In this part of our site, you'll find a collection of short articles on different aspects of business and IT. We hope you find some useful hints and tips!
Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) comes into force on 14th September. This will affect everyone who makes or takes payments online. These European regulations aim to reduce fraud and to make online payments more secure. You may already be aware of … Read More
When you start up: create that business plan! When you start a new business, everyone tells you to write a business plan. They then present you with a 40 page template requiring an age and a degree in business to … Read More
Five years ago the .uk top level domain was released. This was an addition to the normal .co.uk top level domain that has existed for, well almost, ever. At the time of the release, the .uk domain was reserved for … Read More
Every business needs an identity by which is can be recognised and remembered. This is especially true if your product or service is something that people don’t buy every day as they need to remember you when the time comes … Read More
It’s easy to spend money on marketing When you start a business, you get all sorts of advice on the subject of marketing and how you should put adverts in here, tweet there, and the list goes on. I know … Read More
Target your emails and marketing buy making sure your emails are sent only to people that are interested. They achieve a much higher rate of success as a result and fewer people will think you’re trying to fill their inbox with junk.… Read More
When a small business or member organisation wants to process payments online, they frequently look no further than PayPal. Many people have PayPal accounts and prefer to pay this way as it reduces the number of small websites which hold … Read More
Do you think your business is efficient? When you set up a business or introduce a new process, you carefully think through what has to happen and set up a process that will work and be efficient. Time passes and … Read More
Virtually every website you visit nowadays asks you whether you agree to the use of cookies on their site. In most cases this will be because the site is collecting visitor information through Google Analytics. The cookie is used allows … Read More
One of the advantages of using WordPress for a website is the separation between theme and content. The theme gives you the look and feel and the content are the words, images. It means you can change how it looks without affecting the … Read More
We are often asked “Does my business need a website”? This is a common question from people starting up in business. After all, it’s another expense and thing to worry about, so if it’s not necessary, then why do it? … Read More
25th May comes closer! It’s less than a month until GDPR comes into effect and you really ought to have started sorting your business, charity or organisation out. Here are a few tips that may help if you are still … Read More
