Blog: Sectors
Business texting by sector
17 posts on sectors
Sectors
Optician recall texts and NHS sight tests
England's last count was 13.4m NHS sight tests a year, and Wales did a record 910,000 in 2025-26. Who is eligible, how often people are due, and recall texts.
22 October 2026 · 8 min read
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Pharmacy texts: prescriptions and Pharmacy First
England's pharmacies dispensed 102m items and ran 352,975 Pharmacy First consultations in June 2026. Prescription texts, reminders and what to leave out.
22 October 2026 · 8 min read
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Dental recalls by text
Four in ten adults in England saw an NHS dentist in two years. NICE sets recall intervals of 3 to 24 months. How a recall text brings them back, with samples.
17 October 2026 · 8 min read
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Event nights by text for pubs
The UK has 9,000 fewer pubs than in 2009 and more people working in them. How a pub fills a quiz night by text without breaking the CAP Code or its licence.
17 October 2026 · 8 min read
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Fundraising texts after the 2025 Act
CAF's giving figures, the charity soft opt-in since 5 February 2026, the Code of Fundraising Practice, and sample texts for appeals, events and thank-yous.
17 October 2026 · 8 min read
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Gym member texts and retention
ukactive counts 12.2m UK gym members and 679m visits in 2025. The texts that keep people turning up, the figures behind them, and the consent rules.
17 October 2026 · 8 min read
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Hotel guest texts from arrival to checkout
England's hotels ran at 79% occupancy in 2025 and took 89.6m domestic overnight trips the year before. The texts that help a stay, with the rule on each.
17 October 2026 · 9 min read
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MOT reminder texts for garages
DVSA counted 33.3 million car and van MOTs in 2025 to 2026 and 27.51% failed first time. The free gov.uk reminder, and the texts a garage sends around a test.
17 October 2026 · 8 min read
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On-my-way texts for trades
ONS counts 160,064 one-person construction firms in Great Britain. The quote, arrival window, on-my-way and invoice texts a trade sends, and the rules on each.
17 October 2026 · 8 min read
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One-time codes by text: what NCSC and the fraud data say
NCSC ranks codes by text last of five. NIST calls them restricted and caps them at ten minutes. What the guidance and UK fraud figures mean for sending codes.
17 October 2026 · 8 min read
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Payment reminder texts and late payment
DBT research puts late payments owed to UK businesses at £26bn at any one time. The reminder texts that get invoices paid, and the interest the law adds.
17 October 2026 · 8 min read
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Restaurant no-shows and booking texts
Zonal and CGA's survey puts no-shows at 14% of consumers, and 17% of those say they forgot. What a confirmation text and a reminder text do about it.
17 October 2026 · 8 min read
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Retail texts: click and collect, stock and sales
Online is 28.8% of GB retail sales, so the text that says an order is ready matters. Collection and back-in-stock wording, and the CMA's rules for a sale text.
17 October 2026 · 9 min read
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Salon reminder texts that fill the diary
Nearly half of UK salons told the NHBF they only break even. What the figures say about no-shows, deposits and the reminder texts that keep a column full.
17 October 2026 · 8 min read
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Shift alerts by text
ONS counts 1.23m people on zero-hours contracts, 337,425 in hospitality. The shift texts that work, and what the Employment Rights Act 2025 will ask of them.
17 October 2026 · 8 min read
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Texting tenants under the Renters' Rights Act
The Act's dates and duties from 1 May 2026, the 4.7 million private renting households, and the service texts an agent can send with no marketing consent.
17 October 2026 · 8 min read
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Vet practice reminders by text
PDSA's 2026 report puts 92% of UK dogs with a vet and 82% on regular boosters. The reminder texts a practice sends, and where the ICO draws the marketing line.
17 October 2026 · 8 min read