Insights

Notes from the work

Essays and shorter notes on brand, product and web design. The thinking we charge for, written down for free.

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Hosting churn is not a price problem

Ask hosting companies why customers leave and most say price. Two in five are also being told the customer has gone to Wix or Shopify, and that is not a loss you can discount your way out of.

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Your cancel button is a retention feature

From January, UK subscription rules mean a reminder before every renewal and an exit as easy as the sign-up was. Most hosting companies will send that to Legal, when it belongs to whoever owns the billing screens.

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Your AI disclosure is a design problem

Since 2 August 2026 the EU AI Act requires you to tell people when they are dealing with a machine. Most teams will answer that with a footer, which is the one place nobody looks.

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Buyers read case studies to find themselves

Most case studies are written as a record of what the supplier did. Buyers are scanning for a situation that looks like their own, and most case studies never describe one.

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How much does a website cost in the UK?

A UK website costs anything from £10 a month to £30,000 or more, and the word "website" is doing a lot of hiding. Template or custom is the real question. Here is how to tell which you need.

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How much does a rebrand cost in the UK?

A UK rebrand runs £5,000 to £50,000, but the number is set by how much strategy sits behind it, not the size of the studio. Here is where the money actually goes, and when not to spend it.

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AI sends fewer visitors and better ones

AI assistants send about one visit in seven hundred, and those visits convert better than anything else you have. That changes what a B2B website is for.