I’ve heard good things about 1&1 (unlike a few other hosting companies…), and 1&1 for UK residents has some seriously great prices (even with conversion, you could pay more in the states).
Like many hosting companies, they have a full suite of web applications with easy setup. UNLIKE many hosting companies, 1&1 also has automatic Google sitemap capability (nice!), built in email marketing tools, and server-side email virus protection.