Plain-English guides for UK trades, shops and small firms: which AI tools are worth paying for, how to keep your website safe, and simple automations that save hours.
Plain-English guides to AI, website security and automation for UK small businesses
Critical flaws in PHP, the software behind most small business websites, were fixed on 21 October and are now being exploited. Here's what it means in plain English, and the three things to do this week.
A plain-English checklist for UK small business owners: the settings, logins and updates that stop most website attacks, and how to check each one without a developer.
Missed calls are missed jobs. We compare voicemail, a part-time receptionist and AI receptionists from IONOS and Robust AI, with real UK prices including VAT.
Future Tech Blog is written by the team behind these two services for small businesses.
Explore the most powerful tools shaping the AI landscape
OpenAI's general-purpose assistant for writing, research, analysis and everyday business tasks
Anthropic's assistant with strong reasoning, long-document handling and coding ability
Google's multimodal assistant, built into Gmail, Docs and the rest of Google Workspace
AI-first code editor that can plan, write and refactor code across a whole project
Open-source workflow automation with built-in AI agent nodes; self-host or use the cloud
Realistic AI voices and conversational voice agents for phone and web
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