Has anybody any recommendations for companies selling dedicated web servers, preferably in the UK? The company I work for is in the process of getting one shortly and I'd much rather buy through word of mouth than Googling
From experience they tend to be a bit on the slow side... better to buy a server and pay someone to host it in a rack.
If you don't fancy the ownership part I would go with 1&1 - I have been a customer of theirs for a few things over the years and have always had a rock solid service.