Monthly Archives: February 2016

Cyber security in Cheltenham

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Cyber security services in Cheltenham

Cyber security services in CheltenhamWebsite Design Cheltenham is pleased to announce that our Managing Director Simon Dye has just completed a Cyber Security Open University course and passed the final assessment with a 94% mark.

This educational attainment epotimises our committment to remain at the cutting edge of technoligal advancements- so you can be sure that we know what we are talking about in helping you.

Large scale cyber security breaches make the headlines but about 70% of organisations are not reporting their worst security incidents- so what is making the news is just a small proportion of the breaches that are actually taking place.

Britain is being targeted by up to 1,000 cyber attacks every hour.

For small organisations the worst breaches cost between £65,000 and £115,000 on average and for large organisations may run to many millions of pounds. These costs can occur as direct financial losses due to fraud or theft; the loss of productivity due to time spent recovering from the effects of a successful attack; or the lost of trust and reputation.

UK small businesses value their reputation as one of their key assets. Yet they are hugely underestimating the likelihood of a cyber breach happening to them and its long term impact:

60% of small businesses surveyed have experienced a cyber breach, but only 29% of those who haven’t experienced a breach cited potential reputational damage as an ‘important’ consideration.

The impact of a cyber breach can be huge and long lasting. 89% of the small businesses surveyed who have experienced a breach said it impacted on their reputation.  Those who experienced a breach said the attack led to:
Brand damage (31%)
Loss of clients (30%)
Ability to win new business (29%)

Cyber prevention is much better than cure

According to one industry report, the number of cyber ransomware attacks increased in 2014 by more than 4,000%, with small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) being the main target due to poor security practices.

The rise in legitimate websites being compromised for the purposes of executing watering hole attacks as a way of delivering malware – including ransomware – means enterprises need to add malware detection to web browsing activities.

Could your business survive a ransomware attack- would your accounts or your customer data be recoverable? Do you know how to safeguard your organisation’s very survival?

So, if you want to increase your ensure your organisation’s continued wellbeing then please contact us NOW or ring us on 01242 521967 now to see how we can help you to make money as well!
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Website Design Cheltenham adds 11+ Tutor

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Website Design in Cheltenham has added 11+ Tutor Hilary Hayward to our list of clients.

Website Design in Cheltenham has added 11+ Tutor Hilary Hayward to our list of clients.Cheltenham 11+ tutoring expert Hilary Hayward has been helping local children prepare for the Gloucestershire Grammer schools entrance exam.

Gloucestershire has some of the highest achieving Grammar schools in the country. As such the Grammar school entry process in Gloucestershire is very competitive, as there is no catchment area. Plus many children apply from outside the county.

Having experienced Hilary’s expert tution process at first hand it was only an act of friendship to offer to help her update her website and optimise it in the process.

Tutoring for the eleven plus based in Cheltenham.

She aims to build children’s faith in themselves, to allow them to perform at their best on the day of the grammar school entrance exam.

The verbal reasoning questions that are used for the eleven plus can seem baffling when you first look at them. Many children will assume they can not do them as they have never come across anything like it before. With help and encouragement they realise that they can answer the questions.

The tutoring process allows them to become familiar with the different types of question that can appear in the papers. Tutoring can also expand their knowledge in key areas which also aids the process of answering questions.

She believes that learning to deal with the pressures on the day is a very important part of any Eleven Plus exam preparation.

In addition she is willing to provide one to one tutoring for children who need a third party influencer or support parents in tutoring techniques, if they wish to minimise the number of formal tutoring sessions. The sessions can be adjusted to meet the individual’s needs.

As a result she is very busy, but nevertheless understands the importance pf having a website that matches her professional competence. Which is where we come in.

So, if you want to increase your professional profile- and your website’s sales then please contact us NOW or ring us on 01242 521967 now to see how we can help you to make money as well!
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Website Design Cheltenham supports Safer Internet Day 2016

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Website Design in Cheltenham supports Safer Internet Day 2016

Website Design in Cheltenham supports Safer Internet Day 2016The UK Safer Internet Centre is coordinated by a partnership of three leading organisations; Childnet International, the South West Grid for Learning and the Internet Watch Foundation. It is co-funded by the European Commission’s Safer Internet Programme and is one of the 31 Safer Internet Centres of the Insafe network. The centre has three main functions: an Awareness Centre, a Helpline and a Hotline.

The UK Safer Internet Centre, and its partners, delivers a wide range of activity to promote the safe and responsible use of technology:

  • coordinates Safer Internet Day in the UK, which provided over 69 million opportunities to see or hear the Safer Internet Day message in 2014, with over 650 supporters getting involved, and collectively reaching 25% of UK children, 18% of teens and 10% of parents.
  • develops self-assessment tools for schools and other settings to evaluate their esafety provision, including policy development;
  • delivers education sessions for children, parents, carers and teachers in schools and other settings, reaching thousands every year;
  • hosts the UKCCIS Evidence Group’s Research Highlight series, which summarises key academic publications on children and the internet;
  • shapes policy at school, industry and government level, both in the UK and internationally;
  • facilitates youth panels to give young people a voice on these issues;
  • contributes to and commission academic research into children’s media use;
  • works in partnership with others in the UK and globally – the Centre’s resources are used in many countries worldwide;
  • continues to develop the UK Safer Internet Centre website as a hub for information and advice, to reflect the range of work taking place across the UK.

Website Design vital for helicopter trainers

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Website Design Cheltenham is “vital” for Gloucestershire helicopter trainers James Kenwright.

Website Design Cheltenham is "vital" for Gloucestershire helicopter trainers James Kenwright. Two years ago James Kenwright approached us at Website Design Cheltenham to help him build a new site for his business of training helicopter pilots based at Staverton, Gloucestershire airport.

Whilst James had over twenty years experience of training helicopter pilots to pass thier PPL(H), he had always worked for others. Now he wanted to run his own training business.

He also knew that the a website would be the most profitable and practical way to build his business- so he needed someone who was very search engine optimisation (SEO) savvy.

The natural way to find a seo expert was to search Google- which is how he found us. But our SEO expertise was only part of his process- he wanted a local business which could understand his approach- and in whom he could trust and depend.

So after a couple of meetings together we were hired and I’m pleased to say that we have both grown from strength to strength since.

At our annual review meeting recently James commented “Simon has been absolutely vital to my business. We depend on our website to generate new business for us and we have been profitable every single month since my business was formed.”

“Every month we get new applications and new approaches so our business is growing and they are all coming from our website- so Simon’s SEO expertise is pivotal to our business. I’m happy to call them part of the James Kenwright Helicopter Training team.”

Praise indeed!

So, if you want to increase your business and your website’s sales then please contact us NOW or ring us on 01242 521967 now to see how we can help you to make money as well!
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