Phishing emails can usually be spotted by a number of tell-tale attributes; they are addressed to ‘dear customer’ rather than to you by name, they are in poor English, and they involve some ludicrous amount of money and a dubious foreign connection. However, there is a type of email currently doing the rounds that is …
So Windows 10 is finally out, with the usual Microsoft and media fanfare. The long-awaited successor to the much-reviled Windows 8 is available as a free download for the next 11 months or so for any computer running Windows 7 or 8.1 (if you have Windows 8 you must install 8.1 before you can upgrade). …
So you’ve got a brilliant idea for a business, but you just don’t have the cash to make it happen? No problem. Don’t let your lack of funds get in the way of your business start up, as there are plenty of ways that you can start your own business without having a lot of …
If you are in business, you may have received notification that a meeting of creditors is due to take place of someone who owes you money. Often the timing and location of the meeting are inconvenient and so all you do is to file the notice in the bin and hope that before you retire …
Computers are now a part of most businesses, and the population at large has become accustomed to them more than ever before. What most users have in common is that they store valuable data, whether it be photos and videos at home or documents, spreadsheets, and accounts at work. That is fine until the hard …
When we started our weekly blog, it was the intention to publish blogs which were not just about tax and accounting, but also about other aspects of business. We’ve already had several guest bloggers on our site, which is great. But why should we want guest blogs? After all, doesn’t it detract from what we …
Viruses have come a long way since the first academic work was done on the theory of self-replicating computer code in 1949 by John von Neumann. The first recorded PC virus was released in 1986 and was called Brain and was an example of a boot sector virus. It infected a part of a floppy …
It’s really quite funny but when I speak to people about “tenders” it can conjure up mixed messages! So people think it’s a way of being kind and gentle (wrong in this context!), others simply shrug and say “isn’t that what you have to do to work for the council?” or even the fact that …
Media relations can be seen as an unnecessary luxury to some companies. But the reality is that good media relations are essential and should form a core part of any business, regardless of its size and sector. Hiring a PR professional to look after your media relations, communications and reputation is just like hiring an …