Winter Edition 2021

NEWS UPDATE WINTER EDITION Welcome to the Winter edition of our newsletter Welcome to the Winter edition of our thank you, to you, my clients, for your newsletter and a very Happy New Year support over the last year especially with to you all! I hope that you have all had a the ongoing Covid Pandemic situation. good Christmas. Hopefully this vaccine will bring back We’re looking forward to another some normality in the near future and successful year and we have plans in we can get back to a new kind of normal. place to expand the workforce and add additional quality to the team. I for one am looking forward to the beer garden in the summer and not watching I’m excited with the continued growth sports on the TV. of the business and have to say a huge Testimonials decision in doing so because with Kazzoo, you not only benefit from great customer service, but they We have recently started working with the team also have the sense of urgency and willingness to at Winstanley House and The City Rooms In help in anyway. Leicester. It was lovely to receive the following comments from them. Response time is amazing and overall helpfulness is a 10 out of 10. The City Rooms and Winstanley “This year we decided to make a change and House are now run more efficiently in all respects migrated a lot of our IT services and support over to their IT and also with more control and to Kazzoo IT Solutions. After being with one IT understanding of our IT services. Thank you Chris company for many years this was a big change for at Kazzoo for your help and professionalism and us and we strongly believe that we made the right we highly recommend your services.” 0844 372 9893 • www.kazzoo.com • [email protected]

IT News Adobe Flash Player end of support on December 31, 2020 Microsoft have ended support for Adobe Flash Player on December 31st 2020. Along with Adobe and their other industry partners. This means that starting January 2021, customers will no longer receive security updates for support for Adobe Flash Player. Microsoft will also take steps to remove Flash from the Windows operating system. By giving three years’ advance notice, Adobe hoped to provide enough time for developers, designers, businesses, and others to migrate their Flash content to new standards. The timing of the Flash end-of-life was coordinated with major browser vendors. Training We are constantly looking at ways to offer our clients an even greater service.  As you know, we offer IT support and are here to fix any problems you may have as well as advise and supply on any new equipment that you may need. We would now like to add to our services and can offer a bespoke service for MS Office training (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams).  There are various options from online ‘bite-sized’ 2 hour sessions to full day instructor led training in Microsoft Office 365 applications.  Delivery of remote live training would be arranged via Microsoft Teams.  Instructor led training can be delivered live if you have access to a suitable room adhering to government guidelines.  There is also the option to have customised video training modules.  All training includes: Comprehensive course materials to support the training (PDF format) • Relevant practice files for hands on practice exercises •• Quick Reference Cards/Cheat Sheet for each application to support the training or on demand in PDF format Evaluation Form to review effectiveness of training (copies supplied to client) •• Certificate of Training (optional) If this is something that you think we could help with, please get in touch and have a chat. 0844 372 9893 • www.kazzoo.com • [email protected]

New Clients We have continued to grow our customer base and are very happy to welcome and support more new businesses going forward. Winstanley House/City Rooms The City Rooms is a Georgian, Grade 1 listed wedding venue and banqueting hall with boutique bedrooms Winstanley House is a boutique hotel, luxury venue in the heart of Leicester city centre. and home to the contemporary British restaurant and steakhouse Black Iron. Used primarily as a venue to hold events, The City Rooms is also now open as first intended over two Situated only two miles from the city centre of hundred years ago and is considered now to be one Leicester, and set within 160 acres of parkland, of the best wedding venues in Leicestershire. The Winstanley House offers all the convenience of a four lavishly decorated boutique bedrooms are also city centre location, with the opulence, seclusion one of the best kept secrets in the city centre. and space of a country house. The historic building has been expertly restored to include all the Tel: 0116 366 5642 conveniences you come to expect from a modern venue, whilst retaining the charm, class and www.winstanleyhouse.co.uk elegance of a stately home. Tel: 0116 251 5337 www.thecityrooms.co.uk A J Bryan Construction Ltd Whether you would like your home extended or adapted to suit your ever changing lifestyle, or if you Our family run construction company has need a commercial contract fulfilling; it would be a been turning clients’ dreams into reality since pleasure to share our years of experience to you. 1966.  Specialising in supreme quality extensions, alterations, adaptations and remodelling, we take Tel: 0116 397 0359 a huge amount of pride, care and attention to detail in everything we do, while creating beautiful Email: [email protected] spaces for your home. www.ajbryan.co.uk We also undertake commercial contracts with the same core values which are as just as important in every sector of the construction industry. 0844 372 9893 • www.kazzoo.com • [email protected]

New Clients Ledwell Plastics Ltd Swithland Events Ledwell Plastics Ltd has been in business for over I have created the concept of BRS. Working as an 50 years providing toolmaking and plastic parts influential figure for businesses. manufacturing to our clients. We are known for high quality tooling and plastics parts along with I have a demonstrable background in brand a high degree of technicality, so we can solve all management with a highly effective client manufacturing issues and often reduce overall engagement and retention. costs. 50 years of trading has brought about a wealth of knowledge in a vast area of plastic Working closely with businesses to build and polymers, so we are ideally placed to be able drive commercial relationships while adding to offer advice for which polymer to use in each attraction and value to existing and potential client individual application. portfolios, as well as assisting as an ambassador for organisations, linking into charities. Tel: 0116 276 6221 Tel: 07515 406572 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.ledwellplastics.com  www.swithlandevents.com Leicestershire Law Society The Society prides itself in being able to build relationships with key stakeholders and assisting As a  centre of legal excellence The Leicestershire its members by hosting a number of networking Law Society (LLS) has around 700 members who events throughout the year. are Solicitors practising in Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland. The current President is Christl Hughes MBE who will be holding the post for 2020/21.   We also have a rapidly growing number of associate members from sets of Barristers’ We are delighted to have joined forces with Kazzoo, Chambers. The majority of member firms being  making them our trusted Business Partners.  small to medium sized match the customer base of Kazzoo. To find out more or to get in touch visit The Society was established in 1860 and www.leicestershirelawsociety.org.uk is regarded both locally and nationally   as one of the most vibrant, and forward looking local law  societies. 0844 372 9893 • www.kazzoo.com • [email protected]

New Clients The Branded Company As experts in express branded product requests for the last minute event, our experienced account The Branded Company team are passionate about management team will project manage your promotional products. We are here to advise you printed goods for approval of your custom printed on the ideal branded merchandise options for design to production, and ensure you are updated your industry and budget. at every stage. Based in Leicestershire we support brands, Would you like some advice on how best to spend businesses and charities with affordable and your marketing budget on branded gifts, please innovative branded products. We are leaders in give us a call on 0116 298 2555. You can view our express advertising gifts with delivery on time, extensive range of branded products, custom every time. Our website is packed full with unique clothing and express promo at promotional gifts, that will create brand loyalty, recognition, and help your sales teams increase www.thebrandedcompany.co.uk revenue. We believe in the value of promo gifts to marketing teams and charity fundraising plans. Looking to say thanks to your clients? our complete small business promotional items range will help you spread the cost. Boxer Networks This is why Boxer and Kazzoo teamed up so you get 2 excellent companies with the expertise in Boxer Networks and Kazzoo have worked their own fields and not trying to advise on things together and supported each other for over ten they only know very little about! years now, offering a fantastic one stop shop with the experience and service expected by todays You deserve experts looking after every aspect of customers and, unfortunately, very often one they your business and that is what we offer! don’t get from many companies out there. Boxer not only offer hosted and traditional telephony Managing Director of Boxer Networks, products but also mobiles, including a mobile Roger Collings, explains that there are too many telephone system so that you only have your mobile IT companies out there offering voice as though phone and can answer land line calls, hold and it is doesn’t need expertise to set up and sell but, transfer etc and, because it can log onto all of the actually, telecoms is a very specialised piece of a UK’s mobile networks rather than being tied to one, company’s communication infrastructure and not gives you coverage wherever you are. Also available just another data device. are data circuits, broadband, line rentals and call spend and energy and  we are delighted to offer a Roger has over 25 years working in designing , totally free audit on all of your services. installing and advising customers on the best way forward to make sure that the telephone is a business tool that keeps customers happy and things running smoothly. 0844 372 9893 • www.kazzoo.com • [email protected]

Charity Events Charity Curry Nights Thank you so much to everyone that supported these events. We are really pleased to say that we As you know we had to cancel our annual Charity raised £350. Curry Night planned for 17 September for Hope Against Cancer. Chris is looking forward to holding the real event in September 2021 with the help of Paradigm Wills & However, after a successful Lockdown Takeaway Legal Services as main sponsor. Banquet organised at the last minute and supplied by Shaf from Chutney Ivy on that date, we decided to hold further ones on 15 October and 19 November. SAVE THE DATE CHARITY CURRY NIGHT THURSDAY 16th SEPT 2021 Thank You! Midlands PPE We would like to say a huge thank to Zahir of Midlands PPE for his very kind donation of face masks for us to use when visiting our clients on site. As you are all aware, these are a further cost to the business that has not been budgeted for and so we are really grateful for this very kind gesture. Zahir contacted us, asking if he could also offer some help to the charities that we support and work closely with and has now also supplied masks to Hope Against Cancer, Soft Touch Arts, Focus and Menphys. Everyone was so grateful for his support. Thank you Zahir! 0844 372 9893 • www.kazzoo.com • [email protected]

GNfrreEoeWmns! For enquiries telephone Danni on 07712 157296 Website: www.greens-catering.co.uk Instagram: @the.greengrazer The Green Grazer offers a range of fantastic grazing boxes to enjoy at home or outdoors. With a variety of options to suite all tastes they are also a perfect gift for family and friends. £2.00 from every grazing box is donated to Menphys Charity Need a personalised box? - M&B Print can supply stickers for your Grazers FREE with your order - Quote GGStickers upon enquiry. NEWSLETTER KINDLY DESIGNED BY FOR PRINT ORDERS CALL 01509 233342 OR EMAIL ENQUIRIES TO SEE OUR FULL CATALOGUE ONLINE AT [email protected] 0844 372 9893 • www.kazzwoow.cwom.m a• [email protected]