IT Consultancy and Computer Services for small to medium sized businesses
With 13 years of Business IT experience behind me, I am able to provide top class IT advice and services to small businesses in the Torpoint, Rame and Plymouth areas.
I provide services and advice across a broad range of IT technologies to help your business grow and get your business on-line. No jargon, just plain English.
I also provide consultancy and contract work centred around Microsoft technologies such as SQL server, IIS, ASP.NET and C#.
Does your business rely on slow or sick computers?
I can provide on-site support for all your computers covering a wide range of support services as covered on my Home PC Support page. Briefly these services include:
- Virus and “Malware” Removal
- PC Health-Checks and speed-ups
- Software installation & troubleshooting
- Data recovery
- Data Transfer
- On-site or remote support services available
- Computer and software tuition at your pace
Do you have a backup of all your important business and personal files?
If you have all your business files on a computer and have no back-ups, a hard-disk failure opens the possibility that you could lose all the files held on that computer. Can you afford to lose them? What if your laptop is stolen and you have no backup of the files on it? Your business needs an effective backup strategy to ensure that in the event of a failure, you have a second copy of all your important files. I can help plan and put in place an effective backup strategy for you to ensure you have backups of business critical data.
Does your business need a web or web address to attract new business?
If you are not on-line with a professional web presence, then people will find it hard or impossible to find your business on the internet. Many people search for businesses on-line now rather than using paper directories. It is essential for your business to have a professional web presence to ensure you capture these customers. I can design and provide an affordable web site for your business to help increase the profile of your business. I use the popular WordPress software to create web sites and pages that you can edit yourself. I can also arrange a domain name (such as www.yourbusinessname.co.uk) to ensure the web address properly reflects the nature or name of your business. For more information, please see my Web Site Design page. I use Cornish Hosting for hosting web pages (and business eMail) as I like to keep business local and support local providers – they also provide an excellent and affordable service.
Do you need a business eMail service or a proper business eMail address?
Are you still relying on a webmail address or personal eMail address for your business such as fred132@gmail.com? How does this reflect on the image of your company?
A better option is to get a dedicated eMail address that reflects the name or nature of your business such as fred.bloggs@rame-plumber.co.uk. I can arrange and set up business eMail for you that is dedicated to your business and reflects its name or nature. This will typically be based on any web address I have set up for you, so if your web page is www.yourbusinessname.co.uk then you may have sales@yourbusinessname.co.uk, fred.bloggs@yourbusinessname.co.uk and many other addresses based on name@yourbusinessname.co.uk. This looks professional and will attract more business as well as allowing you to separate your business and private eMail.
Does your business need Broadband, Wi-Fi or networking set-ups?
If you need to get your business connected to broadband, set up Wi-Fi or a simple network for your business, I can help. I help get your broadband connection sorted and I have extensive experience of setting up Broadband routers as well as wireless and cabled networks.
Is your business making the best use of social media such as
Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to promote and advertise your business?
Social media is a big thing for business marketing at the moment and it’s free! I can help you use Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to help increase the profile of your business on-line and ensure your business looks modern and up-to-date with the latest Internet trends. Just take a look at these Facebook pages to see how businesses today use social media to increase their profiles:
McDonald’s, Pepsi, Coca Cola, Nike.
Do you need purchasing advice for computer hardware and software?
With my extensive experience of many kinds of business computer hardware and software, I can help you buy the right IT technologies that will help your business run more smoothly and efficiently. From purchasing a laptop to buying a smart-phone or a Word Processing package, I can help you buy the right items and set them up to work the best for you and your business.
Does your business need a talented software developer or Microsoft Technologies Consultant?
I have specialities in software and database development for small to medium sized businesses. I have been a programmer for well over 10 years and have worked with many technologies. My key skills are:
- C#, Microsoft .NET Framework, ASP.NET
- MySQL 5
- IIS6 / IIS7
- HTML, XHTML, CSS & JavaScript
- VB, VB.Net, VBScript
- MS SQL 2005/20008
- Microsoft Office Programming and automation using VBA
For more information, please refer to my Software Developer page.
Consultancy Rates, Prices and Fees
My business IT consultancy rates start at £35 per hour (for simple business PC support). Higher-level business IT, systems consultancy, software and database development may be charged at higher hourly rates due to the increased complexity and skills required. On-site visits within the Torpoint and Rame area do not incur any call-out costs.
