Scottish Apprenticeship Awards – Finalist Announcement

Graeme D Anderson

Foundation Apprentice of the Year – 2020 Finalists Announced

It is with great pleasure we can confirm Matthew Robertson has been shortlisted as one of the 3 finalists for Foundation Apprentice of the Year, 2020

The award winners will be announced during an online event scheduled for Thursday 4 March at 7pm as part of Scottish Apprenticeship Week.  For further information and to register for the event visit https://www.apprenticeships.scot/events/awards/.

The virtual event will provide a stage to celebrate the success achieved through work-based learning by Foundation, Modern and Graduate Apprentices, after an extraordinarily challenging year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Read the case study at Skills Development Scotland – Foundation Apprenticeship first step in IT career for Matthew

Christmas and New Year business hours

Graeme D Anderson

We would like to thank all our valued clients for their custom this year and take the opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Our office hours will be as follows over Christmas & New Year:

  • Tuesday 25th December – CLOSED
  • Wednesday 26th December – CLOSED
  • Tuesday 1st January – CLOSED
  • Wednesday 2nd January – CLOSED

If you require emergency assistance during these times, please email support@boxportable.com or log a support ticket using our online form.

We’re open for business as usual on all other days, our standard office hours are 8:30am until 5:30pm.

Happy Easter from the team!

Graeme D Anderson

Happy Easter from all of us here at boxportable.  We just wanted to let you know the eggcellent news…..we are open as usual over Easter and happy to get cracking with any of your IT requirements.

If you are having problems with your IT services and wondering if now is the time to hunt for a new IT services company  hop over to our website for more information on our range of services we can offer including IT Support and Cloud Computing.  We will ensure you spend less time worrying about your IT and more time enjoying the goodies this Easter.

Now get rolling and get in touch today and we will take care of everything for you because taking care of your IT is our business, so you can focus on what matters most to yours!

Web and email hosting platform upgrades

Graeme D Anderson

Web hosting server

We are currently embarking on an upgrade to our existing high performance web hosting and email service. This work, scheduled to be completed over the coming weeks will ultimately improve further our service delivery and commitment to both our new and existing client base.

Our standard web hosting package is being redesigned to offer a range of value added services starting from an amazingly competitive price of only £90.00 + VAT per annum.

Standard features include:

– Unlimited blisteringly fast 100% SSD storage.
– Unlimited bandwidth – no restrictive monthly quotas to worry about.
– Online customer control panel meaning you can administer your services online 24/7 including mailbox password resets etc.
– 1GB MySQL databases on load balanced auto scaling cloud servers.
– Unlimited 10GB mailboxes with outgoing SMTP mail, antivirus and spam protection as standard.
– SSL certificates provided as standard at no additional cost.
– UK based data centre manned 24 x 7 connected by multiple ISP 40Gbps connectivity.
– 30 days backup of your website + MySQL database stored as standard.
– Fanatical support – access to our team of experienced staff.

Your service will automatically be migrated over the coming days and weeks however should you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact us. We will also be updating our support articles and knowledge-base to reflect these changes.

Our domain registration and management services will also be migrated to this new platform – however clients should notice no impact to services. Renewal fees will be as follows and are charged on an annual basis unless otherwise specified:

– .co.uk, .uk, .org.uk   £20.00 + VAT
– .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz  £25.00 + VAT
– .scot, .co  £40.00 + VAT
– .ws, .property, .ws £45.00 + VAT

Please note as always – we require 45 days written notice prior to any renewal date should you require to cancel a domain registration otherwise renewal will happen automatically.