Blowfish Technology Ranked No. 55 in the World Named the number one MSP in the North West of England in the 2026 MSP 501 – the technology channel’s most prestigious global ranking of managed service providers. A Global Ranking. A North West First. Blowfish Technology has been named No. 55 in the world in the 2026 MSP 501...
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Cyber Security Apprenticeships: A 2026 Guide for the North West
Cyber security is one of the few fields in the UK where employer demand has held up consistently against a backdrop of patchy hiring elsewhere in tech. Apprenticeships, which combine a paid job with structured off-the-job training, have become a practical route in for school leavers and career changers who do not want to take...
Read MoreLiverpool IT Companies: How to Choose the Right Partner in 2026
Liverpool’s business community is growing, and the demands placed on IT have grown with it. Whether you run an accountancy practice in the Baltic Triangle, a manufacturer in Speke, or a professional services firm in the city centre, the question is the same: who looks after your IT, and are they the right fit? This is...
Read MoreCopilot vs ChatGPT: The 2026 UK Business Guide
You’re probably in one of two camps right now. Either your team has already started using AI informally, with staff pasting text into ChatGPT because it’s quick and familiar. Or you’re already paying for Microsoft 365, hearing about Copilot in every meeting, and wondering whether it’s the safer business choice. That decision matters more than most of...
Read MoreIT Support for Legal Firms: 2026 Essential Guide
A lot of law firms only notice their IT risk when something small goes wrong. A partner can’t open a bundle before a client meeting. A fee-earner working from home loses access to the document system. A suspicious email lands in a shared inbox and nobody is quite sure whether it’s safe, who should check it,...
Read MoreHosted Phone Systems: A UK SME’s Guide for 2026
Your phone system usually becomes a boardroom topic only when it starts getting in the way. Calls drop between sites. Remote staff use mobiles because the desk system can’t follow them. An office move turns into a telecoms project. Then someone mentions the landline switch-off and the discussion changes from “should we modernise?” to “how...
Read MoreManaged IT Support for Small Business
When a director spends Monday morning chasing a broadband fault, a printer issue and a login problem, the real cost is not just frustration. It is lost time, delayed work and a business that is being pulled away from its priorities. That is exactly where managed IT support for small business proves its worth –...
Read MoreWhy North West Factories Are Switching from Broadband to Leased Lines
Standard business broadband was designed for office use. Email, web browsing, video calls. It works well enough for most of that. On a factory floor in 2026, it is increasingly not enough. The shift to cloud-based systems, VoIP telephony and remote monitoring has changed what manufacturing businesses need from their internet connection. Broadband was not built...
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