If you were going to make an important financial investment like a mortgage, pensions or life insurance policy etc, you would seek advice from a Independent Financial Adviser (IFA). An IFA will give you qualified advice on all the products in the market, and recommend the solution most appropriate to you. So why is it, that when making a technical investment which may well run into £1,000's, businesses do it without independent advice?
A lack of independent qualified advice is one of the biggest problems small companies face. In particular companies with between 2-25 staff are almost always using their IT Suppliers as their only planning input, which is like asking the fox to guard the hen house.
In this difficult economic climate business owners and managers will look at every area to see if they can identify ‘fat’. Whilst they can look at sales, marketing and administration functions from an informed viewpoint, they generally can’t do the same with their technology.
If you're thinking about making an IT investment, or you're looking at your IT systems to try and make them more efficient, seek independent technical advice from someone that you will not buy any hardware or software from, so there is no conflict of interest, and their only interest is selecting the right system for you.
Richard Bartlett offers expert and independent IT Consultancy Services to review your IT, help buy the right systems, and ensure you have appropriate IT Support. With 14 years experience in IT (including 6 as an IT Manager & Consultant) and no financial ties to manufacturers, resellers or wholesalers of hardware or software, you can be sure of qualified independent advice. For more information see http://www.rgbartlett.co.uk/services
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