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IT Support for Financial Services Firms: FCA, Security & Microsoft 365

What a UK financial services firm actually needs from an IT partner, counted rather than described: the Companies House register downloaded and analysed to show that 86.53% of the 64,708 operating UK financial services companies file as small companies and more than half the sector on paper is a holding shell, the FCA rulebook mapped obligation by obligation onto technology deliverables, PS26/2’s 24-hour incident clock and annual third party register explained before they bite in March 2027, the July 2026 Critical Third Party designations put in context, retention clocks from three years to seven set side by side, and Microsoft 365 priced at published UK list rates. Ends with a twelve-question provider test, a hundred-point scorecard and a 90-day plan.

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IT Support for Schools & Multi-Academy Trusts: Complete UK Guide

What a UK school or multi-academy trust actually needs from an IT partner, counted rather than described: the DfE’s Get Information About Schools register downloaded and analysed to show that 89.81% of multi-academy trusts run a separate web domain for every school and half of them cross a local authority boundary, the Cyber Security Breaches Survey education strand read properly so the primary-to-secondary gap is visible, the six core digital and technology standards and their 2030 deadline mapped to deliverables, retention clocks running from a six-month DBS record to a forty-year insurance certificate, Cyber Essentials costed trust-wide against school-by-school, and what the Academy Trust Handbook demands of trustees. Ends with a weighted hundred-point scorecard, indicative UK pricing and a 90-day plan.

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IT Support for Charities UK: Microsoft 365, Cybersecurity & Costs

What a UK charity actually needs from an IT partner, counted rather than described: the Charity Commission register downloaded and analysed to show that 90.59% of charities sit under £500,000 of income and 37.04% still publish a free consumer webmail address as their official contact, the Microsoft 365 nonprofit grant costed three ways for a 68-account charity, the Cyber Security Breaches Survey read properly so the sector’s lower breach rate is understood as under-detection rather than safety, retention clocks running from a DBS certificate destroyed on decision to a seventy-five-year safeguarding horizon, and what the Charity Commission, the ICO and HMRC each demand of the IT estate. Ends with a weighted hundred-point buyer’s scorecard, indicative UK pricing and a 90-day plan.

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IT Support for Dental Practices UK: Security, Backup & Compliance

What a UK dental practice actually needs from an IT partner, counted rather than described: the practice management system and its vendor support boundary, the cone beam imaging curve sized against an eleven-year retention floor, the Data Security and Protection Toolkit broken down to the 45 mandatory evidence items a dentist carries against a GP practice’s 29, NHSmail and secure referral, backup and restore targets set per system, Microsoft 365 licensing costed three ways for a four-practice group, identity control in a room where four people share one screen, and what CQC Regulation 17, UK GDPR and IR(ME)R 2017 each demand of the IT estate. Ends with a weighted hundred-point buyer’s scorecard, a 90-day plan and a pass mark of 70.

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ISO 27001 Consultancy Cost UK: Timeline, Pricing & Preparation

ISO 27001 consultancy is the largest controllable line in most UK certification budgets, and the one buyers understand least. This guide prices it properly: 2026 UK day rates by consultant type, fixed-price bands by headcount, the day count behind each deliverable, five engagement models compared, a month-by-month timeline from scoping call to certificate, ten preparation steps that remove billable days from the quote, and a full three-year cost of ownership worked through one 45-person business.

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Cybersecurity Audit Cost UK: What SMEs Should Expect to Pay

Cyber security audit” is not one product in the UK — it is five, priced between roughly £400 and £25,000, and most overspending comes from buying a level of assurance nobody asked for. This guide prices Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus, posture reviews, vulnerability assessments and ISO 27001 certification side by side, explains the day-rate arithmetic behind every quote, shows exactly which scope decisions move the number, and costs one 40-person firm five different ways.

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Cyber Resilience Act UK: Does It Apply? Essential Risk Guide

Does the EU Cyber Resilience Act apply to UK companies after Brexit? Yes — whenever software or hardware with digital elements is placed on the EU market, the duties follow the product regardless of where the manufacturer sits. This guide maps which UK businesses are caught and which escape, what placing on the market really means, the September 2026 reporting clocks and December 2027 full-application deadline, the manufacturer, importer and distributor duties, fines of up to 15 million euros or 2.5 percent of worldwide turnover, how the EU regime compares with the UK’s narrower PSTI rules and the services-focused Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, the unresolved Northern Ireland position under the Windsor Framework, and a four-step preparation plan for UK exporters.

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