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21st August 2025

We’re recruiting!

IT Support & Deployment Technician  Location: Redditch, Worcestershire  Job Type: Full Time  Salary Range: £25,000 to £27,000 Date Posted: 21st August 2025  Do you love variety […]
12th August 2025

Email Phishing Spam Alert: “Funding Support Agreement”

Email Phishing Spam Alert: “Funding Support Agreement” 12th August 2025 Please note there is an email phishing scam doing the rounds, where you will receive an […]
16th May 2025

Connecting Worcestershire & Warwickshire

Connecting Worcestershire & Warwickshire Are you limping along on an old Internet connection? With the claimed average UK Internet connection speed for businesses to be anything […]
16th May 2025
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Cyber Security: M&S and Co-op

Cyber Security Lessons from the M&S and Co-op Attacks M&S and Co-op are huge multi-million pound businesses, but there are lessons to be learnt for small […]
21st February 2025

The Benefits of Repairing Computers and Laptops

The Benefits of Repairing Computers and Laptops Whilst computers and laptops aren’t the cheapest items you need for your business, they are perceived more and more […]
14th February 2025

Why switch to Office 365?

Why switch to Office 365? Firstly, for full transparency, we’re huge fans of Office 365, with us providing and supporting Office 365 for hundreds of businesses […]
24th January 2025

New Outlook: Marry or Avoid?

New Outlook: Marry or Avoid? If you’ve been a loyal user of the traditional Outlook that’s part of the Microsoft Office suite, you might have noticed […]
17th January 2025

Microsoft 365 Copilot: A summary

Microsoft 365 Copilot: A summary AI is the buzzword of 2025. There are plenty of AI offerings out there, to help businesses. Microsoft 365 Copilot is […]
29th November 2024

How to stop Excel file conflicts

How to stop Excel file conflicts Let’s begin with some context and prerequisites. We’re going to go through a solution to resolve problems when you have […]
13th March 2026

What is Shadow AI?

The Hidden IT Risk Growing Inside Small Businesses: Shadow AI Shadow AI refers to employees using artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, Copilot, or Gemini for […]
6th March 2026

The Day Passwords Started Dying

What Are Passkeys? A passkey is a secure, passwordless authentication method that replaces traditional passwords with a cryptographic key pair. One key stays on your device, […]
27th February 2026

The £17,000 Phone Call

The £17,000 Phone Call It started with a perfectly normal Tuesday. One of the directors of a small Midlands manufacturing firm received a call from his […]
13th February 2026

AI Phishing: The New Threat to Small Businesses

AI Phishing: The New Threat to Small Businesses You’ve probably seen one of those dodgy emails from a “Nigerian prince” or a supposed “Microsoft alert” asking […]