Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery for Small Businesses: A UK Guide
How to keep working when IT fails: what goes in a business continuity and disaster recovery plan, what to do in the first 24 hours of a ransomware attack, and how to test it.
In-depth guides
Long-form guides for small UK businesses, each bringing a whole subject together in one place and reviewed regularly.
Cyber Security for Small Businesses: A Practical UK Guide
The cyber security basics a UK small business needs, in one place: passwords, MFA, updates, devices, backups, training, Cyber Essentials and what to do if you’re hit.
Using AI Safely at Work: A UK Guide to Copilot and ChatGPT
Where your data goes in ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot, what’s safe to put into each, the rules your staff need, and what UK regulators expect.
Microsoft 365 for Small Businesses: Getting More From What You Pay For
Which Microsoft 365 plan a small business needs, how to set it up securely, and the features most companies already pay for but never switch on.
UK GDPR for Small Businesses: Data Protection, Breaches and Records
What UK GDPR asks of a small business in 2026, after the Data (Use and Access) Act: the fee, lawful bases, records, security, breaches, requests and complaints.
Phishing and Email Scams: How to Spot Them and What to Do
The phishing scams UK businesses see most, the checks that catch them, what to do in the first hour if someone clicks, and how to make the next one harder.
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Everything we can help with
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- Get a broken computer, server or email fixed
- Stop fake invoice and payment emails
- Answer our insurer’s security questionnaire
- Have all our IT looked after for a fixed monthly price
- Make sure we can recover from a bad day
- Work securely from home, court or a client’s office
- Replace our phone system
- Get Wi-Fi, network cabling or CCTV installed
- Give our IT person extra hands