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I’ve been out and about across the North West these past few weeks chatting with business owners about what’s working and what’s…. It’s the same story in almost every office, warehouse, and café — the IT drags, the phones drop, tech is holding people back, and everyone’s quietly fed up with it. Different businesses, same…
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Running a business in 2025 means everything runs on your connection — calls, payments, files, even the morning brew chat over Teams. But here’s what I see every single week: SMEs putting up with “good enough” internet. The type that usually works, until the moment it really matters. If your Wi-Fi drops the second someone…
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Imagine this. It’s a normal Tuesday morning. Orders are waiting. Staff are logging in. Phones are ringing. Then suddenly — everything freezes. Emails stop. Calls drop. The system won’t load. Within minutes, productivity falls to zero. By lunchtime, customers are frustrated. By the end of the day, you’ve lost revenue, reputation, and momentum. And here’s…
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We all know passwords matter. But here’s the thing — in 2025, they matter more than ever. Just this summer, researchers found 16 billion stolen login details for sale online. That’s billions of usernames and passwords sitting there for cybercriminals to exploit. If even one of those belongs to your business, the fallout could be…
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AI isn’t a future trend anymore — it’s here, and it’s already reshaping the way we work. This month, Microsoft confirmed that Copilot is now powered by GPT-5, the most advanced AI system yet from OpenAI. That means the tools you already use every day — Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams — just got smarter, faster,…
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A few days ago I came across a story on Reddit that made me stop in my tracks. A small business had spent 7 monthschasing Microsoft 365 support tickets because their emails kept bouncing back. Seven. Months… Invoices went missing. Prospects thought they were being ignored. They reckon the issue cost them tens of thousands…
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Remote work frustrations. VPNs dropping mid-call. Wi-Fi dead zones in the office. Clunky logins that waste more time than they save. Sound familiar? For too long, small and growing businesses have had to make do with networking systems designed either for: Huge enterprises (overpriced, overcomplicated, oversold) Or smaller setups (cheap, patchy, unreliable). That…
It’s the kind of story that keeps IT professionals awake at night. A 158-year-old UK logistics company KNP Logistics Group, shut down in June, with 700 staff made redundant overnight (*). The cause? A cyberattack that began with a single weak password. The ransomware crippled their systems, and recovery costs were too high. Within weeks,…
READ MORE from One weak password. 158 year old business gone. … Could the same thing happen to you?
If you’re still thinking about IT as a cost centre, you’re already behind. Tech isn’t just about devices and data — it’s about time, performance, staff performance, and customer experience. The hidden price of outdated or misaligned systems isn’t always obvious… until you run the numbers. And that’s exactly what we do. What Is Poor…
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Running an SME in 2025 means juggling a lot, tight budgets, evolving risks, and rising expectations from clients, partners, and staff. And behind the scenes, IT plays a bigger role than ever. In this edition, we’re digging into five common IT challenges we see every week and sharing practical fixes that can make a big…
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