InsightsFrom the studio
Notes on websites, growth and software.
Practical things we’ve learned building for small businesses and larger companies. No guarantees, no jargon.
16 October 2026 · 4 min readYour own booking website or Fresha and Booksy: what a beauty business paysFresha and Booksy prices for UK salons and studios, checked in October 2026, and when owning your booking system starts to make sense.
16 October 2026 · 3 min readYour own quote and job system or Tradify and ServiceM8: what a trades business paysJob management app prices for UK trades, checked in October 2026, and what changes when the website, the quotes and the jobs run on one system you own.
1 September 2026 · 1 min readLocal SEO for service businesses: what actually moves the needlePractical local SEO priorities for North East service businesses, without ranking guarantees or vanity metrics.
15 August 2026 · 2 min readHow we scope a website projectWhat we need to know before quoting a website, and why we size the work to the business instead of selling packages.
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