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Creating Your Ideal Tech Team: Insights from the Frontline

What does it take to build a tech team that can scale, adapt and deliver lasting impact? Drawing on recent conversations with tech leaders, this post explores how to hire with the future in mind, foster a culture of autonomy, and structure your organisation for sustainable growth. Whether you're a fast-scaling startup or a large enterprise preparing for transformation, these insights will help you build the team you need for what’s next.
Sarah Roberts
Sarah RobertsEvents and Community Lead
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From Challenge to Opportunity: How the Public Sector Can Monetise Its Tech

Public sector organisations face a perfect storm of budget pressures, outdated systems, and rising user expectations. But what if these challenges could be turned into opportunities? Hear how we’ve helped local authorities and large enterprises reframe legacy tech problems as sources of value
Sam Deacon
Sam DeaconSales Director
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Cybersecurity: Why Humans Are Still the Weakest Link

Cyber attacks are making headlines, but it’s often human error that opens the door. In this post, we explore why cybersecurity starts with your people, what simple technical oversights to avoid, and how secure software architecture plays a critical role in long-term protection.
Ric Hill
Ric HillFounder and CTO
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Software Support: Keeping Your Business Running Smoothly

Ensure your business stays ahead with reliable software support. From seamless updates to proactive maintenance, discover how expert software support can keep your systems secure, efficient, and ready for future growth.
Duncan Whale
Duncan WhaleHead of Support
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The Great Resignation: How Tech firms can keep their talent

The Great Resignation: How Tech firms can keep their talent

Over the last few months, employers have been noticing an unusual phenomenon: many of their employees are resigning from their jobs. 

This doesn’t sound that unusual - people resign all the time, but what’s different about this trend is both the numbers involved, and the fact that many of those resigning are not moving to new roles. They’re just resigning.  

This briefing paper looks at how different organisations are tackling this trend. It covers: - 

  • What is driving this trend 

  • How tech firms can mitigate it  

  • The importance of company culture

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Cyber Security Briefing Paper 2: Closing the Security Gap

Cyber Security Briefing Paper 2: Closing the Security Gap

As a continuation of our thought leadership programme, we invited senior people from companies based in Bristol and the South West to come together and reveal the techniques they use around cyber security

In this second briefing paper, we discuss how organisations can protect themselves. There are many things to consider and sometimes making the right decision is quite difficult.

In this report, we examine how to:

  • Use penetration testing to identify software vulnerabilities
  • Integrate security processes into new and updated software applications
  • Utilise certification bodies for guidance around security
Cyber Security: Briefing Paper 1

Cyber Security: Briefing Paper 1

No other topic has dominated the boardroom agenda as consistently as cyber security in recent years. Concerns about the security of IT infrastructure and applications have grown steadily alongside organisations’ increasing reliance on these systems.

In the first of our cyber security briefing papers, we ask our selected organisations how they take steps to protect their organisation’s reputation and day-to-day productivity.

In this report we:

  • Outline the different types of phishing techniques
  • How malicious parties can exploit supplier trust
  • Examine how the human factor can be an advantage around cyber security

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Jake McKenna, Technical Consultant & Software Developer

Jake started at Ghyston in 2014 as a developer and has had a variety of roles including support engineer, technical sales consultant, and now project manager. He loves working closely with customers to understand their businesses and figure out how we can use technology to help them achieve their goals.

It’s always great when we’re able to talk to a customer, understand their problem, and then make a quick change to our code that saves them hours of work each day. Being able to use technology to solve real problems for people is what I love about my job.
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