I’ll admit to being no expert in this area. Why do I say that? Well my current British webhost for this domain is utterly incompetent: I’ve been unable to remember a single day in the last few weeks where I haven’t encountered at least one server error. If I email them about anything, whether it be a complaint or anything else, they ignore it. That means I’m forced to phone them on their premium line at 10p a minute, which charge starts when you hear the “Welcome to Fasthosts” message; after which I’ve known it take anything up to 15 minutes or more for someone to answer the phone. – Only to be told that they don’t have any problems with their server: Rather the problem lies with what I’m running on the server. Also they don’t service 3rd party applications… In other words total disinterest: WordPress works everywhere else without a hitch; but on their servers it doesn’t work, so it’s my fault. What’s wrong? They can’t be bothered to find out and they don’t care. End of story.

There is, however, light at the end of the tunnel: A different tunnel, but one with light at the end nevertheless: -

- After all that you probably won’t be feeling too happy about using a British web-hosting company: Nevertheless I’ve found one that bucks the trend, so to speak: They’re called “Daily”: Not Arthur Daley, just Daily; and they seem to be a pretty good host.

One particular thing that I notice that they offer, which not a lot of other hosts do, is a Windows 2008 hosting package, complete with MS SQL 2008 and ASP.NET 3.5. Of course, as with most hosting providers, you can transfer all your existing domains to them, and they even have a 30-day money-back guarantee: Something that I wish I’d had with fasthosts.co.uk, or “slowhosts” as I call them.

Maybe you Ozzies think it’s just pure luck that we Pommes finally beat you at test cricket; but there is still some good things yet left in this excuse for a country. – Even though we exported David Beckham to America. (I think, from the way the LA Galaxy fans are behaving, we’ll soon be having him sent back.) Daily is one of those good things; so do click here to find out more.

Generally I think a lot of British businesses have a serious attitude problem. Here on Beyond, however, I hope to be promoting a number of British businesses which are not only still ethical, but also competent, legit, and which I believe that my readers will gain a benefit from using the services of for their own purposes. I do vet the companies which I advertise to a reasonable extent or to as great a degree as is possible. There are some British companies that I wouldn’t even consider advertising, despite the rewards on offer for doing so. Whilst I don’t personally underwrite any claims that I make about any organisation, good or bad, I won’t wilfully advertise any crap services on this blog that I know to be not as good as they seem.

So there you have it: if you’re looking for a decent British web-host I suggest you give Daily a try.

“God Save The Queen” – The Sex Pistols.