4-CONSULTING E-ZINE

Identity theft has grown in scale and sophistication to the point where most of us knows someone that has been affected by the crime. This edition of our e-zine gives you some suggestions for protecting yourself against ID-theft.

Many of our readers are responsible for managing projects and, from time to time, we are asked to help recover failing projects. We share our experiences of recovering runaway projects.

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New Address

After five years it's time to move and we have a new office address and telephone number. Please note our new contact details:

15 Palmerston Place

Edinburgh

EH9 1TL

Telephone: 0131 668 2112

Identity Theft - Don't be a Casualty

Although most people have heard about identity theft, it can be difficult to understand what it means or the consequences for its victims. Typically, criminals use other peoples' identities to steal money from bank accounts or buy goods over the Internet. There some simple things that you can do to protect yourself, most of which cost you nothing.

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Recovering Runaway Projects

When projects start to go wrong, the signs can be found in overrunning costs, late completion, failures to delivery benefits or a diminution of quality. Realism, practicality, openness and negotiation lie at the heart of the processes to recover "broken" projects.

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Making the Most of Word and Excel

Our regular "tricks and tips" features offers practical advice on creating, formatting and navigating word documents and spreadsheet workbooks.

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Recent Successes

Since our last edition, we've been commissioned to carry out more projects for some of our clients. We've delivered to CE Electric an IT security risk assessment of connecting peripheral devices to computer networks using wireless, Bluetooth and infrared technologies.

We have been commissioned by Duraweld Ltd, a leading supplier of plastic stationery, to help them select new ERP computer systems for their manufacturing systems and Beggars Banquet, a major independent record company have retained us in a similar project.

Inverclyde Housing engaged us to carry out a tenant satisfaction survey and Victim Support has commissioned us to project manage the development of a new case management database.

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Tell us your view

In our last edition, we asked if you felt that your organisation was fully aware of its risks. Over 60% of our respondents answered "no". We hope that you will take a moment to answer the following question:

Most experts consider that a new 'flu pandemic is just a matter of time. The Government estimates that 25% of workers will be off work for up to eight days over a three-month period resulting in absenteeism rising to 15% of the workforce.

Does your organisation have a contingency plan for its workforce?

Answer our question and let us know – all responses are confidential.

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