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Protecting critical business data

Just like major corporations, small and medium enterprises (SME’s) are increasingly reliant on the critical data stored on their servers. Limited resources and vulnerability to interruptions put small and midsize businesses at higher risk, and relying on native backup for

Posted in Information Technology

Protecting your business against IT disasters

Preparing for IT disasters requires considerable planning, but is essential to keep your company going in times of crisis. The closely regulated nature of business today combined with statutory obligations concerning customers’ data protection, means that having a disaster recovery

Posted in Information Technology

Business innovation – start doing new and stop doing old

Innovation usually means developing a new product, market, or service which the innovator hopes will take the world by storm, and everyone is looking for the “next big thing” which will take their business to new levels of success and

Posted in Finance & Business Planning

Minimise your company bank charges

The Supreme Court’s rejection of the Office of Fair Trading’s challenge to excessive personal bank charges also means the prospect of an attack on business banking charges has vanished. When times are tough, being forced to pay a penalty for

Posted in Finance & Business Planning

Start-up loans scheme now available to everyone

Currently the Start-up Loan Scheme is limited to those aged between 18 and 30. However, as a delivery partner, we are part of a team that has been selected to run a pilot scheme whereby anyone wishing to start a

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Members’ Voluntary Liquidation

This is a formal process available only to solvent companies. The end result is that they cease to exist and any surplus net assets are distributed to shareholders. Find out more here. http://www.cvdfk.com/documents/22340_CVDFK_BRD_MVL_Factsheet_v3.pdf  

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Remedy owner stressed

    At a recent networking event, Remedy owner Ian Perry won a stress orange. “I’ll use this as one of my 5-a-day” he said. His name badge was apparently also stressed!

Posted in Company News

A Disaster Recovery Plan – does my business need one?

Often when business owners consider the concept of protecting their business against unforeseen circumstances they see Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery as the same thing but the two should not be confused. This article concentrates on the latter and

Posted in Information Technology

WARNING – COMPANIES HOUSE EMAIL VIRUS!

Please be aware that a growing number of companies have recently been sent a rogue email from “Companies House” containing a zip file to be downloaded which is bogus and is a VIRUS! If you think you are being sent an illegitimate

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WARNING : Credit card terminal attacks

If you take credit card payments, please note we have been made aware of brute force attacks targeting merchants. These attacks target a merchant’s retail terminals or its website’s online payment system, and typically begin with the criminal using malware

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