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In this two-part blog series, Don McIntyre, Digital Consultant for Chess, reviews the Scottish Government health and care strategy 'Enabling, Connecting and Empowering: Care in a digital age'.

Ways to reduce your costs in 2022: With the start of the new financial year, Mark Lightfoot, CFO at Chess, explains his new approach to tech spending.

Graham Foreman, Head of Public Sector, reviews the benefits of technology leasing offers to public sector organisations.

Leasing new IT equipment is fast, flexible and helps stretch much-needed cash reserves. Paul Gibbons, Cloud Services Sales Development Manager at Chess, reviews the benefits of leasing.

Stephen Dracup, COO at Chess, reviews the three key areas every small business should consider to reduce their costs and preserve cash.

2020 and 2021 were turbulent years filled with uncertainty, change and development, so we asked our board of directors for their predictions and plans for 2022. Interestingly, none of them mentioned NFTs, the Crypto Gold Rush or virtual reality. Instead, they all focused on simple things you can do to grow your business next year.

Gavin Wood, CTO at Chess, summarises in a 3 minute read what Pegasus Spyware is and how it can hack your phone.

We brought together more than ten technology partners, leaders in the industry, and over 25 expert speakers, to share knowledge and advice with customers. All 52 sessions were delivered live during the two days, but don’t worry – you can still catch up on-demand here.

What Apple announced in September 2021 and what we think about the technology

In this blog, Gavin Wood, CTO at Chess, explains what defence in depth stands for and whether it's a valid approach nowadays.

Helping customers work securely from anywhere is a key focus area for us. In this article, Gavin Wood, CTO of Chess, gives some pointers on how to maximise your Small office or Home office (SOHO) network by looking at the router you are using.

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 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 ...

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.

Gavin Wood, CTO at Chess, summarises some of the key tech trends for 2021. He covers why you should adopt cloud-native services , how to enable anywhere operations and how will security change in 2021.

Warren Pryer, Group Sales Director at Chess, summarises the key learnings from Chess and our customers from 2020 and the advice he would give to any business looking to thrive in 2021.

Trying to predict technology and business trends is a tricky business in itself - it can depend on so many variables, such as the economy, customer de ...

Small business owners overlook the potential impact a cyber attack can have on their organisation, but they are just as likely to become a victim as l ...

Remote working can bring some challenges when you want to ensure a consistent experience across multiple devices and where access to numerous apps on demand is needed. Virtual desktop infrastructure may be something to consider?