05/04/2026
Neha’s £500 CV is a subscription trap.
Many UK SMEs are in the same trap and don’t know it yet.
The BBC’s latest piece on subscription traps is uncomfortable reading and a lot of small businesses are living a quieter version of the same story.
Neha thought she was making a one off payment; two years later, a rolling subscription had quietly drained more than £500.
Small businesses are leaking thousands a year on forgotten software, overlapping tools and auto renewals that no one has logged, let alone reviewed.
At The Epitome Group, we believe SMEs should….
- Design subscriptions for genuine informed consent, not “gotcha” renewals
- Govern their own stack with a live subscription register and a quarterly “subscription MOT”
- Use AI agents across bank and accounting data to flag low usage, high spend tools before they snowball
If this feels familiar, we’re piloting a 30 day “Subscription MOT” sprint for UK SMEs.
Comment “MOT” or message us for the outline.
