Customer Service Can Be Great

Customer Service Can Be Great

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When Adam started his apprenticeship with us at Smarter Technologies last year, we were impressed with his attention to detail and his great customer service skills. These two skills have been the key to his growth, and contribution to the first-class client service, which we pride ourselves on. Over the last few months, he has …


Keeping Switched On

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Do you know what PAT and Wake On LAN software is?

Adam our apprentice does.  Adam has spent time learning and understanding just how crucial to a business’s smooth-running reliability and safety can be.

It’s month 2 at Smarter Technologies for Adam and he’s been learning new skills almost every day.  Learning about Portable Appliance …


Oh, What A Night!

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The business expo season is now in full swing and we have already exhibited at The Big Bury Expo hosted by The Best Of Bury and The Big Bolton Expo hosted by The Best Of Bolton, both being fantastic events we wanted to share some of our experiences.

Located at the Bridge Conference centre


Reduce Eye Fatigue Now!

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Do you find yourself with a headache at the end of the day? Sick of relying on pain killers? Computer vision syndrome affects 64% to 90% of all office workers and while it does not cause permanent eye damage, it can be an unpleasant side effect of too much screen time.

Panic over! Reduce your …


Embracing Technology

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Acorn House (Fostering Services Ltd) is an independent fostering agency based in the North West of England providing high quality foster care and services to children, young people and their families.

Like all agencies Acorn House must ensure that each foster care placement and subsequent annual reviews are carefully considered. So each case must be …


Office Moving Made Easy

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Moving and transferring IT equipment to a new office is a daunting prospect especially if your business has a lot of important data. You may be concerned it could end up lost or in the wrong hands if an inexperienced company is assisting you in the relocation.

Acorn House (Fostering Services) Limited is an independent …


Your Data Could Be Stolen!

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When you think of a cyber security attack the first thing you may think is that the criminals have attacked your PC, tablet, credit card or even phone. However today the world has become increasingly connected meaning more and more of our everyday devices are being hooked to an internet network meaning there are more …


Upgrading Productivity

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Jakes Story

Owning a hair and beauty salon can be stressful at times never mind with the rush of Christmas and a fully booked calendar. So when Kelly’s IT systems began to fail and become increasingly slow, booking appointments became very frustrating to both herself, her employees and most importantly her clients, which was losing her business.…


Supporting YMCABC’s Talent Match Programme

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YMCA Black Country Group (YMCABC) help people in need with housing, finding work, childcare and overcoming addictions in order to help people move forward in life one step at a time. YMCABC have set up the Talent Match programme, which is a lottery funded project focusing on youth unemployment, to give young people who are the furthest away from …


Work Experience with Daniel Coughlin

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For the past week we have been joined by Daniel Coughlin who has been doing a work experience placement with us. Daniel is currently studying level 3 hardware and networking  at Oldham College. Daniel describes his week with us below.

Monday 17th October 2016:

My first day of work experience with Smarter Technologies began …


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