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The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) is being closed in Dec 2025. In preparation Grant Thain, Vendor Alliance Manager at Chess, has provided T ...

Chess has been awarded the Sophos 2021 Public Sector Partner of the Year in UKI. Chess is recognised for its outstanding performance and commitment to securing organisations with Sophos’ next-generation cybersecurity solutions and services.  

Dan Cooper, Security Consultant at Chess, answers three key questions every small to medium-sized business asks themselves about protecting their data:

• Has security really changed that much in the past few years?
• Am I using the best-in-class security vendors today?
• Do I have the right skills and time in-house to manage these solutions?

Grant Thain, Vendor Manager and Connectivity Expert at Chess, summarises what the 2025 PSTN switch-off means to businesses and what the alternative options are:

• All-Internet Protocol (All-IP)
• Metallic Path Facility (MPF)

Stephen Dracup, COO at Chess, looks at the three key things we learned about how to adapt our new starters onboarding process to make it work virtuall ...

Chess, a leading provider of technology solutions to UK business, has retained a place in the top 15 list for 12 consecutive years having placed #1 in 2018 and in the top 3 for four years. Chess also received the highest accolade ‘world class to work for’ 3-star accreditation rating.

In this article, Graham Foreman, Public Sector Team Leader at Chess, explains how LogPoint would assist in securing digital transformation in your organisation.

A key remote collaboration tool to help you work from anywhere and enable a hybrid workforce

In this article, Stephen Dracup, Chief Operation Officer at Chess, covers why the company decided to adopt hybrid working:

• Why hybrid working? >
• Advice on adopting hybrid >

In this blog, our Voice Consultant, Martin Bacon, summarises how your outdated system may be costing you business opportunities. In this article, he covers:
• How are great customer service and modern voice systems linked?
• Why improved productivity will boost your profitability?
• How can the right communications technology give you a competitive edge in a saturated industry?

This week we've sent a thank you message and 1000 Easter eggs to staff and volunteers in vaccination centres up and down the country to show our suppo ...

Gilbert McHarg, Sage Consultant at Chess, summarises how Sage 200cloud can be used to improve business processes and reduce costs. He covers: Wha ...

Covid made us reimagine the workplace in 2020, and now as we return to a focus on growth we are keen to ensure that all our people are treated equally and have equal opportunity to benefit from that growth.

In this article, our Head of Mobile Sales, Lauren Miller, provides helpful advice on how you can get the best deal on your business mobiles. She cover ...

Following a fantastic response to our annual customer survey, we’d like to focus on 5 key areas.

The 130% Super-deduction helps UK businesses to invest in their future and improve their competitive advantage. Between April 1 2021 and March 31 2023, all new purchases of main rate plant and machinery will qualify for the super-deduction of 130% capital allowance against your taxable income.

Our CTO, Gavin Wood, analyses the HAFNIUM attack and recommends best practice to ensure you have improved your security posture. In this article, he covers: 

• What is HAFNIUM
• Why is the HAFNIUM attack so dangerous
• How to mitigate cyber risk

"In celebrating ‘International Women’s Day’ we take time to recognise the outstanding contribution a specific group of our people make, day in and day out to our business and our lives. We are one team and we will all enjoy the day together.”n celebration of International Women's Day 2021"

Microsoft has identified some serious vulnerabilities on Microsoft Exchange servers globally. Given the importance of this we have decided to notify all our customers of this issue. If you use Microsoft Exchange you will be pleased to know that Microsoft has released security updates to resolve this.