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Struggling to Make Year-End Meet?
April: one of the busiest times of year for accountants. 5th April 2019 marked the official end of the tax year in the UK, but many people and companies will still be scrambling to complete [...]
Brexit: A Nightmare Deal for the IT Sector?
When the government invoked Article 50, the UK had a clear deadline for leaving the European Union: 29th March 2019. Following Theresa May’s request for an extension, that deadline has now moved to 12th April – but we are still no clearer [...]
Taking Care of the Essentials for Financial Services
If you work in the financial services sector, you’ll already be well aware of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the various regulations and guidelines it puts in place to ensure financial markets are honest, [...]
Smart Home, Smart Office
For several years, the use of smart technologies in our homes has been steadily increasing. Connected devices like the Amazon Echo, Google Home range and Hive’s smart home products now let you control your home [...]
Spotlight | Meet the rest of the team
Last time, in our ‘meet the team’ piece, we introduced half of the lovely people that make up ProDrive. Now we would like you to meet the rest! They are in no particular order, so [...]
CES Show review
At the beginning of the year, the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) saw more than 180,000 people descend on the Las Vegas desert – as tech lovers from around the world rushed to get a [...]
Cleaning Up – Keeping Your Data Safe from Prying Eyes
We’ve had our eyes fixed to ITV’s six-part drama, Cleaning Up, over the past few weeks and it’s got us thinking: how well can you really trust everyone that comes in and out of your [...]
SMCR – Are you ready?
If there were a major cyber security breach at your company, what would happen? Chances are it would be very difficult to pinpoint the exact person or people responsible, meaning those involved could potentially get [...]
Spotlight: Meet the team
Like any business, it’s the people behind the ProDrive name that make it a success. Not just success in terms of business achievements, but in customer experience and commitment to making a difference. We’re all [...]
Don’t be A hacker’s dream come true – follow our essential tips!
Sharing our personal information is a fact of life nowadays. Very few of us would be willing to sacrifice the convenience of purchasing goods and signing up for services online. However, as most of us [...]
How to stop your email account getting hacked in 6 easy steps
You’re a sitting target, under immediate threat Cyber crime is on the increase, and criminals are developing increasingly sophisticated ways to break through security walls. All they need to find is a weak spot, a [...]
5 Nasty Gifts Cyber Criminals Have Planned for 2019
It’s the time of year when we’re looking for presents to give that will warm hearts and raise spirits. This all takes a bit of planning and looking ahead. The criminal world is planning too, [...]
Don’t Wait to Update: Run out-dated software at your peril
Perhaps updating your software is the last thing on your to-do list at this time of year? There’s lots going on and the last thing you need is your current task interrupted while you wait [...]
Is your data for sale on The Dark Web?
Most of us use the Internet many times a day, for both business and personal use. We have become very used to supplying whatever information is required, in order to access prod-ucts and services. This [...]
Why Accountants Need Cyber Essentials…
For those that may not be aware, there is a government backed standard for cyber security, called Cyber Essentials. It is, in simple terms, a way for businesses to demonstrate a responsible approach to cyber [...]
What lies beneath… Are you your own biggest security threat?
What’s the biggest risk to your company…IT security, poor software? No, people. The future security of your business and the sensitive information it possesses, all depends on those who use it. The GDPR has raised [...]
5 key IT policies and procedures you really should have in place
So you have company policies coming out of your ears, and now you have been told that you need a whole new bunch of IT paperwork on top of it all? Worse still - your [...]
Teams and Skype become one
Microsoft introduced their Office 365 based team collaboration app, very imaginatively called Teams, about a year ago now. Originally introduced as a competitor to Slack, and to provide a single interface for the many Office [...]
What’s all this about a new ribbon?
After 10 years of the now infamous 'ribbon' toolbar, Microsoft has decided it’s now time for a redesign of the interface for it’s office suite. Don't panic though, for those of you who are dreading [...]
Gone Phishing? How to deal with a phishing email
What is phishing? Technically speaking it is ‘the fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information for malicious reasons, by disguising as a trustworthy contact, normally in an electronic communication such as email.’ Realistically it’s every business [...]