# IT & Website Support in Harrogate

Source: https://dijitulsupport.co.uk/locations/harrogate/

> Hotels and event businesses around the Harrogate Convention Centre need booking systems and Wi-Fi that hold up during busy exhibitions. dijitul supports them, and the town's wealth managers and solicitors, remotely from Mansfield, quoting site work upfront. Plans begin from £25 a month + VAT, and ad-hoc help is £45 an hour + VAT.

Harrogate is a spa town with an economy built on visitors, conferences and professional services. The Harrogate Convention Centre hosts exhibitions and conferences throughout the year, and the Great Yorkshire Show takes place at the showground on the edge of town. That supports a large number of hotels, restaurants, bars, cafés and event businesses. Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate, the family business behind Bettys tea rooms and Yorkshire Tea, is the town's best-known employer.

Harrogate also has a strong base of financial advisers, wealth managers, accountants, solicitors, estate agents and consultancies, many in Victorian townhouses near the centre or on business parks such as Hornbeam Park. The surrounding towns of Knaresborough, Ripon and Wetherby, plus a large rural area of farms and estates, add agricultural, equestrian and tourism businesses.

Hotels and venues need guest Wi-Fi that copes with conference crowds, booking engines and payment systems that stay online, and websites that look right on a phone. Professional and financial firms handle sensitive client data, so they need MFA on every account, encrypted laptops, secure file sharing and email authentication to stop clients receiving fake invoices that appear to come from the firm. Many work from period buildings where Wi-Fi does not reach every floor. Rural businesses outside the town need help with patchy broadband, 4G backups and getting the most from Microsoft 365 when staff work from farm offices and home.

## Who we help in Harrogate

- Hotels and conference venues
- Restaurants, cafés and bars
- Event and exhibition businesses
- Financial advisers and wealth managers
- Accountants and solicitors
- Estate agents
- Farms and rural estates
- Independent retailers

## Pricing

Support plans from £25 a month + VAT, or £45 an hour + VAT for one-off fixes. Plans: Essential £25/month + VAT (Website software updates (core, plugins, themes) applied and checked, Daily backups, Uptime monitoring, Security monitoring); Business £50/month + VAT (Everything in Essential, 1 hour of fixes or changes every month, Priority support); Complete £99/month + VAT (Everything in Business, 3 hours of fixes or changes every month, IT and Microsoft 365 helpdesk for your team). Ad-hoc support is £45 an hour + VAT. The first 30 minutes are the minimum charge, then we bill in 15-minute blocks. Contact: 01623 650333, support@dijitul.uk, https://dijitulsupport.co.uk/contact/

### Can you support a Harrogate financial adviser with secure email?

Yes. We set up MFA, encrypted email options in Microsoft 365, SPF, DKIM and DMARC on your domain, and secure ways to share documents with clients. We explain each change clearly and can help you answer security questions from networks and providers.

### Do you cover Knaresborough, Ripon and Wetherby?

Yes. We support businesses across the Harrogate area, including Knaresborough, Ripon, Wetherby, Pateley Bridge and Boroughbridge. Support is remote from Mansfield, with plans from £25 a month + VAT or ad-hoc help at £45 an hour + VAT.

### Our hotel's guest Wi-Fi struggles during events. What can you do?

We can review your Wi-Fi setup remotely, separate guest and staff networks, apply bandwidth limits and fix channel settings. If you need more access points, we recommend the kit and quote any on-site installation upfront.