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Make your premises safe from fire
 
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies to virtually all premises.
 
Download the short guide here and also visit this website for more information
 
Do you play music of any kind in your premises?
 
This includes CD's, MP3's or Radio Stations. 
 
If you do, you may need a Music Licence from the Performing Rights Society who pay 90p in every pound back to the music creators, composers and publishers of the music..  A music licence could cost as little as £44 (excluding VAT) for a small office.
 
Specific guidance for charities and community buildings can be found here
 
For more information call 0800 694 7335 or checkout their website
 
Note:  You may also need to check your requirement for a TV licence.  Even watching broadcasts over the Internet e.g. BBC iplayer means you will need to have a licence.

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Everyone uses those handy USB devices for storing data. Find out about 10 cool things you can do with a USB flash drive.

 

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OpenOffice is a free open source alternative to Microsoft Office for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, garphics and databases. It can also read and write files from other common software packages. Download it free from www.openoffice.org

There is an easy way to bring people together for meetings. Simply list your options on www.doodle.com and send your participants a link where they can easily confirm their availability. You can then schedule your meeting for a date when most people can attend.

Adobe offers a free solution for managing, editing, storing and sharing your photos online. Check it out at www.photoshop.com

Survey Monkey provides an easy way to conduct questionaires and surveys online. www.surveymonkey.com

 Registered Charities can receive substantial discounts on many popular software packages including Microsoft, Adobe, McAfee/AVG Anti-Virus and many others through www.ctxchange.org and other programmes administered through PurpleZebra

There is a free solution to open, edit and save documents, workbooks and presentations in file formats new to Microsoft Office Word, Excel and Powerpoint 2007. By installing the compatibility pack, you will be able to open .docx, xlsx and pptx files in earlier versions of Office. Click here for the download link

You can convert any document you would normally print on your computer to pdf with free software and web services.  If you have Microsoft 2007 or 2010, the ability to save as pdf is part of the standard programme.

 

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If you need to be able to do more with pdf documents such as making changes, adding or deleting pages, give us a call to discuss suitable solutions