Some friends have websites. I encourage them to do. But they have them only to publish contact info, opening times, and a couple of photos of their business. What would be the best fediverse platform for this? Of course being able to post/toot news every now and then, is also a good feature.
yeah but needs hosting or using wordpress.com which is full of shitty trackers.
A website implies hosting.
I guess what you are actually asking for is something like a facebook page?
You are going to need hosting no matter what.