Grow your business online and guard what you build
Grow & Guard helps UK sole traders, freelancers and small businesses choose the right web hosting, website builder, business software, business bank account and online security tools. We compare published features and prices from the providers' own sites, explain the trade-offs in plain English and tell you when each option makes sense.
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Four areas, one goal
Build it
Websites and hosting
Hosting, WordPress hosting, website builders and a step-by-step guide to getting your business online.
Run it
Business software
Email marketing, CRM, accounting software for Making Tax Digital and SEO tools.
Fund it
Business banking and money
Business current accounts for sole traders, Tide vs Revolut, ISA basics and how to check a firm on the FCA register.
Guard it
VPNs and online security
VPNs, password managers and a practical cyber security checklist for small businesses.
How we work
We are a small UK editorial team. We read pricing pages, plan comparisons, terms and help documents, compare them side by side and write up what matters for a small UK business: what you pay after the introductory offer ends, what is included, what is missing and who each product suits. Where we quote a price, we say the date we checked it and link to the official page.
We do not claim to have run hands-on tests we have not done. If we ever test a product ourselves, the page will say exactly what we did and when. Read how we review for the details.
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