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21st May, 2013The hour of wasted talent – How ePayroll pays dividends with a fast ROI.
Some years ago when I was a much younger person I worked in a very forward thinking company. I say forward thinking because they had just invested in a wonderful new computer based accounting system. The re-training had all been done, the system installed and we all crowded round to watch as the payroll ran. Eureka! It worked and the dot matrix printer began to chatter away at the print run for the payslips...
05th April, 2013Small Business Advice: How to Improve your Sales Technique
Members of the SSLPost team have an extensive background of developing small businesses having come to SSLPost from a wide variety of roles. With this in mind, we would like to share some of this knowledge and experience with you by offering free business advice in addition to practical and cost-effective solutions that help protect your sensitive and confidential information...
15th March, 2013New SSLPost Website Launched
SSLPost are delighted to announce the launch of their new website www.sslpost.com. The new site launched on the 28th February has been created with visitor experience and requirements in mind. Whether you are a single user or work in enterprise environment, the new website has been designed to meet your needs. The main objective when designing this website was to ensure that it focussed on meeting customer requirements...
08th March, 2013Small business advice: How to improve your customer service offering
Members of the SSLPost team have an extensive background of developing small businesses having come to SSLPost from a wide variety of roles. With this in mind, we would like to share some of this knowledge and experience with you by offering free business advice in addition to practical and cost-effective solutions that help protect your sensitive and confidential information. Customer service is an area small businesses often fail to develop...
27th February, 2013Compliancy, Cashflow and Credibility
As you will be aware the ICO have been clamping down on the mishandling of sensitive information and data. Do you comply with ICO guidelines or are you at risk of a costly fine? One of the eight "must comply" principles listed by the ICO is to keep information and data secure. Whilst your computer may be password protected, encrypted, running up to date antivirus and firewall software, the sensitive information is at risk when it leaves your desktop...
20th February, 2013The success of the SSLPost Cloud
The SSLPost Cloud is a simple and low-cost secure email solution specifically aimed at the SMB market. Since the January launch SSLPost Cloud has proved very popular with small businesses that are now enjoying the benefits of a cost-effective and easy-to-use secure email solution. There have been a range of companies taking advantage of SSLPost Cloud; varying from sole traders to small companies with 2-10 users. In many cases, secure email is replacing...
13th February, 2013Don’t let inclement weather delay important business post
With inclement weather once again forecast to hit the UK, many businesses will be slowed down as a result of delayed post and a reliance on courier services to deliver key business documents. In some cases where traditional mail is delivered, staff may be unable to make it into work to receive the information. If an employee has to work from home, wouldn’t it be great if those important or sensitive documents could be delivered electronically?...
04th February, 2013Give potential clients another reason to choose you (whilst cutting costs!)
As business in all sectors becomes increasingly competitive and potential customers are more reluctant to part with funds, there is a pressing requirement to offer increased value and differentiate yourself from the competition. Implementing secure email may not be the first thing that springs to mind when considering adding extra value to your customer base or as a tool to help capture new business. However, it can be used to do just that...
28th January, 2013Do you still send contracts by Recorded Delivery?
SSLPost are not alone in sending out a range of sensitive and confidential business documents every month. These can all vary from contracts and statements to proposals and invoices. More often than not, these documents are time sensitive. It is easy to overlook the cost of sending items via Recorded Delivery or courier (as well as the cost of lost time taking it to the Post Office/despatch office). The cost of a special delivery from Royal Mail...
25th January, 2013Is your data really secure? Sony fined £250,000 by the ICO
The news today is that Sony has been fined £250,000 by the ICO for a serious data breach. So, what exactly is it that Sony has done to warrant such bad press? The penalty issued to Sony comes after the Sony PlayStation platform was hacked in April 2011. Sensitive customer information including names, addresses, email addresses, date of birth and account passwords were obtained by a hacker. If that wasn’t bad enough, a substantial...
21st January, 2013Meet the SSLPost team (Part 1)
In part one of a series of blogs introducing you to the team behind SSLPost, you will be introduced to the CEO and Heads of Departments. With a legacy in internet technology and developing small businesses, SSLPost has recruited experienced and driven individuals from a range of commercial, sales, support and business development roles. Michael Alculumbre has extensive experience within the SMB sector, developing several...
17th January, 2013Why SMB's should consider using secure email
Hi. I am Annie Rickard and I am Head of Marketing at SSLPost. Having joined the company in November, I have a very busy schedule of activities for the foreseeable future, starting with some serious changes to the SSLPost website. Recent visitors will see that there have been some alterations already, with the launch of a great package for SMB's and sole traders - SSLPost Cloud. I have been in marketing for 25 years which makes me an old bird...
16th January, 2013Simple, secure, low-cost secure email solution to the SMB market launched
SSLPost are delighted to announce the launch of SSLPost Cloud. This is a user-friendly, simple and cost-effective method with which to send, track and revoke secure email, ensuring sensitive information is safe during transit over the Internet and can only be opened by the desired recipient. This new solution, launched on the 15th January 2013, is available to purchase online through the website. Michael Alculumbre, CEO of SSLPost...
31st December, 2012SSLPost end of year review
2012 has been a big eventful year at SSLPost, so what better time to share these highlights and events with you all than New Year's Eve? TThe payroll awards are the most anticipated event in the payroll calendar. The awards took place on November 8th 2012, this year we were thrilled to be nominated for a Payroll award for "Best Use of Self Service", although we narrowly missed out to Gloucestershire County Council, it was fantastic to have...
16th November, 2012Come see us at Accountex, stand A416
At SSLPost we tend to exhibit at events twice a year. As many small businesses will know events can eat into a significant amount of any marketing budget, so it's important to make sure that whichever event we decide to spend our budget on is a worthwhile company investment. From the 22nd-23rd of November SEM4A from SSLPost will be attending Accountex at Olympia. Accountex is the UK's only National Exhibition for Accountants...
08th October, 2012An introduction to SSLPost ePayroll solutions
During a time when mishandling sensitive data can result in costly fines from the ICO (Information Commissioners Office) and budgets are becoming increasingly stretched, SSLPost ePayroll solutions can provide in year savings and improve work flow instantly whilst ensuring payroll information is kept secure. Many businesses still deliver payroll via print and post whilst some continue to physically place payslips on the desks of...
01st October, 2012Secure email for finance, why should you use secure email?
Looking back 5 – 10 years it’s clear to see how much the world has changed and will continue to change, especially on a technology level. Working for a company who specialise in secure email we believe that there are a lot of people and organisations who should be using secure email especially if their jobs involve sending any sort of confidential data. The Financial services authority is one of the sectors which could hugely benefit from having...
18th September, 2012Tips from the The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) have released some guidance and tips about how you can protect the personal data you hold. Whether you are an SME or a large enterprise chances are you hold a lot of sensitive information about both your employees and clients which must be kept secure. IT is one of the key areas which is susceptible when it comes to security. All the security options and horror stories can be a little overwhelming...
04th September, 2012SSLPost for Education
Working for a software company which offers so many benefits to so many different sectors of business it is sometimes easy to forget that there is such a vast array of sectors of business that could benefit from our products. One of the most recent sectors we are hoping to work with is education. These could range from schools, colleges, universities, academies and higher education establishments. Which SSLPost services could education...
29th August, 2012Secure Document Delivery for HR Departments
HR departments deal with sensitive and confidential information on a daily basis. Disciplinary records, absence letters and salary information are a small selection of documents that are kept secure and limited to a small audience. You could imagine the potential disruption to work if salary information or staff disciplinary records were accidently sent to the wrong person or worse the entire office. SSLPost secure email and secure...
22nd August, 2012The New MyPayRewards
At a time when budgets are stretched and pay rises are unlikely to be enough to keep much ahead of inflation, MyPayRewards can provide a way to help your employees make their pay go further by using cashback cards. Featuring over 50 major retailers including ASDA, Sainsburys, Boots, Costa Coffee, Marks & Spencer and the Arcadia Group to name a few, the new MyPayRewards allows your employees to earn cashbacks...
05th May, 2012Infosec 2012
For any companies out there who attended Infosecurity this year, or have ever attended infosecurity you will probably appreciate as an exhibitor how much work is involved. We had a relatively small stand compared to others but it was just as important to us to ensure we had a great presence and make sure we spoke to as many people as possible. The weeks before were pretty hectic as we had to organise the stand, write and print all marketing collateral...
29th March, 2012Pies, petrol and stamps
As a forward thinking business it is important for us to have a presence on twitter. This week particularly has been interesting for us as the increase in tax was announced for stamps. A first class stamp will increase from 46p to 60p and a second class stamp will increase from 36p to 50p. Many people will also be aware of the increase on other items among which are heated pies and petrol and thus the amusing tirade of tweets and updates including pies...
28th March, 2012Royal Mail Price Increase
As the regulator lifted some price controls on the Royal Mail the price of First and Second Class stamps are set to rise considerably from the 30th of April. The price of a First Class stamp will rise from 46p to 60p whilst a Second Class stamp will rise in cost from 36p to 50p. Large letter stamps will rise to 75p and 58p for First and Second Class respectively. Are you surprised at the size of the price change or did you expect the increase? Should the regulators...
01st February, 2012SSLPost G-Cloud 2012
We recently submitted a tender for a new government marketplace of cloud services called G Cloud. It is expected that it will become a services framework of up to £60,000,000 across various infrastructures, including infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, software as a service and specialist cloud services. We are confident that our types of products are the future for all businesses. We know that in this changing technology era...
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