SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 2026--
HoneyBook, the all-in-one business management platform for independent service providers, today announced its official launch in the UK and Australia. The expansion marks HoneyBook's first entry into international markets beyond North America and makes the platform available to millions of independent business owners across both countries for the first time.
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HoneyBook gives independent professionals a single place to manage their entire client workflow, from first inquiry to final payment. Proposals, contracts, invoicing, payments, and client communication all live in one platform, removing the need to juggle multiple tools and letting business owners focus on the work itself.
"No matter where independent businesses are based, the reality often looks the same: juggling clients, proposals, contracts, invoices, payments, and somehow still finding time to do the work you love," said Oz Alon, CEO of HoneyBook. "We're excited to finally bring HoneyBook to businesses across the UK and Australia."
The launch follows a significant investment in building a platform experience tailored to the distinct needs of businesses in the UK and Australia, including local legal requirements, finance and tax rules, third-party partner integrations, and a wide range of security and engineering decisions specific to each country. Subscriptions are priced in local currency, GBP and AUD, and the platform automatically directs UK and Australian visitors to a localized experience.
HoneyBook is built for independent service-based business owners across industries including photography, event planning, design, consulting, coaching, and more.
To learn more about HoneyBook’s all-in-one business management platform visit HoneyBook.com.
About HoneyBook
HoneyBook is the all-in-one business management platform for independent professionals. From first inquiry to final payment, HoneyBook streamlines client management so small business owners can spend more time doing what they love. Founded in 2013, HoneyBook has helped hundreds of thousands of independent business owners in the US and Canada run and grow their businesses. HoneyBook is now available in the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Learn more at HoneyBook.com.
HoneyBook's client payment experience, now available in the UK with local currency support and popular payment methods including Apple Pay and Google Pay.
HoneyBook's invoicing interface, showing a client project breakdown for an independent business based in Sydney, Australia.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers passed a new congressional map Friday designed to pick up a Republican seat while leaving the state with just one of its two majority-Black House districts represented by Democrats.
Approval of the new House map came a month after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the state’s current map as an illegal racial gerrymander, weakening the landmark 1965 federal Voting Rights Act. That decision intensified a national redistricting battle fueled by President Donald Trump’s efforts to protect the Republicans’ slim House majority in the midterm elections.
Louisiana Republicans had considered drawing a map giving the party a shot at winning all six of the state’s U.S. House seats. But that would have required adding more Black voters to Republican-held districts, potentially backfiring with losses. Some Republicans said a 5-1 map better protects U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson from facing a difficult reelection.
Republican Gov. Jeff Landry is expected to sign the new map into law.
In the weeks following the Supreme Court’s decision, several other Republican-controlled Southern states have seized upon a weakened federal Voting Rights Act to try to redraw their own congressional districts. It’s the latest flare-up in a heated national redistricting battle heading into the November elections, spurred along by President Donald Trump.
So far, Republicans are winning the redistricting contest. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they will win a narrowly divided U.S. House in November. So far, Republicans think they could gain as many as 14 seats from their redistricting efforts, while Democrats think they could gain six seats from new districts in California and Utah.
In Louisiana, Republicans currently hold four of six congressional seats on a court-ordered map drawn in 2024 to comply with the Voting Rights Act by including a second district with a majority-Black population.
That map, however, was challenged in court, and the Supreme Court responded on April 30 by striking it down as an illegal racial gerrymander.
Landry postponed the state’s U.S. House primary, scheduled for May 16, until later this summer to allow time for Republican lawmakers to draw and pass a new map.
The proposed map redraws Democratic U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields' district, clustering it around predominantly white communities in the Baton Rouge area and southern Louisiana. It also adds part of Baton Rouge to a heavily Democratic, majority-Black district based in New Orleans currently represented by Democratic U.S. Rep. Troy Carter.
More lawsuits were expected over the new map.
Democrats say the proposed map could still constitute a racial gerrymander because it packs Black voters into a single congressional district. Meanwhile, the plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision criticized the Legislature's map for leaving a majority-Black district in place.
Several other Southern states also have acted on redistricting since the Supreme Court's decision.
Florida’s Legislature passed new congressional districts just hours after the ruling, completing a redrawing that was in the works in anticipation of the decision. It could yield Republicans as many as four additional seats in the midterm elections.
Tennessee adopted new U.S. House districts a week after the ruling, carving up a majority-Black district based in Memphis in a Republican attempt to win an additional seat.
In Alabama, Republicans are attempting to pick up another seat by redrawing two districts where Black residents compose a majority or close to it. Democrats hold both seats, and the proposal is mired in a court battle.
South Carolina’s Senate, meanwhile, decided against redistricting, despite pressure from Trump.
Mary Anne Mushatt, of the League of Women Voters and the Orleans Parish Democratic Committee, right, hugs Rep. Tammy T. Phelps, D-District 3, after a redistricting plan to eliminate a majority-Black congressional district, in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, was passed by the House in Baton Rouge, La., Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A person opposed to the redistricting plan reacts as she leaves the Louisiana House chambers after the plan to eliminate a majority-Black congressional district, in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, was passed in Baton Rouge, La., Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Louisiana Rep. Gerald Beaullieu, IV, R-Dist 48, speaks prior to a Louisiana House vote on a redistricting plan to eliminate a majority-Black congressional district in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, in Baton Rouge, La., Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Louisiana Rep. Kyle M. Green, Jr., D-Dist 83, speaks prior to a Louisiana House vote on a redistricting plan to eliminate a majority-Black congressional district in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, in Baton Rouge, La., Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Louisiana Reps. Adrian Fisher, D-Dist 16, left, Chad Michael Boyer, R-Dist 46, and C. Travis Johnson, D-Dist 21, right, recite the pledge of allegiance prior to a house vote on a redistricting plan to eliminate a majority-Black congressional district in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, in Baton Rouge, La., Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
