Essentials controls that Financial Services firms should implement when using AI

2026-02-13T14:50:01+00:00February 13th, 2026|AI, Financial Services|

Across the financial services sector, there’s enormous excitement about the promise of generative AI including tools such as ChatGPT, Claude and Microsoft Copilot.   The potential to save money, improve customer service and better identify risk is enormous, however many firms have jumped onto the journey without putting in place the necessary controls to prevent serious security risks to their data.  This is not due [...]

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How Microsoft Copilot Turns Outlook into Your Executive Assistant

2026-02-05T17:49:51+00:00February 5th, 2026|AI, Tips and Advice|

Opening your inbox first thing in the morning can feel overwhelming. Meeting invites, follow-up requests, and “quick questions” pile up before you’ve even started your day. It’s easy to lose hours reacting to emails instead of focusing on strategic work. Now imagine having an assistant who organises your schedule, prioritises what matters, and drafts [...]

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How Practice Managers can use AI to run a more efficient Accountancy practice

2026-01-02T16:17:32+00:00January 2nd, 2026|Accountants, AI, Tips and Advice|

The accountancy sector is changing rapidly with private equity backed firms growing rapidly from acquisition and creating competitive pressure on smaller practices.  At the same  time, recruiting and retaining staff remains a challenge and the pressure is on to deliver more work, improve client satisfaction and at the same time, reduce costs. Leveraging technology [...]

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New Copilot Business and Bundles – big savings on Microsoft 365 Copilot AI!

2026-01-26T13:36:27+00:00November 28th, 2025|AI, Cloud Services, Company News, Cyber Security|

Microsoft have announced Microsoft 365 Copilot Business, launching 1st December 2025, designed for organisations with up to 300 users. At launch this contains the same feature set as the full Microsoft 365 Copilot but at two thirds the cost. Even more exciting are limited-time, introductory offers with savings of up to 35%. So now [...]

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How UK Law Firms Can Effectively Balance Innovation with Data Protection in the AI Era

2025-11-24T11:14:02+00:00November 24th, 2025|AI, Cyber Security, Law|

UK law firms face the delicate challenge of embracing AI innovation without compromising the confidentiality standards their clients rely on. AI has an extremely wide scope and is capable of an extraordinary range of tasks, helping to optimise and streamline operations within a law firm and increase the benefit to clients. However, AI is [...]

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How UK Law Firms Can Maintain Security and Client Confidentiality When Using Copilot

2025-11-24T10:39:13+00:00November 6th, 2025|AI, Law|

Microsoft Copilot can be a powerful tool for legal work, but it carries inherent risks for client data. Law firms can still safely use Copilot and other AI tools without risking client confidentiality, but only as long as practical steps are taken to prevent data leaks and ensure compliance. Read on to learn more [...]

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Top Cyberattack Approaches Threatening the Legal Industry

2025-07-11T10:27:55+01:00July 15th, 2025|AI, Company News, Cyber Essentials, Cyber Security|

With an advanced toolkit of cyberattacks methods at their disposal, cyber criminals are continually finding new ways to deceive computer systems and access sensitive legal data. From targeting junior lawyers to the use of sophisticated AI, it has never been more imperative for law firms to be astutely aware of the danger of cyberattacks [...]

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The risk of ignoring technology investment in uncertain economic times

2025-05-09T17:47:53+01:00May 9th, 2025|Accountants, AI, Financial Services, Law|

We currently live in a more unstable and unpredictable world which is putting pressure on all businesses. Whether it is the global macroeconomic impact of Trump’s trade policies, the impact of wars raging on several continents or the increase in national insurance (effectively an employment tax) we have seen in the UK, businesses are [...]

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What does AI REALLY mean for an SME?

2025-05-02T18:08:40+01:00May 2nd, 2025|AI|

We recently ran the latest in our series of workshops for accountants, lawyers and financial services firms on how they can start leverage AI to give their firms a competitive edge. These are small intimate workshops featuring live demos of Microsoft Copilot in action and presentations from experts running through the practical steps you [...]

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Want to get the best out of AI? Follow the GCSE framework to prompt like a pro

2025-04-12T13:49:37+01:00April 10th, 2025|AI, Tips and Advice|

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot are becoming more common in work environments. For accountants, lawyers, and financial services professionals, with high workload and pressure from deadline, the promise of using AI to save time is attractive. However few people are trained on using AI properly and it's difficult to know [...]

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