl/backdrop-filter can blur. It can't bend. How to build a glass panel that refracts, splits and catches the light, keeps its label readable, and works in every browser, with the full code.Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/lab/expanding-tiles-grid-transition/https://oscarbeamish.com/lab/expanding-tiles-grid-transition/Press a tile and it fills the window while the lines of the grid travel out with it. How to do it without scaling anything, so the type never stretches, and the full code.Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/lab/beamish-effect-runtime/https://oscarbeamish.com/lab/beamish-effect-runtime/Pausing when off screen, capping the pixel ratio, surviving a lost WebGL context, respecting reduced motion and cleaning up after itself. The runtime every effect in the Lab plugs into, with the code.Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/lab/decode-text-hover-effect/https://oscarbeamish.com/lab/decode-text-hover-effect/The hover effect on every button on this site, explained. Why it never moves the page, why it looks the same on every screen, and the whole thing to copy.Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/blog/how-to-get-your-website-on-google/https://oscarbeamish.com/blog/how-to-get-your-website-on-google/You don't pay Google to appear in search. You make sure Google can find and index your site, then earn rankings. Here's how to get on Google, step by step.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:05:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/blog/how-much-does-a-website-cost-london/https://oscarbeamish.com/blog/how-much-does-a-website-cost-london/What London agencies and freelancers really charge for a small business website in 2026, why London quotes run higher, and the red flags to watch for.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/blog/how-to-hire-freelance-web-developer-uk/https://oscarbeamish.com/blog/how-to-hire-freelance-web-developer-uk/What to look for when you hire a web developer in the UK: fair prices, the questions worth asking, and the red flags I'd walk away from.Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/blog/fake-reviews-uk-law-2026/https://oscarbeamish.com/blog/fake-reviews-uk-law-2026/Yes, and the CMA is already enforcing it. What counts as a fake review under the 2025 rules, whether you can still ask for reviews, and how to stay legal.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/blog/uk-cookie-rules-2026/https://oscarbeamish.com/blog/uk-cookie-rules-2026/The ICO changed its cookie guidance in 2026. Here's what UK cookie law now asks of a small business website, from banners to analytics, and what you can skip.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/blog/website-maintenance-cost-uk/https://oscarbeamish.com/blog/website-maintenance-cost-uk/What website maintenance actually involves, what it costs in the UK, and what goes wrong when nobody looks after the site. With real prices.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/blog/how-to-get-google-reviews/https://oscarbeamish.com/blog/how-to-get-google-reviews/Most happy customers don't think to leave a review unless you ask. Here's how to ask without being awkward about it.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/blog/what-is-seo-worth-paying-for/https://oscarbeamish.com/blog/what-is-seo-worth-paying-for/SEO gets thrown around like everyone knows what it means. Most business owners I talk to don't. What it actually is, and whether it's worth paying for.Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/blog/website-vs-facebook-page/https://oscarbeamish.com/blog/website-vs-facebook-page/I get asked this a lot. The honest answer is you probably need both, but if you can only pick one, pick the website.Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/blog/is-your-website-invisible-to-ai/https://oscarbeamish.com/blog/is-your-website-invisible-to-ai/Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT now answer questions before anyone clicks. What's actually changed for small business websites, and five things worth doing.Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/blog/time-to-replace-website/https://oscarbeamish.com/blog/time-to-replace-website/Your website might look fine to you. But if it's more than three years old, there's a good chance it's turning customers away. Here's how to tell.Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/blog/what-to-put-on-business-website/https://oscarbeamish.com/blog/what-to-put-on-business-website/Most small business websites have the same problem: not enough of the right content, and too much of the wrong stuff. Here's exactly what to put on each page.Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/blog/website-not-getting-enquiries/https://oscarbeamish.com/blog/website-not-getting-enquiries/The site looks fine but the phone isn't ringing. Before you bin it and start again, work through this 20-minute check to find out what's actually wrong.Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/blog/why-is-my-website-slow/https://oscarbeamish.com/blog/why-is-my-website-slow/If your website takes more than three seconds to load, people leave before they see what you do. How to find out why it's slow, and what to do about it.Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/blog/gdpr-small-business-websites/https://oscarbeamish.com/blog/gdpr-small-business-websites/GDPR sounds terrifying. But for most small business websites, compliance is simpler than you think. Here's exactly what you need, and what you can ignore.Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/blog/how-much-does-a-website-cost-uk/https://oscarbeamish.com/blog/how-much-does-a-website-cost-uk/Actual prices from a freelance web developer. No 'it depends' without numbers, no hiding the quote behind a contact form. Here's what you'll really pay.Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/blog/is-wordpress-worth-it-2026/https://oscarbeamish.com/blog/is-wordpress-worth-it-2026/Yes, for content-heavy sites with several editors. For most small business sites, there are faster options that need far less looking after. Here's why.Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/lab/scroll-to-top-button-tutorial/https://oscarbeamish.com/lab/scroll-to-top-button-tutorial/Add a scroll to top button to your website in five minutes. No plugins and no page builder, just a few lines of code you can copy and paste.Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/blog/google-maps-business-listing-2026/https://oscarbeamish.com/blog/google-maps-business-listing-2026/Not showing up on Google Maps? Here's how to set up and verify your Google Business Profile, step by step. Often it's a fifteen-minute fix.Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/blog/website-mistakes-unprofessional/https://oscarbeamish.com/blog/website-mistakes-unprofessional/The same small problems turn up on small business websites again and again. The frustrating part? Most take less than an hour to sort out.Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/blog/small-business-website-2026/https://oscarbeamish.com/blog/small-business-website-2026/Recommendations still win work, but people look you up before they get in touch. If there's nothing to find, the job goes elsewhere. What that says about trust.Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/blog/web-accessibility-guide-2025/https://oscarbeamish.com/blog/web-accessibility-guide-2025/Most accessibility advice is written for big companies with compliance teams. This is what actually matters for a small business website in the UK.Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://oscarbeamish.com/blog/website-security-small-business/https://oscarbeamish.com/blog/website-security-small-business/Most security advice is written to sell you something. This is what actually protects a small business website in the UK, with free tools and no upsells.Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT