IT Audit Services for Businesses in London

The Final Step is an IT audit company servicing small and medium-sized businesses in London and Greater London. An IT audit allows you to understand where you're at and where you want to be, so that we can help you get there.

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Providing IT audit services to businesses in London and Greater London

Our IT audit consulting services help you understand your current position in terms of security, productivity and general IT maturity. In our audits we rank your priorities on a scale of 1-10, with 10 highlighting the most critical issues to tackle as soon as possible. We provide an overview of the issues and our recommendations for next steps.

We offer both strategic and technical audits, and we do them up front. Up front audits are less risky and help to ease the transition when changing support companies. Experience has taught us that the best way for IT support to make you more productive, collaborative and competitive is to review where your IT is now and where you would like to be.

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Is at an IT audit really worth it?

Why do I need an audit? I just want IT support

If you took your car for a service and the mechanics worked off of "feel" or just went off of what you thought the problem was, you might have some issues. A proper assessment would involve inspecting the engine, checking core features and running some diagnostics. You're paying for a service, and it needs to be thorough for it to be worth it. A focused inspection is needed to assess the roadworthiness of your vehicle and what is critical to replace, how to make it run more economically and fine-tune its performance - the same is true of your IT. 

 

What if I don't want to leave my current provider?

Even if you don't want to leave your current provider, a comprehensive IT audit is the best way to evaluate them without any obligation. You don't have to continue with us or with them, but you'll better understand your current position and how well your supplier is doing. The audit is for you to keep forever, even if you feel we're not a good fit together.

 

Understanding your business goals

If we, as your IT department, don't know your business goals then we can't speak your language. We can only guess at what technology will benefit you, possibly based on what our other clients use, or what you already have, rather than what you need to really work effectively. You are much more likely to fulfil your potential if we start by knowing what technology currently helps or hinders you and planning based on your business priorities.

How our IT audit assessment works

Audit

Know where you are

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We take a high level look at your IT in general.

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We find out what’s really going on and use the audit to benchmark you against your peers and the five stages of IT maturity.
 
The audit is the cornerstone to fulfilling business potential.

Report

Understand root causes

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We get strategic with your business and your goals.

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Presenting our findings to your board, understanding your business goals and carrying out a SWOT analysis.
 
This is where we identify your bottlenecks, assess the risks, untangle IT issues, trace problems to the root and clear a path to progress. Your senior team are involved at this stage which also means everyone is invested.

Budget

Informed decisions

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Leveraging all the knowledge and strategy we’ve acquired...

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...will enable you to make informed decisions.
 
We'll identify the priorities and create a plan of action, that includes roadmaps, budgets, deeper audits and a continuous cycle of reporting.
 
We'll develop your IT maturity, enabling you to grow and scale your business.

Plan

Continuous improvement

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We report on your projects, analyse results, increase...

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...compliance, reduce risks, encourage change, monitor impact and maintain an ongoing conversation with your senior team. Once we’ve done all that, we repeat the cycle to ensure your IT is always giving you a competitive advantage.
 
Kaizen (a constant state of improvement) is one of the pillars of how we'll work with you, meaning we'll never stop getting better.

Why choose The Final Step for your IT audit?

Trusted advice

We have retained clients from our first year of trading in 1987 because we value...

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... long-term relationships and do so at the expense of short-term gains. We retain clients because we are honest with them. If we don't believe you need something, we won't sell it to you. 

Experience and expertise

Our staff are technically skilled and have real-world experience.

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They also speak the language of business and understand that a technology audit is conducted to move the business forward and help you fulfil your potential.

Best practice

We have a learning culture that adopts and shapes best practices so you can benefit from it.

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Since our foundation in 1987 we have been active in the IT community. We share best practice, speak at events, join peer groups, attend events, insist that our staff certify, sit on advisory boards, feedback to partners and suppliers. We want our IT audit services to be the best they can be.

Know where you are

The point of an audit is to benchmark where you are.

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Even if they are technical not many senior managers have time to examine the detail of their IT and establish if it hitting the standards they expect of their organisation.

You don't want to running unnecessary risks, not fulfilling your obligations to others or missing out on opportunities your competitors are seizing.

An audit benchmarks where you are and explains that clearly.

No obligation

You can get an independent audit with no further obligation

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Audits have a bad reputation in our industry. Often they are offered for free as they are not truly audits, are free and used as a sales tool.

A good audit will collect numerous data points, document findings, provide an executive summary with recommendations and priorities for action. It will possibly even highlight the need for further specialised audits.

That's why we charge for audits, but with no further obligation. It's a way for you to get to know us, see the quality of our work, build trust and make a well-informed decision about who to partner with.

Plan a path to success

Once you know where you are, you can make a plan to get where you want to be.

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Once technical information has been collated and documented you can use it to produce a list of priorities, usually around mitigating risks and seizing opportunities.
 
We rate these on a scale that assesses the impact and cost of making changes. This results in a roadmap of potential improvements with a budget mapped out over a particular timescale.
 
This is then a path to ensuring your use of technology is  helping you fulfil your business goals, reducing your risks and keeping you competitive.
IT support Laura-devine

The Final Step provides a professional, user-friendly, solutions-focused service. I have recommended the company to many contacts.

Laura Devine - Managing Partner, Laura Devine Immigration

City of London, London

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TFS’s philosophy of building long-term working relationships is evident throughout. They care about partnership rather than just short-term transactions.

Peter Martin - Director, Intermusica

Westminster, London

The Final Step did a really fantastic job. We are a highly demanding client and have very specific requirements. Throughout the whole process, TFS maintained a methodical, thorough approach which has resulted in a first-class set-up which supports us perfectly.

Mark McDerment - Finance Director

London

We have used The Final Step as our IT support for nearly a year and a half and we couldn’t be happier with the level of service that they provide. They have helped to massively transform our IT infrastructure, enabling us to tighten our security as well as seamlessly moving us to cloud-based working.

Nicola Creighton - Office Manager, Fox Rodney Search

City of London, London

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Free 30 minute IT audit consultation.

If you have any more questions about IT audits, please get in touch with us to book a free 30 minute consultation with one of our experts.