As well as pre-booked summer holidays, unplanned absences tend to spike during a heatwave. These days off, which are most likely to be on Mondays, Fridays and the day before holidays, are noted to reduce productivity by a whopping 36.6%. It can be tempting to slack off when you’d rather be nibbling a ninety-nine in
What is Trade Credit Insurance? In its simplest terms, Trade Credit Insurance protects your business from unpaid invoices and provides information to help you trade with the right customers. Protection – quickly replace money lost through bad debt Profitability – safely increase exposure to more customers Growth – secure expansion, allowing you to deal confidently
It’s Pride season and Lockyers are celebrating the diversity within our award-winning team, and our client base. Which is why our branding, and our sunglasses, have become more colourful until the end of August. People make the difference…….and everyone is different. It’s our people that make our business successful. Everyone’s contribution to the team is
According to a recent study, almost half of small business owners cancel social plans at least once a week because they are too busy with work-related matters and 25% have fallen ill due to stress and overwork. As a small business owner, it can be easy to fall into the trap of being stuck in
When 4G was launched by EE in 2012, customers were promised speeds up to five times faster than its 3G predecessor. As well as this, they could benefit from extra capacity allowing for streaming on the move. This new technology came at a price, however. The entry tariff for a 4G contract with only 500MB
Despite routers becoming increasingly easy to use and configure, most people don’t amend the settings of their router having set their Wi-Fi name and password. Yet without updating your router and security settings, you could be leaving your router open to cybercriminals and malware. Last year, the FBI issued warning that hackers had compromised hundreds
Cyber attacks are a widescale problem, affecting both businesses and individuals across the globe. They can have a hugely detrimental impact on both the reputation and running of your business with data breaches potentially resulting in legal battles and negative press. Revealing statistics from Verizon’s 2018 Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR) show how cyber-attacks have
Cyber crime can seriously affect your business. Malware has the potential to harm your computer in a number of ways, whether it be your PC, Mac, smartphone or tablet. A botnet is formed when the security of multiple computers is breached with the same strain of malware, forming a network of machines that the criminal
In 2018, more major hacks took place from huge companies, including HSBC, British Airways and Facebook. In the first half of the year alone, it’s thought that cyber crime resulted in around 4.5 million records being stolen. Experts suggest the trends of hackers have matured over the last year and allude to a focus on
Between the implementation of the GDPR and a frenzy of high-profile data breaches, this past year has strengthened public concern over personal data protection and misuse. Not to mention, now that the public has more rights regarding the details of their personal data collection, processing and use, they are more likely to join in the
