Hi all,

I've just started out doing some freelance design/development work for a few clients but words seems to be getting around and i appear to be getting alot more interest for my skills.

When I initially bought my domain and hosting about 2 years ago I was recommended to use 1&1 by a friend who also used them to support his own commercial site.

But after recent research I'm noticing that I'm not getting much for my money (i think)

My current business package gives me roughly 4gig of web space and 40gig of traffic per month and costs about £9 a month, so £108 a year. I'm moved up to this package because I wanted to have the option of using mySQL and databases etc. Currently I am using this to host my own site and sites for 2 other clients.

With the recent interest from potential clients I think its time to consider the hosting solutions I can provide as most of my clients are not very computer literate and want a full solution where they just need to pay for a full package with the website, hosting and maintenance.

So, my big question is what type of hosting should I be looking at? I know many people use reseller accounts but since I'm just dealing with small sites and local small businesses does this exceed my requirements?

I was recommended "powweb" as they offer alot for their package at a reasonable price and also Bluehost. I noticed "A Small Orange" was recommended by Whispers. Does anyone have an opinions on these?

And one other thing, I'm located in the UK as are my clients so do I need to choose a UK host?

Sorry for the lengthy post and numerous questions but I just wanted to provide as much info as possible and after reading SO many threads and looking at so many packages I just seem to have more questions than answers!

Thanks in advance