Grizzlyware

13/10/2026

Would you spot a scam if it came from someone you know? 🤔

The recent ASOS hack started with someone posing as a trusted contact of an employee. For small businesses, it could look like:

- A supplier asking you to update their bank details
- Your web developer asking for the login details for your site's admin area
- Your boss asking you to make a payment while they're away

A few simple, free rules can protect you. Here's how 👉

Most of us can spot a scam from a stranger. But it’s harder when it’s a normal-looking request from someone we know. Here’s one simple rule that protects your business.

07/10/2026

Run an online shop? Here’s a free 20 minute job for you to do this week 🔒

Most website security problems come from plugins and add-ons. Every one you don’t use introduces vulnerability with no benefit.

The second post in our October series on small, free ways to keep your site secure explains how to check yours.

Read here 👉 https://www.grizzlyware.com/blog/online-shop-plugins-weakest-link

Every plugin on your shop is made by a different company, updated on its own schedule, with its own access to your shop. Here’s a free check you can do today.

01/10/2026

October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, so we have written up the security advice we give to small businesses.

The things that catch people out are rarely sophisticated or targeted. More often it is a link clicked in an email, a reused password, or an untested backup.

The good news is that most of what helps costs nothing. Two-factor authentication on your email is the best place to start, because every other account you have will have a 'Forgotten password?' link and it points straight at your inbox.

There are nine things on the list, and none of them need a budget. Read more here: https://www.grizzlyware.com/blog/cyber-security-for-small-businesses-nine-things-that-cost-nothing

29/09/2026

It was nice to share, but here's my number, so call me maybe...

We just got ourselves a new phone number, we're no longer sharing with Grizzlyware...

When you call, you'll always speak to a real human, with no confusing menu options or long wait times.

Speak directly to the people who build and run your booking system, right here in the UK 🇬🇧

And we've got a great number, too: 01637 222123

25/09/2026

On 31 December 2026, PHP 8.2 will reach end of life. After that, no security patches will be available for that version.

If you are on an older version of PHP, an update is already overdue - PHP 8.1 has had no fixes available since December 2025.

It isn't only PHP either. Frameworks and packages run to their own timescales, and it's easy to be a year or two behind without realising.

We've written up five things you need to check on your website before the end of the year: Link in comments

16/09/2026

We’ve been doing updates for clients this week - updating PHP, Laravel, packages and then thorough testing to make sure everything still works as it should.

These clients are all on our quarterly update schedule, meaning they benefit from smaller, quicker and lower-risk updates - because nothing ever gets far behind.

Leaving a site untouched for a year or two leads to an entirely different job. Hurdles such as unsupported PHP versions or packages that won’t upgrade cleanly result in a fair bit of work to get things working again - often becoming costly.

We offer quarterly updates as an ongoing service, so if your software isn’t on any kind of schedule, get in touch and we’ll see what it needs.

10/09/2026

One of our clients runs a data centre. Every month someone there was going through power usage figures by hand, working out which customers had gone over what they'd agreed, and raising the invoices for it.

Nobody sells software for that. It's too specific - it needs to know each client's agreement and watch usage against it. So they were doing it manually, which took a while and made avoiding errors difficult.

So we built something for them that tracks usage, warns clients when they're getting close to their limit, and raises the overage invoices without anyone having to sit down and work them out. Clients can see their own usage too, so the bill isn't a surprise.

If you’ve got a problem that’s too specific for off-the-shelf software, send us a message.

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04/09/2026

The problems that cost you most are the ones you can't Google.

"Our website can't sell the same product by weight and by unit" isn't a search term. So you live with it, and half your customers end up phoning the order through instead.

That's what we're for. You don't need the right words for it - describe it the way you'd describe it to a colleague and we'll work it out.

02/09/2026

Do you know what happens to your data if the AI tool your business runs on shuts down tomorrow?

Most people don't. It's not something you get told up front, and not something you think to ask.

Sometimes it's fine. You export it and carry on. Other times what you get back isn't much use without the system it came from.

So we make sure the data sits with you, not inside whichever tool we've picked. Tools change, but your access to your data shouldn't.

28/08/2026

Once you connect an AI tool to your inbox or your customer records, you’re processing personal data - often through a company based outside of the UK. You are responsible for making sure the handling of this data is GDPR compliant.

Four things to check before linking up a new tool:

- What the tool does with the data
- Where the data is stored
- Whether it trains on your content
- Who on your team can see what

Still unsure if you're compliant? Send us a message.