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  • Branston Christmas Market is open come and see us – Branston Business Network

  • The stalls are up – Branston Christmas Market are you going to be there?

    Branston’s Christmas Market from 3 – 9pm near the Waggon & Horses. Santa arrives at 4pm and the lights are going to be switched on at 5pm. There are stalls, rides, games, entertainment, food, drink and of course mulled wine. And for those if us who do not drink wine, Andy in the Waggon, serves…

  • Branston Christmas Market are you going to be there?

    We are just about to leave to help set up the stalls for the Branston Christmas Market. Are you going to be there?

  • Secure Data Protection

    Secure Data Protection for Lincolnshire

  • Technology without Tears

    I have been working with the support team from the brilliant iPad app BlogPad Pro – if you need to manage WordPress content from your iPad you should try this app. Thanks to them for all their help. Clive

  • IT Support Monday

    IT Support Lincolnshire I’m having a varied day. I have supplied and fitted a new PC and installed the software the client requires. I received a call from a client who had dropped off the network so I went out and fixed it. I had the usual call about a slow PC and I fixed…

  • …and we build PCs #ITSupport

    For a change I was rebuilding a laptop today, whilst Martin was out and about do the IT Support across Lincolnshire.  the laptop on the right is the Windows 7 rebuild the one on the left I a Linux laptop we built As part of this job, I had to check the backups before deleting…

  • Police warn of ‘ransom’ spam targeting UK businesses #ITSupport #Lincolnshire

    When I talk to clients about security of their data, I am always warning people about Virus’ and Trojan’s. Well here’s another attack the BBC are warning us about: BBC News – Police warn of ‘ransom’ spam targeting UK users. You must be using good security, anti-virus, anti-spam software. Remember this is a problem where…

  • My Head’s a Bit Fuzzy Podcast – Show 001 now available

    Darren from Develop and Promote and I launched the podcast last night at the Business Club, with a presentation during the meeting. Diana and Lizzie were there as well, promoting it and explaining to members what the show is about. There was plenty of interest and a good response to the “distinctive” name, with a…

  • Is your company up to date?

    Here at Octagon we have recently been looking at our client’s software to make sure it is in keeping with today’s standards.  In the not too distant future Microsoft will be withdrawing support for some of it’s operating systems, such as Server 2003 and Windows XP. We understand that some companies have had their equipment…

  • Just a quick reminder… My Head’s a Bit Fuzzy is nearly here

    We are going to launch our new podcast, with Develop and Promote at the Business Club this Monday. This week Lizzie and I are talking about passwords. Next week we are going to start on search engine optimisation and the week after that it is “what is a good data backup”. If you go to…

  • Recording and mixing the podcast – Guitar George @MHaBF

    My Head’s a Bit Fuzzy Podcast With the podcast launch coming up on Monday, i thought I would publish this photo of George (www.guitar-george.co.uk) mixing the show for us. read more here. Thanks George for all your help and support in this project. Clive