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Small Business Advice Newsletter

Issue 08/09
September 2008
Welcome to our specialist small business advice newsletter.
 

In this issue:

New Online Payments by SecureTrading...

New Services from our Partners...

Product Recommendations...

News...
 

This month we bring you news about:

  • Our new online credit card payment facility from SecureTrading;
     
  • New services that we can offer small businesses through our partners;
     
  • Product Recommendations;
     
  • Our usual look at some of the latest news affecting small businesses.

Please contact us if you have any suggestions for topics in future issues.

 
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New Online Payments by SecureTrading...

We have long been a partner of SecureTrading and we are now pleased to announce that SecureTrading has become our preferred system for accepting credit card payments securely online.

We now accept the following cards:
American Express Visa/Delta Visa Visa Electron Maestro Mastercard Solo
Verified by Visa Learn More Safe payments by SecureTrading Mastercard SecureCode Learn More

Not only have we reintroduced American Express to the cards that we accept, but the security of online credit card payments has been enhanced significantly by the introduction of "Verified by Visa" and "MasterCard SecureCode".

Our SecureTrading payment gateway is fully compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

If you require an Internet Merchant Account or online payment solution please contact us
 

New Services from our Partners...

We are pleased to announce the following new services that we can offer small businesses through our partners:

Document Archiving & Scanning Service

We can now provide a full document archival service to replace paper and microfilm with digital media that you can access and read on your PCs.

more information...
 


 

Data Recovery, Data Destruction & Recycling Services

We are now able to provide a full service for data recovery, data destruction, secure wiping of tapes or disks, and hardware (electrical) recycling.

more information...
 

For more information about these and other services that we can provide to small businesses, please contact us
 

Product Recommendations

We like to recommend products with which we have personal experience.

GFi MailDefense SuiteGFI MailDefense Suite
 - Total Email Content Security

Server-based email anti-virus, content checking, exploit detection, anti-Trojan, anti-spam, disclaimers, mail archiving & more   -   Ideal for Small & Medium Sized Businesses.

This is a powerful package comprising two market leading GFI products that together filter and clean all inbound email for spam, viruses, malware and many other threats. With over 80,000 and 30,000 customers respectively, GFI MailEssentials, the no.1, award-winning anti-spam software, and GFI MailSecurity, the leading multiple anti-virus engine solution for small businesses, will put your mind at rest that your inbound email is rendered safe of malware and free of spam before end-users receive it.

We can now provide this very cost effective email security suite comprising the award winning email anti-virus, spam filtering and content security products from GFi.

Save up to 30% when you buy MailDefense Suite compared from buying MailSecurity & MailEssentials separately

download free trial...
 
more details...
 

Many more products are available from our online catalogue, although for some items you may be referred to our partner sites to make an actual purchase.
 

News & Other Updates

Each month we will feature some of the recent regulatory updates or other important news affecting small businesses:

Business Link East Briefings
The brochure for the new programme of events for businesses in the East of England is just being issued. We are presenting a number of 2 hour sessions on "Disaster Recovery - Can You Really Do Without IT?".

dates locations
4th November 2008 Bury St. Edmunds
21st November 2008 Welwyn Garden City
3rd February 2009 Luton

To receive a copy of the brochure please register at www.businesslinkeast.org.uk.

To book, you will need to register with the Business Link online booking system at www.bookevents.org.
 

Great Networking Events
We would like to recommend 4Networking for breakfast networking. The format is different from other breakfast meetings we have been to. 4Networking meetings start at 8:00 am and the atmosphere is very relaxed and informal.

  • Passport members can go to any meeting, anywhere in the country.
     
  • Go to meetings as little or as often as you want - none of this requirement to turn up every week!
     
  • No need to bring guests or referrals - just turn up and make new contacts.
     

We like 4networking and regularly attend meetings in Hatfield, Hertford, Stevenage & Ware.

For more information see www.4networking.biz
 

Business Events
There are number of events going on in our region that might be of interest to small business owners.

Please see our Business Events page for details
 

Contact us if you would like any further information about the items in this newsletter.

Please let us have any feedback you might have, and also let us know if there are any articles you would like to see covered in future issues by sending an email to sales@wise.co.uk.

FSB memberBest regards,

Tim Weaver

Weaver Information Services (Europe) Limited trading as WISE.CO.UK,
Telephone +44 (0) 1438 453013. Email info@wise.co.uk
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