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Plain-English guides for your practice
Practical, jargon-free advice on the IT, security and compliance questions accountancy practices actually ask. No filler, no hype.
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Security Data ProtectionThe Office Printer: Your Practice's Quiet Data Risk
Scanners, printers and scan-to-email handle a steady stream of confidential client data. Here's how to keep that paperwork secure from the tray to the file.
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Security EmailWhy Your New Website Attracts a Flood of Fake SEO Emails
Launch a new practice website and the spam starts within days. Here's why fake SEO and 'your site has errors' emails arrive so fast, and how to handle them safely.
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Security Microsoft 365When MFA Isn't Enough: How Attackers Hijack Microsoft 365
A new scam gets into Microsoft 365 without your password or your MFA code. Here is how the Microsoft 365 login trick works and how to protect your practice.
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Security FraudProtecting Your Practice From Invoice Fraud and Business Email Compromise
Why accountancy practices are prime targets for invoice fraud and business email compromise, how the scams work, the technical and human defences, and what to do if you're hit.
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Cyber Essentials SecurityCyber Essentials for Accountancy Practices: A Plain-English 2026 Guide
What Cyber Essentials is, why accountancy practices increasingly need it, the five controls explained without jargon, what it costs, and how to prepare.
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Security PasswordsPasswords Are on the Way Out: What Passkeys Mean for You
The NCSC now backs passkeys over passwords. A plain-English guide for accountancy practice partners on what they are, why they resist phishing, and where to start.
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Security Data ProtectionLost Laptop, Lost Data? Why Encryption Decides a Breach
A lost practice laptop is only an ICO-reportable breach if the data was readable. Here is why device encryption is the line, and how to check yours.
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Backup Disaster RecoveryHow to Back Up Your Accountancy Practice Properly (and Why January Is the Worst Time to Find Out You Haven't)
How accountancy practices should really back up client data, the 3-2-1 rule, why a USB drive or OneDrive isn't enough, and surviving the January peak.
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Security PasswordsWhy Saved Browser Passwords Put Client Data at Risk
Practice staff save HMRC, IRIS and Microsoft 365 logins in Chrome and Edge. Here is why that convenience puts client data at risk, and what to do instead.
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Practice Software IRISPractice Management Software Compared: IRIS vs CCH vs Sage vs TaxCalc for Small UK Firms
An even-handed, IT-and-fit comparison of IRIS, CCH, Sage and TaxCalc for small UK accountancy practices, deployment models, integration and the IT that sits underneath.
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Security Quick WinsFive Cyber Security Wins Your Practice Can Action This Week
Five practical, low or no cost cyber security wins a North Wales accountancy practice can action this week, from MFA to a one page incident plan.
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Compliance ICAEWWhat ICAEW (and Your Clients) Expect From Your Practice's IT and Data Security
How ICAEW, ACCA and AAT expectations, UK GDPR and AML duties shape your practice's IT, and why good security is how you actually meet them.
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Cloud Microsoft 365Moving Your Accountancy Practice to the Cloud: A Practical 2026 Roadmap
Why and how to move your accountancy practice to the cloud, honest about practice-software hosting, with a phased roadmap that protects client data and avoids January.
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Security PhishingWhy Phishing Training Alone No Longer Protects Your Practice
Annual spot the dodgy email training was never enough, and AI-written phishing has finished it off. Why practices need layers, not just awareness.
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Security EmailIs Microsoft's Built-In Email Security Enough?
Microsoft 365's built-in email protection does a lot, but real-world testing suggests gaps. What it catches, what slips through, and how a layered defence helps.
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Security PhishingPhone Fraud Is Targeting Finance Teams: Voice Phishing
How voice phishing pressures accountancy practice staff into approving MFA prompts, resetting passwords or changing bank details, and the simple defences that stop it.
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Security Microsoft 365The Silent Microsoft 365 Setting That Leaks Client Emails
How a hidden Microsoft 365 forwarding rule can quietly copy your practice's client emails to a criminal for weeks, why it goes unnoticed, and how to find and stop it.
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Microsoft 365 ContinuityLocked Out of Microsoft 365 in the January Rush?
Lose access to Microsoft 365 during self-assessment season and your whole practice stops. Here is how lockouts happen, how slow recovery is, and how to prevent it.
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Security Microsoft 365How One Stolen Microsoft 365 Login Exposes Client Files
For accountancy practices, one stolen Microsoft 365 login can open client files, tax returns and payroll in SharePoint, plus the email used for fraud.
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Microsoft 365 CostStop Paying for Microsoft 365 Seats Nobody Uses
A practice manager's guide to auditing Microsoft 365 licences: find inactive accounts, right-size tiers and offboard leavers to cut cost and close security gaps.
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Security ComplianceWhy Your Practice's Cyber Insurance Might Not Pay Out
Cyber cover can be quietly refused when a practice cannot prove MFA, patching and backups were in place. Here is what insurers check and how to stay covered.
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IT Support CostWhy the Cheapest IT Quote Costs Your Practice More
A plain-English guide for North Wales accountancy practices on comparing IT support quotes by value and coverage, not just monthly price, and the questions to ask.
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Security RansomwareOne Password, 700 Jobs: a Ransomware Lesson for Your Practice
A 158-year-old firm collapsed after one guessed password let ransomware in. Here is what that near-miss teaches a North Wales accountancy practice about MFA and backups.
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What the Latest UK Cyber Survey Means for Practices
The UK government cyber survey shows breach rates stuck and phishing dominant. Here is what it means for your accountancy practice, plus three actions to take.
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