Microsoft 365: Enhancing Efficiency and Productivity for Financial Planners
- 19th May 2023
- Posted by: Mark Dodds
- Category: Technology, Uncategorised
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Let’s cut to the chase. Financial planning needs a robust tech ally to keep up in this fast-paced digital world. Efficiency and productivity are the need of the hour, and Microsoft 365 is stepping up to the plate. Let’s delve into how Microsoft 365, with its hidden gem ‘Microsoft Bookings’ and the advanced version of
Improving Teamwork using Microsoft Teams for Financial firms
- 21st June 2022
- Posted by: Mark Dodds
- Category: Business, Uncategorised
Manual and repetitive tasks have been costing the financial service sector in time and money for years now. Like many industries, there is admin work that needs to be done and without it, the sector can’t function. However, aggregating data, performing analyses, and building reports can now be automated to help drive efficiency across your
What You Shouldn’t Share on LinkedIn
- 12th January 2021
- Posted by: Phil Aston
- Category: Business, Growth, Security, Technology, Uncategorised
Did you know that closing your account on LinkedIn doesn’t delete it entirely? Therefore, if you decide to leave the networking platform one day, anything you published there will still be available to hackers, should LinkedIn’s defences be breached. That’s pretty frightening, but it’s also a timely reminder that we all need to be very
How Much Does IT Support Cost in Birmingham?
- 29th June 2020
- Posted by: Mark Dodds
- Category: Business, Uncategorised
So, you’re wondering how much IT support costs in Birmingham? We’ve got some good news. There’s no one-size-fits-all price. Why is that good news? Because if there was, you’d probably end up paying over the odds for the support on offer. The cost of effective IT support depends on a number of factors. For instance,
Coronavirus: How Will it Change the Modern Workplace?
- 18th June 2020
- Posted by: Mark Dodds
- Category: Uncategorised
Microsoft thinks the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown period will “forever change the way we work and learn“. They might have a point. During the lockdown period, people started to embrace new ways to live, both personally and professionally. Social distancing forced remote working and learning. Rather quickly, it became the ‘new normal’. Microsoft believes the
How to Work from Home Efficiently and Effectively
- 20th April 2020
- Posted by: Mark Dodds
- Category: Business, Technology, Uncategorised
Whether or not the COVID-19 pandemic will prompt a more permanent shift to home working is open to debate, but a lot of our clients have indicated that they plan to use IT more instead of travelling to so many face-to-face meetings. Back in 2018, over four million Brits were working from home, and it’s
How to handle cybersecurity for remote workers in the construction sector
- 10th April 2020
- Posted by: Phil Aston
- Category: Uncategorised
Cyber criminals don’t need much temptation to exploit weaknesses within a company’s IT infrastructure. This is particularly the case when they identify employees who are working remotely in a less than secure fashion. It’s thought that 16% of companies now exclusively hire remote workers, and that figure could rise significantly if the sudden increase in
How to Continue Running Your Business Amidst the Coronavirus Panic
- 13th March 2020
- Posted by: Mark Dodds
- Category: Anti Virus, Business, Uncategorised
At the time of writing, Coronavirus news is flooding every social feed, news website, and topic of conversation. The impact of Covid-19 is already far-reaching, but several London-based businesses are taking matters into their own hands, as recently reported by the BBC. Two of London’s biggest firms, Crossrail and Chevron (who both share a building
What Office 365 Can Do for Your Business
- 5th November 2019
- Posted by: Mark Dodds
- Category: Office 365, Uncategorised
Most of us have used Microsoft Office at some stage during our working (and personal) lives. The latest incarnation of the tech giant’s suite of email, word processing, spreadsheet, and productivity tools is thought to be in use by around 155 million people every month. This begs the question: why isn’t it being used to
Welcome Liam
- 8th September 2019
- Posted by: Mark Dodds
- Category: Uncategorised
Liam is joining the Compex IT team to help provide our clients with the very best experience in IT support. Liam has a wealth of IT support experience gleaned from many years working in the industry and very much shares our “client first” values making him an ideal fit.
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