At Lugo, we invest in our clients and in our staff development; we’re proud to demonstrate our continual professional development by achieving certification as a Microsoft Gold Partner. A Microsoft Gold Partner shows commitment to technical excellence and employee development that benefits our clients too. Tech sector staff benefit greatly from ongoing development and training,…
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Over the last year, firms have had to quickly adapt to be able to keep delivering accountancy services to clients. This has been a smoother process for some than for others. For example, did your phone system continue as normal, or did you have to stop accepting inbound calls? Regrettably, not every firm has been…
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ICAS and Lugo both conducted independent research projects last year on the risks and opportunities presented by technology for the Accountancy profession. In this article, we look at technology training, sharing insights from both studies. The two most common concerns highlighted in the ICAS study were: Cyber-attack, especially in the light of the increasing use…
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WEBINAR: Top Tips to strengthen your firm’s cyber security As part of Cyber Scotland Week, on Tuesday 23rd February at 11am we’re hosting a TOP TIPS webinar with our friends from ICAS, SBRC and Azets. We’ll have a round table chat about practical steps including where to start when it comes to securing your firm,…
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Where to focus your Cyber Security Following on from our overview of the research we conducted on IT in Accountancy published in November 2020 (you can access the article here), we’re now going to take a deeper dive into one of the key themes to come out of this study, cyber security. We were surprised…
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Merry Christmas from Lugo! Our dedicated team provide business IT support for clients all year round. If this year has taught us anything, it’s how reliant we all are on the magic of technology. It has been an honour to be there for our clients through these challenging times. We can’t thank you enough for…
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Lugo SaaS Backup is included as standard in our monthly M365 Secure support package. Find out why SaaS Backup is an increasly important part of yout IT stack. How much do you value your data? IT spending has been steadily shifting from traditional on-premises offerings to cloud services over recent years, and it’s continuing to…
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During August and September 2020, we video interviewed a variety of accountancy firms across Scotland to discuss their views on IT for Accountants. These firms are not existing customers of Lugo and the people interviewed were in a leadership role and responsible for the firm’s IT. The findings of the interviews have been collated and…
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Microsoft Azure allows businesses to move server workloads to the Cloud, allowing them to move away from physical hardware and purchase the virtual services they need on a monthly subscription. Find out how Azure can help your business. Are you being held back from migrating to the cloud as you still need to run desktop-based…
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As we move to an increasingly remote and roaming workforce, the way we are working is constantly changing. This is adding complexity to business security architecture and challenging traditional approaches to cyber security. A large proportion of workers are now accessing the corporate network from home. These users need to be protected as well as…
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