35°C, a Met Office red warning across Dorset, and the hottest June day on record. It was the kind of heat where the office fans waved a white flag, and someone seriously suggested moving the morning stand-up into the sea. June 2026 turned up the temperature, and that was before the World Cup got involved.
See, alongside the heatwave, we kicked off the b4b World Cup Sweepstake, drew the kits, and started the gentle office rivalry that ends friendships every four years. We confirmed our sponsorship of Lewis-Manning Hospice Care's first Summer Soirée. Plus, let’s not forget that we did what we always do, which is launch websites, tell client’s stories, pick up cameras, and get the good work out the door. Why? Because we're not just an agency that talks about results. We're the ones who ship them (even when it's 35°C and the laptops are running hotter than we are).
Here's what we launched, created, and delivered in the June 2026 Roundup 👇
Website Launches
Sweet Dreams for Sweet Cheeks
Sweet Cheeks makes sustainable, double-length sugarcane toilet rolls that are super-soft, biodegradable, and entirely plastic-free, having already saved over 1,100 trees and won 2,500-plus subscribers. Lauren handled design and development on the new Shopify build and took the brand from brief to live site. A bathroom essential finally has an online home as comfortable as the product itself.
First4 Group Comes First
First4 Group delivers reactive maintenance, planned programmes, fire safety, and statutory compliance to property managers and developers across the South of England and Central London. Joey built a site that organises three specialist divisions and six service lines without sending visitors down a rabbit hole. Clear structure for a business whose whole job is keeping other people's buildings in order.
ProStar Energy Powers Up in Jersey
ProStar Energy Jersey installs commercial and residential solar systems across the Channel Islands. MCS and TrustMark-accredited, they help businesses take the sting out of rising energy bills. Matt Lean built the new site for the Jersey arm, giving the renewable specialists a platform as dependable as the panels they fit. A solar business deserves a website that pulls its weight in daylight and beyond.
Britannia Gets a Clean Bill of Health
Britannia Health Insurance is an independent, FCA-regulated broker comparing Bupa, AXA, Aviva, and more for individuals, families, and businesses across the UK. Studio Global led the design, and Lauren handled the development, giving the broker a site that turns a genuinely confusing decision into a two-minute quote. Health cover made legible is no small feat, and this one pulls it off.
If your website isn't doing your business justice, our Web Design and Development team would love to fix that. From a single flyer to 25 years of content, we've built the lot, so tell us what yours needs.
Client Focus
Amelia's Rainbow Makes the Daily Echo
Amelia's Rainbow supports Dorset children living with serious illnesses, disabilities, and life-limiting conditions, and as our Charity of the Year, they hold a special place here. We donated the design, development, and launch of a brand-new website free of charge, and seeing our work featured in the Daily Echo was a proud moment. Charity Manager Farah Batchelor said it gives them the tools to tell their story and engage supporters properly.
Style Group Gets a Site to Match
Style Group has spent 25 years installing movable walls, glass partitions, and Skyfold systems for clients, including Virgin Money, but 27 pages of case studies had outgrown their ageing site. Working alongside Studio Global, we built a modular platform that the team can manage in-house and migrated every page without losing organic ground. A website built to the same standard as the space solutions it showcases.
From a Flyer to a Full SW Homes Site
SW Homes are Poole builders founded by two brothers with over 40 years' combined experience across new builds, extensions, and high-end renovations, with a reputation built entirely on word of mouth. Most projects start with a brand guide and a brief; this one started with a flyer. The hands-off brief gave our team rare freedom to build a premium dark-theme site, structure, and tone of voice from scratch.
Behind every launch is a story worth telling properly. Browse the full collection over on our case studies, or if yours is the next one, get in touch and let's begin.
Media Highlights
A Day on Set with Will Mellor
Matt East spent a day filming actor Will Mellor for ProStar Energy, capturing a homeowner case study on how solar panels cut a real customer's energy bills. By all accounts, Will was a natural in front of the camera and a thoroughly lovely bloke away from it. Days like that are a useful reminder that the best client content is built on real stories, not stock footage.
Charlotte Shoots the St.Tropez Launch
St.Tropez Lounge is an award-winning French seafood restaurant on Poole Quay, and June saw the launch of the St.Tropez Club, their new members' venue. Charlotte was on hand to capture the evening, building a collection of imagery that shows exactly what guests can expect from fine food to harbour views. Congratulations to the team on a cracking launch.
Our Podcast Studio Is Open
Thinking about launching a podcast? You've now got somewhere to do it properly, with our new podcast studio available to hire for businesses, creators, and brands. Podcasts build trust, share expertise, and stretch into endless social content long after recording day.
Got a story worth telling, or a podcast waiting to happen? Speak to our Media Production team and book the studio, and let's work out how to tell it well.
Fresh Content
Why AI Content Works (Until Google Steps In)
The honest take on AI content that most agencies won't give you. This one digs into why mass-produced AI copy can look fine on the surface and still get found out, and what Google actually rewards instead. Required reading if you've been tempted to let a machine write the blog and call it a day!
What Are the Benefits of SEO?
Freshly updated for 2026. If your site looks great but enquiries arrive in fits and starts, the gap is often SEO. This piece lays out the difference between marketing that compounds over time and marketing that quietly plateaus.
The Importance of a Consistent Brand Voice
Your brand voice is working on you whether you've defined it or not. When your emails, social posts, and web pages sound like three different people wrote them on three different days, trust quietly erodes.
Plenty more where these came from! Keep up with the latest thinking from the team over on our news page.
Workiversaries
Lauren Baker
Two years at b4b for Lauren, and going by this very roundup, she isn't slowing down. Two of June's four new websites carry her name, including the team build for Britannia. Here's to the next two, Lauren!
Jed Murray
Six years for Jed, our Head of Software, who has quietly built the kind of products that keep clients with us for the long haul. Six years is no small thing in agency life. Thanks for everything, Jed. We salute you.
Want to meet the people behind the work? You'll find the full crew, milestones, and all that over on our team page.
Seasonal Spotlight
The Social Lab Takes On UGC
Still posting polished brand content and wondering why it isn't landing? Our free breakfast workshop on UGC and influencer campaigns, hosted by Matt East and Dani B Unfiltered, was scheduled for June, but the record-breaking heat had other ideas, and we made the call to postpone. The same practical framework, real campaign numbers, and friendly faces are now booked for Tuesday, 14th July at SmartBase in Christchurch, doors open at 8:00am.
Last on the Grid to Second on Podium
Race 2 of the Agency Grand Prix at South Coast Karting had the lot. A nightmare qualifying session left the b4b team dead last on the grid, before Matt East, Julian, and Alex carved through the pack to grab P2 on the podium. We're now third overall with everything to play for heading into Race 3.
A Work Experience Week with Layton
We had Layton from The Bourne Academy join us for his work experience week, and he threw himself into all of it. A live client photoshoot with the media team, a crash course in branded merch with promotions, and a hand with graphics and content ideas for the social team. Brilliant energy and genuinely good ideas, Layton, thank you!
Fancy joining us at a future event? Head over to b4banter to see what's coming up, and bring your competitive streak.
The heat may break, but June gave us plenty to carry forward. Four new websites, a charity site in the local press, a new podcast studio, and a podium finish. Not a bad haul for the hottest month on record!
Now, if we've been part of your story this year, we'd love to hear about it:
The b4b World Cup Sweepstake 2026 is also well underway. Ric's Mexico and Emma's South Korea both opened with winning starts, while Tilley's England edged Andy's Croatia in a group-stage clash. For the behind-the-scenes version, the karting drama, the shoots, and the sweepstake, follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook.
Got a project in mind? Whether it's a website, a campaign, a podcast, or something you haven't quite worked out yet, we're here for it. Call us on 01202 684400 or drop a message via our contact page.
July is already shaping up nicely, with the Summer Soirée on the calendar and plenty more in the pipeline. See you then, (hopefully a few degrees cooler).
