Spring Statement 2022 Against a backdrop of rising inflation, Chancellor Rishi Sunak presented his first Spring Statement on Wednesday 23 March 2022. In his Spring Statement, the Chancellor announced a cut in fuel duty for petrol and diesel as he sought to ease the...
Staying Safe Whilst Working from Home For many businesses, working from home (WFH) looks like it is here to stay even after the COVID-19 pandemic is over. Companies are typically looking at a hybrid model where staff split their week between home working and working...
Due to the government's stamp duty holiday and many people rethinking their living arrangements because of the pandemic. UK mortgage approvals have increased to the highest amount in 13 years. The Bank of England has reported that 105,000 mortgages had been approved...
Hawsons Chartered Accountants is 165 years old Hawsons Chartered Accountants was founded in the city of Sheffield in 1854 – more than 25 years before the creation of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales – by Alfred Allott and John Hewett....
Business email compromise cyber-attacks are very low tech which means they are common and you need to be aware of them. The attacker will be using social engineering more than hacking itself. The way it works is the cyber-criminal will spoof or even gain access to a...
Report shows 43% of businesses have lost or potentially lost vital data A recent survey concluded that as many of 72% of businesses are "happy" to lose over 24 hours worth of data after a cyber breach. This means that if businesses were targeted by a widespread cyber...
CEO Fraud is nasty and it can ruin both businesses and careers. More than 22,000 organisations across the world have been victims of CEO Fraud with losses estimated at more than £3 billion. In this article, we look at what CEO Fraud is and the techniques that can be...
How should law firms deal with a cyber attack? One of the biggest threats to a law firm is undoubtedly a cyber attack. Not only can it disrupt your systems and prevent you from carrying out chargeable work, it is also a reputation killer. If you mention the words...
In this article we look at some of the ways in which technology may impact the charity sector over the next 12 months. Data security With the amount of hacking scandals that dominated the press last year, data security will continue to rank very high on the agenda in...
Spring Statement 2022 Against a backdrop of rising inflation, Chancellor Rishi Sunak presented his first Spring Statement on Wednesday 23 March 2022. In his Spring Statement, the Chancellor announced a cut in fuel duty for petrol and diesel as he sought to ease the...
Staying Safe Whilst Working from Home For many businesses, working from home (WFH) looks like it is here to stay even after the COVID-19 pandemic is over. Companies are typically looking at a hybrid model where staff split their week between home working and working...
Due to the government's stamp duty holiday and many people rethinking their living arrangements because of the pandemic. UK mortgage approvals have increased to the highest amount in 13 years. The Bank of England has reported that 105,000 mortgages had been approved...