
Why Businesses Fail Cyber Essentials: The Common Technical Pitfalls
Most businesses fail Cyber Essentials because they treat the application as a questionnaire rather than a technical audit. The scheme, managed by the ...
For small and medium-sized UK businesses. Our engineers look after your Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, laptops, backups and security, with monitoring and patching running around the clock. Priced per user per month.
Supporting businesses across the UK from our Brighton office.
We support businesses in most industries, including manufacturing, construction, logistics, wholesale and retail, recruitment, the motor trade, hospitality, professional services, accountants, law firms and charities. See where we work
Black Sheep Support stepped in and completely overhauled our IT setup. They implemented professional solutions tailored to our business, ensuring security, reliability, and efficiency. Thanks to their expertise, we now have a robust IT infrastructure that allows us to operate with confidence and professionalism.
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Most IT support is reactive: you call them when things are already broken. We do things differently.
Our RMM (remote monitoring and management) tooling monitors and patches every device 24/7 and raises alerts to our helpdesk. A failing disk, a backup that stopped or a laptop that has missed its updates gets picked up in office hours, usually before anyone notices.
People in office hours. Tooling around the clock.
Three steps, the same for every business we take on.
Stage 1
You get: A written plan and a per user quote
Stage 2
You get: A security baseline you can show an insurer
Stage 3
You get: IT that stops being a topic
Managed IT, security, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace for businesses across the UK, priced per user.
An engineer on the phone, not a ticket number. Helpdesk Monday to Thursday 08:45 to 17:00 and Friday 08:45 to 16:00, with every device monitored and patched 24/7. Priced per user per month, quoted after a short discovery call.
Learn moreSecurity in the base price, not a bolt-on. Microsoft 365 Business Premium set up properly: MFA, Conditional Access, Intune baselines and Defender. Add Defender Monitoring, or a 24/7 SOC powered by Barracuda XDR.
Black Sheep CyberOff the old server. We move files and email into Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, retire servers you no longer need, and use Azure only where it earns its keep.
Learn moreAdvice from the people who do the work. A fractional vCISO for boards, insurers and customer security questionnaires, plus IT plans and budgets.
Learn moreCopilot, set up safely. Before Microsoft 365 Copilot goes live, we check who can see what in SharePoint and Teams so it does not surface files people should not see.
Learn moreLaptops, networks and Wi-Fi. Laptops and desktops supplied and set up through Intune and Autopilot, plus switches, Wi-Fi and firewalls installed and looked after.
Learn moreWe support Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace businesses on the same terms and the same per user pricing. For Google Workspace that means 2-Step Verification enforced for everyone, sensible sharing controls on Drive, Gmail protection and SPF, DKIM and DMARC, phones and laptops managed, and Gmail and Drive backed up outside Google. Nobody has to move platform. Google Workspace management
Plain-English advice on IT and security for UK businesses.

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How managed patching actually works: every critical update applied within 14 days and usually within 7, across operating systems, drivers and firmware, and the third-party software (Chrome, Firefox, Adobe) that most businesses never patch at all.
We right-size your Microsoft or Google licences, keep your devices patched and your backups tested, and tell you straight what needs spending and what does not. The initial term is 36 months, stated on the quotation. Shorter terms are available on request. Your tenant, domains and admin accounts stay in your name, with a documented handover if you leave.