If you're toying with the idea of setting up a website for the first time, a quick search on Google for cheap web hosting will throw up an enormous array of different hosts, all boasting essentially the same features and benefits at massively varying prices.
I have recently been involved in setting up a Supporters Club website for a local Ice Hockey team. I needed a host for the website that offered simple tools for uploading files or updating pages, support for the blog element of their website, a domain name of their choosing, and email addresses that could be associated with it.
Keeping the cost down was essential as all their income comes directly from fundraising and selling merchandise at matches.
For this project I actually shyed away from my normal web host for the first time and decided to do a lot of research online to find the best option. In the end I decided upon a company called UK2.net. They weren't a company that I'd looked at before, but I was surprised to discover that they were one of the largest hosts in the UK (apparently I'd been living under a rock the whole time I've been working on web projects)
The deal I found was perfect for the Club - at a cost of £3.95 per month, they had 3GB storage space (plenty of room to upload their enormous gallery of match photos), 100GB bandwidth per month (way more than they needed if I'm honest), POP & IMAP email accounts for all their organisers and a domain name of their choice.
On top of that they have 1-click install software for wordpress blogs, joomla, image galleries so there's plenty of options to expand in the future.
Overall, if you're looking for cheap web hosting, I'd suggest giving UK2 a look. They have deals from £2.95 per month upwards depending on what you need, though from my experience I would say the basic home deal @ £3.95 p/m is perfect, even if your site does get a lot of hits!
Some useful links if you want to take a look:
UK2.net Web Hosting
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