{"id":3878,"date":"2019-05-14T09:39:33","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T09:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mintivo.co.uk\/news\/why-your-business-needs-it-support\/"},"modified":"2024-01-10T10:31:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T10:31:41","slug":"why-your-business-needs-it-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintivo.co.uk\/news\/why-your-business-needs-it-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Why your business needs IT support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IT support is vital to ensuring that your business stays operational. Although you may think that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mintivo.co.uk\/managed-it-support\/\">IT support<\/a> is just something that large organisations need, in today\u2019s world where the threat of cyber attacks are common place<!--more--> and data is an essential tool, it\u2019s important that every business has an effective support function in place.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, in our latest blog post we take a look at three key reasons why your business needs IT support. Read on to find out more.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2793\" src=\"https:\/\/mintivo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Business-IT-support-1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">It will help you to deliver a great service to your customers<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>Delivering great service to your clients is so important, especially as it can help to create trust which can eventually lead to customer loyalty and repeat business. However there\u2019s one thing in particular that is guarantee to damage the relationship that you have with your clients \u2013 and that\u2019s poor technology or IT!<\/p>\n<p>By having an IT support team at your disposal, not only will they ensure that your IT systems are fully up to scratch so that your customers receive the very best service at all times (such as well managed phone lines or email responses) but they also will help to ensure that you are positioned as a professional and reliable company too.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">It will make your company more efficient<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>When you\u2019re the owner of a busy small or medium sized business, we understand that it can sometimes be hard to find the time to explore ways to improve your efficiency. However, thanks to having an effective IT support function in place, problems such as system crashes, cyber attacks or faulty software will become a thing of the past!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>By outsourcing your IT support, you are investing in the future productivity of your business, and also helping to ensure that you can continue to operate as normal if things don\u2019t quite go to plan.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">It will help to make your business more secure<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>As mentioned in our previous blog post, cyber security is one of the biggest threats facing small and medium sized businesses at the moment. It\u2019s so important to make sure that your business is protected from the threat of cyber hacks and attacks, which means ensuring that your IT support function is as solid and reliable as possible.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>One way of ensuring that your business gets the IT support that it needs is to outsource the service to an IT support provider. Not only will this help to save your small or medium sized business money and time, but it will give you access to a whole range of IT related services that are guaranteed to benefit your business.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If after reading our blog you think you may need to outsource your IT support, at Mintivo we can help. With a wealth of experience in the design, implementation, management and support of infrastructure projects such as servers and storage, networking and connectivity, security and software solutions, we\u2019ll work with you to provide IT support that meets your needs and supports the ambitions that you have for your business.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mintivo.co.uk\/\">IT support<\/a> solutions that we offer, contact our team today by emailing <a href=\"mailto:hello@mintivo.co.uk\">hello@mintivo.co.uk<\/a> or calling 03300 88 33 10 \u2013 we look forward to speaking to you soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT support is vital to ensuring that your business stays operational. Although you may think that IT support is just something that large organisations need, in today\u2019s world where the threat of cyber attacks are common place<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3879,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why your business needs IT support - Mintivo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mintivo.co.uk\/news\/why-your-business-needs-it-support\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why your business needs IT support - Mintivo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"IT support is vital to ensuring that your business stays operational. 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