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How DeskTime Can Boost Your Team’s Productivity

Since the lockdown in 2020, working from home has become the new norm for many companies, with some even giving up their offices and going completely remote. With working from ...
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Top 10 Benefits of Cloud Computing for SMEs

According to recent data, the UK is estimated to hold 5.5 million small to medium enterprises (SMEs), highlighting their significant role in the economy (Finder, n.d.). SMEs should be focused ...
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The ROI of Outsourcing IT Support: Cost vs. Benefits

Businesses are now more open to the fundamental need of IT Support, in an age where most daily work is performed digitally, but should you be outsourcing this, or employing ...
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The Evolution of IT Support: From Break-Fix to Managed Services

Luckily, businesses are now opening their eyes to the invaluable necessity of IT support. Regardless of business size, IT support can quite literally save your business by keeping it secure ...
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Revolutionise Your Meetings: The Ultimate Guide to Microsoft Teams Rooms for Business

Introduction to Microsoft Teams Conference Rooms The Microsoft Teams Room…is this the future of virtual meetings?  We’ve all experienced it: either everyone huddled around one computer or scattered across separate ...
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Is Starlink The Best Internet Option For Your UK Business?

2024 marks a new era for all things internet. For most businesses, the internet is crucial for daily operations, productivity, and immediate connectivity. Any downtime can severely disrupt sales, customer ...
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Is Your Tech GDPR Compliant?

On May 25th 2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect in the UK. Since then we have seen a drastic change in the way our data ...
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Why Your Business Needs More than Just a PC Off The Internet

In today's digital landscape, relying solely on a PC off the internet can leave your business vulnerable and ill-equipped to meet its technological demands. Allow us to shed light on ...
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Does Your Business Really Need a Cyber Essentials Certification? Here’s Why It Matters

In today's digital age, cybersecurity is more critical than ever. With cyber threats on the rise, businesses of all sizes must take proactive measures to protect themselves and their customers' ...
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Why Your Company Can’t Afford To Lose Their Emails

We’ve all been there before - someone accidentally deletes an email from the company Microsoft 365 server, or worse they were only stored locally. Before you know it, you’re left ...
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What is VOIP? What you need to know and the benefits of VOIP

​Every day we hear about new technologies and services that will change our way of life. One of these is Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) Technology. If you’re thinking about ...
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Is Your Fibre Broadband Full?

Is Your Fibre Broadband Full? One of the first things we determine with any new prospective customer is the quality of their internet connection. Upload and download are important depending ...
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Getting Better Connected

£95 Million Allocated for Full - Fibre Broadband You may have seen the announcement from Government last week of an additional £95m allocated to local full-fibre broadband projects. And you probably ...
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Five Steps to Achieve Data Back-Up Peace of Mind

Would you like to sleep easy at night knowing that your business critical data is being well cared for? A recent customer of ours told me she felt smug when ...
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GDPR Resources for Small Businesses

FREE GDPR Resources  If you are struggling to get to grips with GDPR, please take a look at our resources below to help you: Free Data Protection Policy Template Form ...
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Be Ready for GDPR

GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is on its way and it seems to have caused a flood of panic across the business and not for profit communities. I wanted to reassure ...
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Let Emerald Take Care of Your IT Health

Are you a consultant or working for yourself? Do you want to take pro-active care of your IT? At Emerald we believe the health of your IT is as crucial ...
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Improving Productivity: Our Recommendations

I recently did a Facebook Live on my recommendations for off-the-shelf software products businesses can make use of to improve productivity. My disclaimer at the beginning was that there is ...
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Strengthen Your Front Line Cyber Defence

The most common way your IT network can be compromised is by viruses, malware and unwanted programmes gaining access through internet usage, email, and USB drives on individual computers. This ...
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Preparing for the Worst: Disaster Recovery Planning for Your Business

The IT issues that grounded around 75,000 passengers is set to cost British Airways at least £80m. The chaos was caused by an engineer disconnecting a power supply and the subsequent ...
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How Important is Information Technology?

Sometimes it feels like IT has become the master of us. It is something we like to moan about that is the responsibility of a small department, an IT manager, ...
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What Increases Productivity in a Small Business?

The Story of Productivity We keep hearing about productivity. The Government are due to issue their 'Productivity Statement' this week following the latest ONS figures (measured in output per hour) ...
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Understanding How Mobile is Bringing Productivity Increases in the SME Market

Ask any SME owner what their biggest challenge is and they’ll tell you the same thing – there just aren’t enough hours in the day. In fact, the reason we ...
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Protect your Business from Data Loss: 5 Questions to Build your Disaster Recovery Plan

It is a fact that 70% of businesses that suffer a major data loss are out of business within 18 months. The most common cause of data loss is a hardware ...
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How to Use LinkedIn to Engage with Prospective Employers

Are you looking for work experience, an internship, or full-time employment? Here’s our tips on how LinkedIn can be your greatest tool. Tidy Up Your URL If your URL reads ...
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Testimonials

"Emerald has become our go-to for all our technology requirements. If we think we need to address an issue, we contact them and explain, and they suggest a solution not only for immediate use, but also looking at the longer term picture for our business too.
They keep a constant eye on our systems and usage and suggest when appropriate courses of action should be taken to enhance our working environment"

THE HITCHMAN STONE PARTNERSHIP

"In the past, we had experienced problems with IT companies who had the ability over promise and under deliver.

This was not the case with Emerald. Emerald are now our trusted partner for all of our IT support needs. They offer honest, impartial advice that is delivered in a language even the novice can understand.

Having one number that our team can call with any IT or telephone concerns makes such a difference, especially when this is backed up with prompt resolution."

Richard Hall - Inn Express

"We've been working with Emerald for many years and their support has been invaluable on all aspects of IT from maintenance of systems & phones to new purchases and solutions.

Emerald are professional and their services are precise and innovative where needed. Their customer support is outstanding. Highly recommended."

Jeryl Stone - Hitchman Stone

"When your whole business rests on a cloud-based system, having a flexible, cost-effective, secure, and well- maintained solution is what helps you sleep better at night. That's what Emerald is here for"

Leech & Co Solicitors Data Centre Backup

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