Reflections on Accountex and our IT benchmarking survey

2024-06-18T12:15:17+01:00June 18th, 2024|Accountants, Company News|

It’s been a month since Accountex 2024, the premier event for accountants, finance professionals, and bookkeepers, took place at the ExCeL centre in London.  With over 11,000 people attending over two days, this is the biggest event for the accounting profession in the UK. Pro Drive were exhibiting for the first time and we [...]

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Why is IT support So Important for Accountants

2024-06-14T13:39:53+01:00June 14th, 2024|Accountants|

For many businesses in the modern world, IT has become central to the success of the company, and accounting is no exception. Technology has merged with traditional accounting practices to open up new doors for efficiency, accuracy, and security. For accountants, having secure IT support is a necessity, and we’re here to explain why. [...]

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Pro Drive will be exhibiting at Accountex – the UK’s largest accounting event

2024-05-07T14:05:53+01:00April 17th, 2024|Accountants, Company News|

Pro Drive IT, a leading provider of IT support and cybersecurity services for businesses in London and the Southeast and a specialist in working with Accountancy Practices, is excited to announce their participation in the upcoming Accountex Exhibition taking place on 15th and the 16th May at ExCeL London. The Accountex Exhibition is the UK's [...]

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A decision maker’s guide to choosing an IT partner for accountancy practices

2024-02-09T15:38:50+00:00February 9th, 2024|Accountants, Productivity|

Picking a new business IT support company is not easy, how do you know if it’s going to be a fit and if they can provide the service you need? Plus moving can be daunting prospect with the concern of disruption, time overhead for senior staff and without a guarantee, the worry you may [...]

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Don’t let the move to cloud-based accountancy software make you complacent about your cyber security

2023-11-10T15:44:55+00:00November 10th, 2023|Accountants, Cloud Services, Cyber Security, Security and Threats|

Accountants have accelerated their transition from paper-based to digital-based systems, particularly embracing modern cloud-based bookkeeping and practice management software. However, accountants remain highly appealing targets for cybercriminals: Many SME firms lack the resources to review their systems and adequately train their staff to reduce cyber risks. Accountants often handle transactions involving substantial sums of [...]

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How to create a questionnaire to audit your suppliers’ cyber security in 15 minutes

2023-09-28T17:38:34+01:00September 28th, 2023|Accountants, Cyber Essentials, Cyber Security, Security and Threats, Tips and Advice|

We recently wrote about the increase in ‘supply chain cyber attacks’ and how the UK and EU governments are terrified about their impact on the economy. If you are a professional services firm, you may be the target of a ‘supply chain attack’ with cyber criminals looking to use data you hold to run [...]

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I’ve got a security questionnaire from my client – what next?

2023-08-25T15:38:51+01:00August 25th, 2023|Accountants, Cyber Essentials, Cyber Security, Security and Threats, Tips and Advice|

We recently wrote about the increase in ‘supply chain cyber attacks’ and how the UK and EU governments are terrified about their impact on the economy. This has been on the radar of larger businesses for some time, but now many firms in the SME sector are waking up to the potential threats from [...]

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The government is terrified about ‘supply chain’ cyber-attacks. And you should be too.

2023-08-25T15:37:34+01:00August 15th, 2023|Accountants, Cyber Essentials, Cyber Security, Security and Threats, Tips and Advice|

The UK government has identified supply chain security as being a key risk to the UK economy. As reported by the National Cyber Security Centre, cyber-attacks launched on businesses via their suppliers have significantly increased, but very few businesses still review the cyber security of their suppliers. Why are supply chain attacks growing: Large [...]

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Cloud vs SaaS vs Hosted – are you confused what the difference is?

2023-08-04T17:18:32+01:00August 4th, 2023|Accountants, Cloud Services, Law, Tips and Advice|

If you have been looking at replacing or upgrading a major software system recently, such as a practice management or case management system, you will no doubt have encountered the terms ‘Cloud’, ’SaaS’ and ‘Hosted’. You may also be rather confused by what they mean and the implications to your practice. The tech industry [...]

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Could AI put your accountancy firm out of business?

2023-05-17T12:34:25+01:00May 16th, 2023|Accountants|

You may have seen – and be concerned by – news reports that the advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are starting to threaten some people’s jobs. This includes AI in accounting - but instead of seeing AI as a threat, accountants and financial advisers should embrace it. Why? Because your competitors will be using [...]

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