Despite all the advertising on the television, on the radio and in the press as well as numerous articles by those involved with Auto Enrolment there are still employers who think they don’t have to do anything about setting up a pension scheme. We know because they have come to us for help after their […]
Archives for March 2017
Review: Canary Flex security camera lives up to its name
Canary’s initial foray into the networked home security camera space was very impressive – my colleague David Newman touted its high security settings in the wake of revelations about the general insecurity of these types of devices. The Canary camera was also somewhat large – a cylindrical tower that took up some significant space on […]
Learn to use your accounts software
Learning how to do something new is a challenge. Some people learn because they like a challenge, others because of necessity. As a business owner you have to learn all sorts of skills which didn’t even occur to you when you were working through your ideas for setting up your business. Sometimes those skills […]
Zix wins 5-vendor email encryption shootout
Email encryption products have made major strides since we last looked at them nearly two years ago. They have gotten easier to use and deploy, thanks to a combination of user interface and encryption key management improvements, and are at the point where encryption can almost be called effortless on the part of the end […]
Do you want to be a bookkeeper?
As a bookkeeper with a successful bookkeeping practice I frequently receive emails from people who want to become bookkeepers asking me for advice. I am happy to answer their questions and point them in the right direction for qualifications. Or at least I was…. Already this year I have received half a dozen such emails […]
Review: vArmour flips security on its head
Almost every cybersecurity program these days does some sort of scanning, sandboxing or traffic examination to look for anomalies that might indicate the presence of malware. We’ve even reviewed dedicated threat-hunting tools that ferret out malware that’s already active inside a network. However, what if there were a different way to approach security? Instead of […]
Invoicing – basic information
All businesses need to provide an invoice whether that is a till receipt, a handwritten one from a duplicate book, your own template using Word or Excel, or a bespoke invoice from your accounts software. If you deal with lots of suppliers you will receive a variety of invoice formats. How many of these give […]
Corporate Tax Trends: Take your seat in the Boardroom!
Our customers’ corporate tax departments are all about moving money around the world to lower their organization’s taxes. That is why they bring their tax department to the boardroom to discuss strategy. It’s hard to imagine how many dollars a corporation’s tax department has saved through high-value strategic work. The relevant questions for you to answer are: Where are […]