For the last 20 years runPCrun has provided premium Domain Name Services for its customers free of charge in order to protect our customers websites and email, and paid for the upkeep of this service ourselves. Unfortunately in these tougher times, we can no longer maintain this service free of charge and will have to start charging for it at a cost of £1.20 per month per domain. DNS is a service that binds the web together. When you type in www.yourdomain.com into a browser, or send an email to myname@mydomain.com it gets converted by a server into a “telephone number” (specifically an IPv4 ..read more

For the last 20 years runPCrun has provided premium Domain Name Services for its customers free of charge in order to protect our customers websites and email, and paid for the upkeep of this service ourselves. Unfortunately in these tougher times, we can no longer maintain this service free of charge and will have to start charging for it at a cost of £1.20 per month per domain. DNS is a service that binds the web together. When you type in www.yourdomain.com into a browser, or send an email to myname@mydomain.com it gets converted by a server into a “telephone number” (specifically an IPv4 ..read more

Building a Resilient Business in a World of Uncertainty Introduction As a small business owner, you're undoubtedly juggling many roles and responsibilities. Amidst the hustle and bustle, it's crucial to prioritize the protection of your IT infrastructure. A well-crafted IT disaster recovery plan can ensure that your business remains operational during unforeseen events and minimizes potential downtime. At runPCrun, we are committed to helping small businesses overcome unique challenges. In this blog post, we'll discuss why IT disaster recovery planning is vital for small businesses and how it ..read more

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G Suite have announced that they will increase their prices on April 2, 2019. The increase will affect both G Suite Basic and Business editions, with G Suite Enterprise remaining the same. G Suite Basic will increase to £4.60(+ VAT) per user per month, and G Suite Business will increase to £9.21(+ VAT) per user per month. These increases will apply globally, with local market adjustments for certain regions. (These prices are for an unmanaged service, runPCrun provides first level support for an additional 50p per month per mailbox for both G-Suite plans) Google say the reason for these incre ..read more

We've sent emails discussing the price changes. Here are the new prices from the start of July 2017. PAYG Support: This support level will be changed to help reflect the true cost of the work required to maintain documentation and systems for clients and sites. Note that our DirectDebit payment method passes the bookkeeping savings back to you, and can reduce costs significantly back down to the old prices.  If you wish to move to DirectDebit payment method, we will be sending you a fast & simple web signup form for instant savings shortly. PAYG only - no subscription Rate Pa ..read more

Please be aware when making large payments online, when seemingly instructed to by company management. A few weeks ago we had a call from a customers employee who had been asked to make a £20,000 payment to an account by their company director. The email came from the company directors account, mentioned the their name and which bank account to use. It even looked like many previous emails that had similar instructions to this member of staff. The only problem was - the company director didn't send it. Thankfully, their online bank was down at the time, so the employee  spoke to the com ..read more

So I have had the opportunity to start a new business in 2017 for a friend, and it's been eye-opening how easy it is these days to get a proper limited company up and running quickly, and with minimal outlay. 1) Domain - Every company should have a domain name. A .co.uk costs £7.99 from 123-reg 2) Email & Cloud storage - G-Suite enabled us to have a single email address with cloud storage for the company files for £33 per year. The cloud storage gives us a common area for notes (Keep) , live spreadsheets (Google Sheets) 3) Limited company formation - You can go direct to Companies House ..read more

We have been investing heavily in our systems these last few months, and are almost ready to offer these services widely. We have seen many flaws with the On Demand/PAYG model we have used these last years. Issues such as waiting until something breaks, having to convince a customer to authorise work for pro-active maintenance, or customer employees having to justify ringing up to solve a minor issue has made us recognise that we need to change the way we work to improve the quality of the service we offer to everyone. Therefore, we are moving forward with all of our clients to focus on a ful ..read more

runPCrun use a virtual assistant for various tasks to do with running the company. The benefits in using a virtual assistant are many. The ability to outsource useful, but time consuming tasks such as administration, research and bookkeeping (including credit control) are usefully taken off our plate by competent hands. Our Virtual assistant is based in Dursley , Gloucestershire (not that it matters), and is highly recommended. In fact the reason I'm writing this blog is simply to give a shameless plug to a company that has saved us money in time and effort on several fronts! Many thanks Virt ..read more