Staff and IT training

Getting the right IT is just the first step. Appropriate training, policies and working practices can help you maximise return on your IT investment.

Many employees are not trained to use their IT effectively. Discover out how to find the right training to get your staff up to speed.

IT policies are essential to ensure your computer network, email, data and social media is used correctly. Find our free sample policies and guidance.

You are required to protect your employees' health and safety. Find out how to manage the risks from IT equipment and avoid potential problems.

Find out how mobile devices, broadband internet and cloud-based services can enable you to introduce flexible working to our business.

Your business needs an email and internet use policy to clearly describe to employees what constitutes acceptable use of your IT systems.

Not every member of staff in your organisation is likely to be utterly comfortable with IT - and more often than not people suffer in silence.

Extended flexible working rights and technology have made homeworking increasingly attractive. Here's how to support homeworking for your employees.

If your employees use computers for work purposes you must assess the risks posed by the work and take steps to minimise the risks.

Read our checklist on creating a workplace email policy, establishing security procedures and letting your employees know what's expected of them.

More and more employees are working flexibly or from home. This checklist explains how to successfully and legally implement homeworking.

Your business IT system can pose real risks to your employees. Find answers to the most frequently asked IT health and safety questions.

Why do I need an IT policy? What should it cover? How do I make sure my policy is implemented? We answer your main IT policy questions.

Good IT training lets your staff use business tech more effectively – making your business more efficient.

You are responsible for the health and safety of your employees and those that use display screen equipment and computers are no exception.

If you employees regularly use display screen equipment, you are required to assess and minimise the risks. So where do you start?