Author Archives: Barrie Giles

Spam, spam, and more spam: it’s up to you to check

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Barrie Giles

SPAM… emails you don’t want and haven’t signed up for. They’ll always be with us in huge volumes. But how do you make sure you get all the emails you want and none of the ones you don’t want? The … Continue reading →

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Are you addicted to emails?

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Barrie Giles

All the businesses we work with tell us they are totally dependent upon their emails. That it’s super-critical their emails never stop because they can lose business. With the current technology available it’s possible not to have to suffer any … Continue reading →

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Helping people start their own business

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Barrie Giles

I went to a very interesting dinner last night. The purpose of the dinner was to introduce some local business people to a recently founded charity called Fredericks. www.fredericksfoundation.org if you’re interested in finding out more. The idea of Fredericks … Continue reading →

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Limited Company – what’s the point any more?

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Barrie Giles

It seems that, as a small business I’m being asked to provide director guarantees more frequently and by more types of organisations. We are growing, profitable and have a blemish-free credit record. But nowadays that just does not seem to … Continue reading →

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Is the economy really in such a poor way?

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Barrie Giles

Reading the headlines and listening to the news can make you very depressed. You can just feel like battening down the hatches when you get into work and be afraid of continuing to invest in order to grow. Yet I … Continue reading →

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Christmas opening hours

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Barrie Giles

Over the Christmas and New Year period our opening hours will be as follows: Friday 23rd December office closes at 4pm Monday 26th December public holiday – office closed Tuesday 27th December public holiday – office closed Wednesday 28th December … Continue reading →

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Leased line prices come tumbling down

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Barrie Giles

A leased line is a fast, reliable private internet connection. They used to be something only large corporates could afford. But like all technology, as more and more people use them, prices are tumbling really fast. A 10Mb connection provides enough bandwidth … Continue reading →

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Plug into the internet by plugging into the mains

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Barrie Giles

Yes, you did read that correctly. I’ve just put a device in my house which turns a mains power socket into a computer network socket. The devices come in pairs: you plug one into your router and into a mains … Continue reading →

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Another new member of the team

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Barrie Giles

Following on from my last blog I am pleased to tell you that Jim Richardson joins us this month. Jim is a senior engineer with many years experience of running IT support teams. Jim will be taking on the role … Continue reading →

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A successful recruitment campaign

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Barrie Giles

Our recent recruitment campaign has proved to be very successful. David Swinburne joined at the beginning of last month and we hope to have another new member of the team in July. That takes us up to a strength of … Continue reading →

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