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Plain-English guides for your practice
Practical, jargon-free advice on the IT, security and compliance questions accountancy practices actually ask. No filler, no hype.
- Security Fraud
Protecting Your Practice From Invoice Fraud and Business Email Compromise
Why accountancy practices are prime targets for invoice fraud and business email compromise, how the scams work, the technical and human defences, and what to do if you're hit.
Read guide - Cyber Essentials Security
Cyber Essentials for Accountancy Practices: A Plain-English 2026 Guide
What Cyber Essentials is, why accountancy practices increasingly need it, the five controls explained without jargon, what it costs, and how to prepare.
Read guide - Backup Disaster Recovery
How to Back Up Your Accountancy Practice Properly (and Why January Is the Worst Time to Find Out You Haven't)
How accountancy practices should really back up client data, the 3-2-1 rule, why a USB drive or OneDrive isn't enough, and surviving the January peak.
Read guide - Practice Software IRIS
Practice Management Software Compared: IRIS vs CCH vs Sage vs TaxCalc for Small UK Firms
An even-handed, IT-and-fit comparison of IRIS, CCH, Sage and TaxCalc for small UK accountancy practices, deployment models, integration and the IT that sits underneath.
Read guide - Compliance ICAEW
What ICAEW (and Your Clients) Expect From Your Practice's IT and Data Security
How ICAEW, ACCA and AAT expectations, UK GDPR and AML duties shape your practice's IT, and why good security is how you actually meet them.
Read guide - Cloud Microsoft 365
Moving Your Accountancy Practice to the Cloud: A Practical 2026 Roadmap
Why and how to move your accountancy practice to the cloud, honest about practice-software hosting, with a phased roadmap that protects client data and avoids January.
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