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Digital Tech Resilience Grant

The Digital Tech Resilience Grant is funded by Newcastle City Council, and covers up to 50% of the costs (up to £3000) to implement a technology that increases business and covid resilience. This grant is...

Have you received a message from a friend or family member, saying that they’re in trouble? Does it all sound a little bit strange? You might have fallen victim to the ‘Friend in need’ scam - the latest phishing scam...

How well does your charity or non-profit collaborate? Do you communicate well across your team, or does it feel like you’re constantly having to catch people up? How easy is it for everyone in your organisation to access key documents, or...

Are you sick of cookie alerts? If you spend a lot of time online, you might also spend a lot of time agreeing, customising or closing cookie notifications. If you’re tired of these cookie alerts, or cookies in general, there is something...

Are you often contacting your employees outside of work hours? Whether it’s the odd email here and there, or a little task that needs to be done, those little messages could be really bad news for your business. 

Work hours, when...

Arrow Project from Newcastle University

Arrow Project is a program designed to help North East SMEs innovate and grow. It's a completely free service which can be accessed by businesses who are looking to expand, or brand new businesses and...

If you’ve recently purchased the iPhone 13, or you’re looking to get a new smartphone for Christmas, what are you planning on doing with your old one? You don’t need to throw it in a drawer and forget about it. Find out how to...

In October, the University of Sunderland was targeted by a cyber attack which left its website and remote teaching services out of action for several days. Other universities in the North East, such as The University of Newcastle and Northumbria...

If you’re wanting a laptop, smartphone or any kind of electronic product this year, it is in your best interest to shop early. Due to a variety of factors, tech is in short supply, and it is suspected that this will cause real issues for...

Earlier this year, Facebook experienced an outage. Although it was only down for between 5 and 6 hours, the outage affected more than 3.5 billion people across the globe. We’ve been looking at the effect this had on businesses, and what...