How to praise your employees
If you run a SME, praising your employees may be far down the list of your priorities. However, recognising the work that your staff do for you is key to improving happiness at work. This leads to increased job satisfaction, improved performance...
Data protection, and identifying vulnerabilities
If your business stores customer, client and employee data, you’re probably familiar with data protection. But how do you know if the way that you’re collecting and storing data is secure? First, you’ve got to figure out where...
Funding available for businesses in July
Here's our latest roundup of the grants and funds for businesses that are still available.
Springback Grant
Newcastle City Council have opened applications for the government Springback Grant, 'a one-off grant of £1,500 to help...
Ready to go out? Look out for ticket fraud
Summer is well and truly on the way, and with lockdown easing you might be looking forward to going to some events. However, fraudsters are using this opportunity to make a quick profit. If you’re buying tickets, you need to be aware of...
Worried about your kids gaming? Pick up a controller
According to the Children’s Commissioner, 93% of children in the UK play video games. For adults who didn’t grow up with a PlayStation or Xbox, it might feel like your children are completely obsessed with a form of media...
Is your business preventing insider attacks?
Business security and data protection helps to prevent breaches and attacks from phishers and scammers, but how well does it work against your own employees? If a threat came from inside your organisation, would your business be protected?...
Tired of video calls? It could be Zoom fatigue
Zoom (or your video conferencing app of choice) may have become a staple of your personal and professional life. But what effect is this having on your mental wellbeing? Zoom fatigue is a real phenomenon, and if you’re always on a video...
Funding available for businesses in June
Here's our latest roundup of the grants and funds for businesses that are still available.
If your business is trading in the UK, and has been adversely affected by the pandemic, you can apply for the UK...
Meet Lee, our new support engineer
We've had a chat with Lee Watson, our new IT support engineer, to find out more about him and how to he got into IT.
Lee did software development at university, but eventually got sick of the software side of things, 'I was working...