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Having odd problems with your iPhone battery? Maybe it’s “Draingate”

Even iPhone 7 devices are said to be affected iPhone owners frustrated by random shut downs and battery status drops: http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2478753/draingate-causes-iphone-battery-woes-with-ios-1011-likely-cause...

WSUS clean up stuck

Keeping WSUS working well can be a bit be more involved than Microsoft would have you think. If you are finding you are getting “timeout” issues on your WSUS cleanup wizard, then you may need to resort to som...

The Dreaded New Dividend Tax!

Today’s Guest Post is by Lathem Elwin of Holmes Accountancy Limited.  I subscribe to the Holmes Accountancy Friday Tax Tip, and after their tip about the new dividend tax last week I asked if they’d be willing to write a guest post for me with more detail, and that is what Lathern has done.

Lathem Elwin of Holmes Accountancy Limited
Lathem Elwin of Holmes Accountancy Limited

Talk Talk Security Issues

So you are a Talk Talk customer, and you heard on the news today that they have suffered from a cyber attack, but what does that mean to you?  What do you actually need to do? At the moment the attack is being investigat...

New Marriage Allowance

If your total income is less than £10600 in the next tax year (2015 to 2016), you might be able to reduce the tax bill of your wife, husband or civil partner by up to £212. The new Marriage Allowance will let you  transf...

Update to HMRC Basic PAYE Tools

If you use the HMRC basic PAYE tools then please be aware that there is now an update available from the GOV.UK website. This new version includes updates to the automatic update facility, and needs to be downloaded and ...

Direct Debits for all – GoCardless

I was recently approached by GoCardless, to offer advice on their development of an interface for their Direct Debit service with Sage 50. I was really pleased that they had the foresight to consult with Sage users and t...

Uptime and SLA

Do you ever see 99.9% or the “five nines” – “99.999%”bandied about?  Its usually in relation to uptime – how much uptime or conversely downtime your service is up or down for. Pretty i...

DNS – website and email hosting.

DNS is one of the key parts of what makes the internet world go round. Think of it of a big address book of website servers, mail servers and similar. Without a working DNS, a lot of the internet would simply stop workin...

HMRC and Gateway Virus messages.

I have noticed over the last few weeks an increase in the number of fake messages which claim to come from the HMRC or Government Gateway and look at first glance quite realistic. They have a realistic return address suc...