How Pro Drive helps professional and financial services firms leverage Microsoft Copilot

2025-02-21T16:51:58+00:00February 21st, 2025|Accountants, AI, Law, Productivity|

If you are a regular follower of this blog or our newsletters, you will have noticed that we have published a lot of content on Microsoft Copilot and more generally on generative AI over the past 12 months. So why are we so excited about Copilot? Well, generative AI as a whole makes the [...]

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Pro Drive exhibiting at Accountex 2025 – the UK’s premier event for accountants

2025-03-10T07:59:31+00:00February 7th, 2025|Accountants, Company News|

Pro Drive IT, a leading provider of IT support and cybersecurity services for businesses in London and the Southeast and a specialist in working with Accountancy Practices, is excited to announce their participation in the upcoming Accountex London Exhibition taking place on 14th and the 15th May 2025 at ExCeL London. The Accountex Exhibition [...]

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Why AI voice cloning is a major threat to professional services firms

2025-01-20T14:59:30+00:00January 20th, 2025|Accountants, AI, Cyber Security, Law|

We recently wrote about the danger of impersonation scams and highlighted how generative AI is making these scams more convincing, in particular ‘Vishing’ which usually centres around telephone based scams. A more recent development, particularly worrying for professional and financial services firms, is voice cloning. This might sound like something from the Terminator but [...]

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Impersonation Scams and the Threat to Professional Services Firms – What You Need to Know

2025-01-06T17:18:58+00:00December 31st, 2024|Accountants, Cyber Security, Law, Security and Threats, Tips and Advice|

The last couple of years have seen a significant increase in digital impersonation scams specifically targeting professional services, accountancy, and law firms, and their clients. These scams exploit human error and IT related vulnerabilities, and their impacts can be devastating, ranging from financial loss to reputational damage. Why Law and Accountancy Firms Are Prime [...]

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Data highlights worrying cyber security trends in the accountancy sector

2024-12-10T21:44:18+00:00December 9th, 2024|Accountants, Cyber Security|

Accountancy firms have good reason to ensure they are reviewing and mitigating cyber security risks in their practices. They are prime targets for cyber criminals, in part due to the valuable financial data they hold on other companies and the significant payments they make on behalf of clients, for example, for payroll activities. The [...]

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Your SharePoint will not be ready for Copilot. Here’s what you need to do

2024-10-29T08:47:26+00:00October 29th, 2024|Accountants, AI, Cloud Services, Compliance, Law, Security and Threats|

Legal and Accountancy firms faced with difficulties in recruiting enough staff are increasing turning to technology to find efficiency and reduce the burden of their workload. Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft’s AI assistant tool, has been seen significant interest as its incorporated across the Microsoft office suite. With almost all workers using these applications, there [...]

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How Does My Employer Use My Personal Data for Payroll Purposes?

2024-12-10T21:38:14+00:00October 11th, 2024|Accountants, Compliance, GDPR|

All employers will use some form of payroll software to hold and use their employees’ personal data. Employees will usually provide personal data to their employer at the beginning of their employment, as well as through certain legal documentation such as a P45. It is your employer’s strict responsibility to handle your personal data [...]

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Cyber Security: Best Practices for Accounting Firms

2024-12-10T21:42:18+00:00October 11th, 2024|Accountants, Cyber Essentials, Cyber Security, Security and Threats|

Impressive advancements in technology are made daily, including an increase in the sophistication of cyber security threats. As cyber criminals continue to become more advanced in their approach, an ever-increasing challenge is posed to accounting firms in particular. To ensure client data is secure, it is essential that accounting firms are aware of the [...]

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Microsoft 365 Copilot – major ‘Wave 2’ update announced

2024-09-18T16:05:16+01:00September 18th, 2024|Accountants, AI, Financial Services, Law, Productivity|

Microsoft 365 Copilot, released early in 2024, is already transforming the way businesses are using the Microsoft 365 apps, vastly increasing productivity and collaboration and bringing new skills to the workforce. The biggest impact so far has been in Microsoft Teams and in Teams meetings. Copilot has completely changed the way meetings are run, [...]

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How Microsoft 365 Copilot can unlock efficiency and growth in Accountancy practices

2024-09-16T11:56:23+01:00September 16th, 2024|Accountants, AI|

Accountancy practices are often viewed as a traditional profession and whilst some firms have grasped the digital revolution and use technology at the forefront of delivering client services, many are still struggling with software that is time consuming to use, a lack of enthusiasm and skill to utilise the latest technology and ultimately a [...]

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