Hmm.. I don't know about UK hosting, however Arvixe provides a great hosting service, Full Elgg support and live chat support.

See infrenion.com. They offer both US and UK hosting. I host my site with them, and they sure can make you wise to the topic.

Thanks shillo. Are you using shared hosting for Elgg? The Infrenion site doesn't give details of the specification.

I'm not sure about using non UK hosting, rjcalifornia. I'm concerned about making payments to an overseas company, and what happens if I have a problem.

I'm not sure that the Elgg site I'm setting up will be succesful, so I need something low cost to start with.

that one is low cost. I'm outside the us and live chat support is quite good and always available.

i'm using a shared server via www.primehosting.co.uk.. in manchester.

i haven't compared them to other uk hosts for a while now.. but they include everything i need for about £5 a month.. they are fairly open to negotiation with regards what is included in the package.

JohnAndCharlie

I am using shared hosting. Infrenion has a live chat system, why don't you discuss it with them? It is not as cheap as many services, but then not all hosting parties can cope with Elgg's high requirements. Elgg is highly demanding :)

I've just signed up with Infrenion. They were very helpful on live chat. Now I just need to see how well it works! Thanks everyone.

Even I dont know of UK hostings. But I know this place  www.XnYnZ.com which is a good US hosting provider. They have shared and dedicated hostings. There are 3 plans available for you to choose the required one. They provide free hosting for every  domain got from them. There are also many other frees for  domain registration.

what ever you do , don't go with one.com "sigh" doesn't work with elgg , sadly I found this out the hard way and now looking for new hosting company ! what do you peps use ?

went with Arvixe via your weblink ! also referenced your site :) lets see how it goes