Supporting Reading businesses
Reading is the largest town in the Thames Valley and one of the UK's most important business locations outside London. Its position on the M4 and the Great Western Main Line, with Elizabeth line services into central London and quick links to Heathrow, has drawn a dense mix of technology, telecoms, energy, insurance and professional services firms over several decades.
Much of that activity is based on business parks on the town's edges. Green Park, near the M4 to the south, and Thames Valley Park, to the east, host the regional and national offices of large companies, while the town centre around Reading station has seen a wave of new office buildings. Thames Water has its headquarters in Reading. The town also hosts a large number of small IT consultancies, software houses, contractors and specialist recruiters working with those larger firms.
The University of Reading, including Henley Business School, is a major employer and research institution, and the Royal Berkshire Hospital is another large employer. The Oracle and Broad Street Mall shopping centres anchor a busy retail and leisure town centre, and the Reading Festival brings a huge influx of visitors every August.
In practice, Reading businesses tend to need:
- Microsoft 365 set up to a higher standard, with MFA, Conditional Access and Intune, because many work with corporate clients who ask about security.
- Support for contractors and small consultancies who need their own professional domain, email deliverability and a tidy website.
- Help with home and hybrid working setups across the wider Thames Valley, from Wokingham to Theale.
- Website maintenance for recruiters, consultancies and service businesses competing in a crowded local market.
Because so many Reading firms already work in the cloud, nearly all of this can be handled remotely.
Who we help in Reading
- IT consultancies and contractors
- Software and tech firms
- Specialist recruiters
- Insurance and financial services
- Professional services firms
- Retail and hospitality
- Energy and utilities suppliers
- Education providers
How support works for Reading
Almost everything we do is remote. You call or email, we connect securely to your website, Microsoft 365 tenant or computer, and fix it while you watch. If a job genuinely needs someone on site in Reading, we tell you upfront and quote it before anyone travels. We're based in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, and have supported UK businesses since 2006.
Support plans for Reading
Essential
Keep it updated, backed up and watched.
- Website software updates (core, plugins, themes) applied and checked
- Daily backups
- Uptime monitoring
- Security monitoring
Business
Updates plus an hour of fixes every month.
- Everything in Essential
- 1 hour of fixes or changes every month
- Priority support
Complete
Website and your team's IT, covered.
- Everything in Business
- 3 hours of fixes or changes every month
- IT and Microsoft 365 helpdesk for your team
No plan? The first 30 minutes are the minimum charge, then we bill in 15-minute blocks.
What we fix in Reading
Nearby
- Brighton
- Oxford
- Southampton
- Portsmouth
- Milton Keynes
- Canterbury
- Slough
- Guildford
- Woking
- Crawley
- Maidstone
- Basingstoke
- High Wycombe
- Aylesbury
Frequently asked questions
Can you support our Reading office remotely?
Yes. dijitul supports Reading businesses remotely from Mansfield, fixing Microsoft 365, Outlook, laptops, printers and websites over secure connections. If a job genuinely needs someone on site, we tell you upfront and quote it before anything is arranged.
Do you cover Wokingham, Theale, Caversham and Woodley?
Yes. Our remote support covers Reading and the surrounding Thames Valley, including Caversham, Woodley, Earley, Theale, Wokingham and Twyford. Plans start at £25 a month + VAT, and ad-hoc help is £45 an hour + VAT.
Our corporate clients ask about security. Can you help a small Reading firm?
Yes. We can enforce MFA, configure Conditional Access, manage laptops with Intune, enable BitLocker and set up email security records. We do not claim certifications ourselves, but we can help you prepare for Cyber Essentials. Work is £45 an hour + VAT or quoted.
Hand it over and stop worrying
Updates, backups, monitoring and fixes from £25 a month + VAT. Real UK people on the phone.