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The state of UK business, from the official record: how many companies there are, how long they survive, the rules on emailing them, and what the public record can tell you about any firm. Written for people who sell to UK businesses and want the facts from the source rather than recycled statistics.

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29 SEPT 2026 · 6 MINHow to choose a marketing agency: a checklist for small UK businessesPick an agency on proof, not promises. Ask for work in your trade, a named person on your account, monthly reports you can read, a clear notice period and fees kept apart from ad spend.Read →29 SEPT 2026 · 6 MINWhat marketing costs a small UK business, and what drives the priceMarketing prices vary more by what is included than by who sells it. The cost comes down to how much work is done each month, how competitive your market is, what is spent on ads, and how results are tracked.Read →29 JUL 2026 · 7 MINCold email and UK GDPR: what legitimate interest actually requiresLegitimate interest is the lawful basis almost every UK B2B cold email relies on, and it is not a loophole. It asks for three things: an interest you can name, evidence the emailing is necessary, and a documented balancing exercise.Read →16 JUL 2026 · 6 MINCan You Legally Email Sole Traders in the UK? Corporate vs Individual SubscribersYou can email limited companies without prior consent. Sole traders are different: UK law treats them like individuals, so the easy B2B rule does not apply. Here is the distinction that decides everything.Read →16 JUL 2026 · 4 MINIs a Business Email Address Personal Data Under UK GDPR?Yes, if it names a person. jane.smith@company.co.uk is personal data; info@company.co.uk usually is not. Here is the simple test, and what it means for cold email.Read →12 MAY 2026 · 8 MINCompanies House vs LinkedIn for UK B2B ProspectingLinkedIn dominates B2B prospecting tooling, but Companies House has a quieter, deeper data set for UK-specific work. Here's the head-to-head.Read →6 MAY 2026 · 7 MINIs UK B2B Data Scraping Legal? GDPR & PECR Compliance for ProspectingYes, if you do it right. A practical guide to what's legal under UK GDPR and PECR, what's not, and how to keep your B2B prospecting on the right side of the line.Read →1 MAY 2026 · 5 MINHow to Find UK Companies by Postcode for Local B2B OutreachLocal prospecting only works if you can filter the UK register by postcode area or specific district. Here's how to do it on Companies House data, and what most lead-gen tools get wrong about UK postcodes.Read →1 APR 2026 · 9 MINThe Complete Guide to SIC Codes for UK B2B Lead GenerationSIC codes are the backbone of UK industry classification, and the single most powerful filter in B2B lead generation. Here is everything you need to know to use them properly.Read →

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Leadistry finds UK business leads directly from the Companies House public record. You describe who you sell to in a short conversation, in your own words, and the AI sets up what to watch for: there are no filters or search syntax to learn. Every lead arrives complete, with the registered company record, the director's name when it is on the public record, a working website and a business email on a domain confirmed to accept mail. One lead is one lead: anything else we find, such as a LinkedIn profile or their socials, comes with it at no extra cost. If we cannot complete a lead, you never see it and you are not charged for it, and if a first email bounces, the lead is credited back.

Agents keep watching the public record for you. Each morning we add the companies registered at Companies House the day before, and the rest of the record is refreshed from the Companies House monthly file. Every lead comes with a dated reason to get in touch, such as accounts coming due. A company registered this month rarely has a website or a working email yet, so we hold it back until it can actually be reached.

Each lead is written individually, inside your own template with your logo, pictures, video and links: the opening line is about that company and the specific reason it turned up, so no two emails are the same, and your own words carry the offer. Everything waits for you to approve it, unless you switch Autopilot on, in which case your agents' cards go out on their own in your sending hours. Sending starts at five a day from your own mailbox and warms up slowly, and a reply lands in your own inbox, stops the follow-ups and shows on your Desk.

Company data comes from Companies House under the Open Government Licence. Websites and emails are found on each company's own site and checked against the filing, field by field, so every claim traces to a source. Nothing is bought from brokers, and no email address is guessed from a pattern. Leadistry covers UK companies only. Plans start at £29 a month: Growth £29, Pro £69 and Scale £139. The free trial is 25 leads, once (they do not refill), and your first 25 emails from your own mailbox, with no card. Any company or person can ask to be removed at any time.