How healthy is your cloud?

Cloud health is quite a generic term but in this instance it's concerned with watching the pennies. CloudHealth lets you see your spend in AWS, Azure, Google or a data centre and analyses for

Are Apple to blame for the UK contact tracing app being shelved?

News is rife with how the UK's contact tracing app plans are stalled - with fingers being pointed at tech giant Apple.

WordPress and AWS Elastic Beanstalk – getting set up

We recently had the task of setting up hosting on AWS for a new site we're building for a client using Wordpress and decided to use Elastic Beanstalk.

Growing healthy young minds with Create and Iszy

A few weeks ago we launched Healthy Young Minds for Create Health, to encourage primary school age children to think about some big issues. All based around STEM subjects, Healthy Young Minds features a selection of challenges for 5-11 year olds to choose from to help them consider their take…

Helping parents keep away from the school office: ticketing desks for schools

Pupils in the UK are starting to head back to school as the COVID-19 lockdown eases, but with lots of new rules and considerations in place.

How to send HTML emails to one recipient at a time using MailChimp

A step by step guide to sending an HTML email to one individual.

How to recruit a younger team of volunteers: volunteering in the new normal

Up there with "unprecedented" my other least favourite term of lock down has to be "the new normal". But unfortunately it's a term that's set to stay as we are likely to see some long lasting effects of COVID-19.   One area that may well see a shift in uptake…

Insta fraud: are you really looking at a story?

Before you swipe up on a story by one of your fave instagram accounts - you might want to check if the link is actually posted by them.

Why the Government needs coders: the devil is in the detail

Our household is currently going around in circles as to whether we think the proposed return to school the week after next is a good idea. The dilema for us is that there just isn't very much detail about the whole thing yet - and I do love detail. Today a…

Taking your expertise online: how to run your business remotely

If you usually work face to face, what options are open to you in 2020 to move online?

Are NHSX being naive? And when will they delete our data?

Plans are being announced for the UK's contact tracing smarphone app, which will alert people when someone they've been near has started showing symptoms of COVID-19. Apple and Google have both suggested decentralised approaches to this, where you - by updating the app - notify the world that you're showing symptoms and…

Food Home Delivery services now on Hallshire.com

HallsHire.com has been helping the world find event venues for almost 20 years. Initially solely about village halls, it now includes various community centres and conference venues. As the world however, struggles to function with the COVID-19 pandemic turning lives upside down, we've added a new feature to HallsHire.com to help with…