Business

If you're a working parent who pays for childcare, you're probably familiar with Childcare Vouchers. The government scheme was first introduced in 1989, and allows employers to offer their employees up to £55 a week of their wages...

Reviews and rankings can make or break a small business. Very few SMEs have the budget for a dedicated marketing department, and many rely on search engines, social media and reviews to get their name out there. But what if a disgruntled customer...

If you've got a vacancy, you might be wondering whether it's worth putting an advert on a job site. It's all very well to tweet about your vacancy, but are you getting to the best candidates? How many suitable people have actually...

You might be heaving a sigh of relief that the steady stream of GDPR emails have come to a close, but if your business handles personal data there's a lot more GDPR still to come. Here are the aspects of GDPR that your staff have to get up to...

Are you happy at work? What about your team? Or your employees? Having a positive atmosphere at work can transform your company; happy staff have been found to be 12% more productive than an unhappy team. But how can you make that happen?...

Whether you know it as the Windows 10 April Update or the Windows 10 Spring Creators Update, this week it's being rolled out to your PC. We've got everything you need to know about the new update, including the new features, the stuff...

One of the best ways to appeal to a wide range of customers is to show that you take cyber security seriously. When clients choose your business, they are in part trusting that you'll protect their data, respect their privacy requirements and...

People are the biggest security to risk to your systems. The vast majority of malware, viruses and drive-by downloads will be installed as a result of users; this could be by clicking a link in a phishing email, to visiting a dodgy site, to...

With the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) deadline only a few months away, we've been chatting to CyberShelter; a data protection and security auditor. CyberShelter are trying to take the stress out of these new regulations, and are...

Digital Drive is an ERDF funded programme for businesses in and around County Durham, which aims to help businesses in the area grow and develop. It has recently received a £4m fund to help companies in Durham do more with digital...