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Essential website guides for small businesses

Clear, practical advice to help you build a professional website that actually works for your business.

February 4th, 2026

Website Design for Small Businesses

Everything you need to know about professional website design for small businesses. From planning through launch and beyond, here's how to create a site that actually works.
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February 6th, 2026

How Much Does a Small Business Website Cost in the UK?

Confused about website pricing? We break down DIY builders, freelancer rates, and agency costs with real numbers. Plus hidden costs, ROI analysis, and how to budget for your first website.
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Practical web design tips for small businesses

Short, helpful articles covering website improvements, SEO basics, and digital advice you can use right away.

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November 11th, 2025

How to Choose the Right Website Package for Your Small Business

Not sure what features you actually need in a website package? This guide helps you understand what matters for your business type, stage, and budget - whether you're building yourself or hiring a professional.
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December 17th, 2025

10 Website Mistakes Cornish Businesses Make (And How to Fix Them)

From slow loading times to missing contact information, Cornish businesses often make the same website mistakes. Learn what they are and how to fix them before they cost you customers.
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December 1st, 2025

DIY Website Builders vs. Professional Web Design: Which is Right for You?

Tempted by DIY website builders like Wix or Squarespace? Before you commit, understand the real differences, hidden costs, and long-term implications of building it yourself versus hiring a professional.
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January 4th, 2026

Local SEO for Cornish Businesses: A Beginner's Guide

Local SEO helps customers find your business when they're searching for services nearby. Learn the essential strategies to improve your local search rankings without technical jargon or complicated tactics.
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January 16th, 2026

5 Signs Your Small Business Needs a Website Redesign

Not sure if your website needs a redesign or just minor updates? These five clear signs indicate it's time for a complete refresh - and why waiting is costing you customers.
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January 20th, 2026

Starting a Small Business? Here's Your Digital Checklist

Launching a new small business? Don't overlook your digital foundation. This checklist covers everything you need to establish a professional online presence that helps you compete from day one.
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February 16th, 2026

The Best Booking Systems for Small Businesses: A Complete 2026 Comparison

Choosing a booking system shouldn't be complicated. Compare the best options for small businesses - from free tools to premium platforms - and find which one actually fits your needs and budget.
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Privacy and Cookie Policy

Thank you for visiting Horizons Design (“we,” “us,” or “our”). We are committed to protecting and preserving the privacy of our visitors when visiting our site or communicating electronically with us.

This policy sets out how we process any personal data we collect from you or that you provide to us through our website. We confirm that we will keep your information secure and that we will comply fully with all applicable UK Data Protection legislation and regulations. Please read the following carefully to understand what happens to personal data that you choose to provide to us, or that we collect from you when you visit this site. By visiting horizonsdesign.co.uk (our website) you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

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Types of information we may collect from you

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information about individuals who visit and use our website:

Information you supply to us:

‍You may supply us with information about you by contacting us via the methods shown on our website. This includes information you provide when you submit a contact/enquiry form, subscribe to our newsletter, send us an email, send us a WhatsApp message or contact us via phone call. The information you give us may include your name, address, e-mail address, phone number or any other personal information you chose to disclose to us.

Information our website automatically collects about you:

With regard to each of your visits to our website we may automatically collect information including the following:

Technical information – including a truncated and anonymised version of your Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, operating system and platform;

Information about your visit – including what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got to the site (including date and time); page response times, length of visit, what you click on, documents downloaded and download errors.

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Cookies:

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

Cookies are small files of letters and numbers that are stored on your device. When someone visits our website, we collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We collect this information in a way which does not personally identify anyone.

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device to help our website provide a better user experience. Cookies are stored on your individual device and you have full control over their use.

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How to change your cookie settings:

You may deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing the settings of your web browser. Cookies that are already stored may be deleted at any time. To find out more about cookies and how to manage or delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org.uk.

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How we may use the information we collect

We use the information in the following ways:

Information you supply to us. We will use this information:

-to provide you with information and/or services that you request from us;

Information we automatically collect about you. We will use this information:

-to administer our site including troubleshooting and statistical purposes;

-to improve our site to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;

-security and debugging as part of our efforts to keep our site safe and secure.

This information is collected anonymously and is not linked to information that identifies you as an individual. We use Google Analytics to track this information. Find out how Google uses your data here.

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Disclosure of your information

Any information you provide to us will either be emailed directly to us or may be stored on a secure server located in the UK. We use a trusted third party website and hosting provider (Cloudways) to facilitate the running and management of this website. Cloudways meet high data protection and security standards and are bound by contract to keep any information they process on our behalf confidential. Any data that may be collected through this website that Cloudways process, is kept secure and only processed in the manner we instruct them to. Cloudways cannot access, provide, rectify or delete any data that they store on our behalf without permission.

We do not rent, sell or share personal information about you with other people or non-affiliated companies.

We will use all reasonable efforts to ensure that your personal data is not disclosed to regional/national institutions and authorities, unless required by law or other regulations.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

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Third party links

Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the third party websites. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

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Your rights – access to your personal data

You have the right to ensure that your personal data is being processed lawfully (“Subject Access Right”). Your subject access right can be exercised in accordance with data protection laws and regulations. Any subject access request must be made in writing to [email protected]. We will provide your personal data to you within the statutory time frames. To enable us to trace any of your personal data that we may be holding, we may need to request further information from you. If you have a complaint about how we have used your information, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

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Changes to our privacy policy

Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

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Contact

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be sent to [email protected]