Email and your website are usually the first places a customer interacts with your business. When they fail, your reputation, enquiries and revenue suffer immediately.

Why “free” email is costing you business

Many small businesses still rely on free email accounts or basic mailboxes bundled with a cheap hosting plan. It feels convenient, but it often leads to deliverability issues, spam problems and messages quietly disappearing.

Professional email hosting gives your business a consistent, branded identity – addresses like info@yourcompany.co.uk and sales@yourcompany.co.uk – backed by proper security and support.
It also improves inbox reliability, reduces the risk of blacklisting and makes it easier to manage shared mailboxes, aliases and forwarding as your team grows.

The hidden risks of poor web hosting

Your website is your shop window, whether you sell online or not. Slow loading times, random outages or “unsafe site” warnings from browsers immediately damage trust.
Cheapest-possible hosting often means overloaded servers, limited resources and little or no help if your site is hacked or goes offline.

Business-grade web hosting focuses on uptime, performance and security. That means SSL certificates configured correctly, regular backups, malware scanning, and proactive updates for platforms like WordPress.
When something does go wrong, you want a real person to speak to – not a support portal that never replies.

One partner for email, web and IT support

Managing separate suppliers for email, hosting and IT quickly turns into a blame game when problems arise. The website company says it is the server, the server company blames DNS, and the email provider insists everything is fine.
While they argue, your staff are stuck and your customers cannot reach you.

With AEM Systems (Yorkshire) Ltd looking after your email, web hosting and wider IT stack, there is a single point of responsibility. One team can see the full picture – domains, DNS, web, email and devices – and resolve issues end-to-end.
New staff can be onboarded quickly with email, file access and devices configured correctly from day one, reducing disruption and admin.

Scalable, secure foundations for growth

As your business grows, the demands on your email and website will increase. More users, more traffic and more online services all need stable infrastructure behind the scenes.
Choosing robust, managed hosting early avoids painful migrations, sudden performance bottlenecks and security scares later.

AEM Systems can help you review your current setup, migrate email and websites safely, and implement a resilient platform that supports your next stage of growth.
That way, your team can focus on customers and sales, confident that enquiries, bookings and online orders are always getting through.