SME Toolkit

One of the key lessons to be learnt from the recession is that few if any companies can ignore the threat of fraud. David Alexander, the president of the UK Chapter of the Association for Certified Fraud Examiners and director of Forensics at Smith & Williamson offers advice.

As the mercury continues to plummet, employment lawyers are having a field day dishing out advice both to staff and their longsuffering bosses.

According to research by Panda Security, 98 per cent of UK SMEs spend less than £1,000 a year on security software, and around half spend less than £300 a year. Taking shortcuts with security is a risk to any business but making improvements doesn’t necessarily have to come at a cost. Here, EN outlines its five high-priority areas of information security for SMEs.

With Christmas around the corner, the annual bonus will soon be on the agenda for many companies. With a tough financial year behind and another ahead, how can employers reward staff but still keep the purse strings tight?