If you use a computer regularly, you should have a backup of your data. Copying your documents and photos to a memory stick is not a proper backup.

Hard disks in PC’s and laptops are made up of a small aluminium disk that stores your data magnetically (see image).

Anything that ‘demagnetises’ your hard disk such as a power problem, can erase your data.

Having a second copy of that data is critical to ensuring that your data is safe. Backing up to CD or DVD disk is pointless as the size of any backup is limited and in most cases, those disks cannot be used again.

Get yourself an external USB hard drive that can be used with software to automatically backup your data at a set time each day/week.

For more information, contact Dave Walkiden of Dave’s Computer Helpline at help@daveshelpline.com or call 666506651

Tags: computer backup, computer support, Costa Del Sol, data backup, external usb hard drive

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Accounting Network SL, established in 2001, are a dedicated bilingual team of professionals who always put the customer first.

We provide a comprehensive book keeping and accounting service as well as undertaking legal work including company formations, wills and conveyancing.

Spain does not have the easiest systems to navigate, even for the Spanish nationals, so therefore a proactive and knowledgeable accounting and legal service is a must.

We not only ensure that our clients comply with the current laws, but also assist them with sound advice at all times.

It is our aim to ensure that our clients have confidence in our work, so that they can get on with what they do best ie run their business.

Ricardo Soriano 12,6L

29601 Marbella, Malaga,Spain

Tel: 952 765 541   Fax: 952 863 611

Mob: 666 685 400

daniel@accountingnetworksl.com

www.accountingnetworksl.com

Tags: Accounting, bi-lingual, company formations, legal services

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Business 1st are delighted to welcome Amanda Jardine.  Amanda joined our Estepona group on the 2nd February 2011.

Tags: Holistic Massage, Meditation, Stress Management, Tantric practice

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AstarteLife offers a range of personal relaxation and stress management techniques, based on massage, meditation and Tantric practice.

Holistic massage, for either part or full body can tone the muscles and stimulate the lymphatic drainage system, resulting a cleansing and toning of the body.

Lomi Lomi is a flowing, full body massage originating in Hawaii, and can induce a trancelike state of relaxation in the recipient.

Tantra can be practised in a variety of ways, including mediation, Yoga, and Massage. Tantra massage is deeply relaxing, but also uses breathing techniques to bring more energy into the body, leaving you feeling relaxed but re-energised.

For more information, see www.astartelife.com

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China – China swung to a surprise monthly trade deficit in February of USD7.3bn, its largest in seven years, as the Lunar New Year holiday dealt an unexpectedly sharp blow to exports.

It was China’s first trade deficit since March last year and its biggest since February 2004. Economists, who had forecast a small surplus of USD4.95bn, said the sudden drop was likely to prove temporary.

 ”We did expect exports to slow last month, but I think nobody had expected such a weak outcome,” said Nie Wen, an analyst at Hwabao Trust in Shanghai. “There is little chance that China will have a trade deficit again, and the monthly trade surplus may pick up in the second half of this year,” he added.

Middle East – The economy of oil and gas exporter Qatar, the world’s wealthiest country per capita, will grow 20percent in 2011, the IMF said on Wednesday.

“Qatar has weathered the global financial crisis exceptionally well, reflecting the swift and strong policy response by the authorities,” the International Monetary Fund said about the country of 1.7 million people.

 ”Growth has rebounded to 16percent in 2010 and is projected to accelerate to 20percent in 2011.”

Spain – Spain’s credit rating was cut to Aa2 by Moody’s Investors Service on Wednesday, which said the cost of shoring up the banking industry will eclipse government estimates. The euro fell and Spanish bond yields rose.

 Spain will spend as much as EUR50bn (USD69bn) shoring up savings banks, Moody’s forecast, more than double the EUR20bn price set by the government. The risks to government finances remain “skewed to the downside,” the company said in a statement on Wednesday. The outlook is “negative,” suggesting more rating cuts are under consideration.

 U.K. – U.K. manufacturing production jumped in January by the most in 10 months, a sign the economy is resuming growth after a winter freeze dented the recovery.

Factory output rose 1percent from December, when it shrank 0.1percent, the Office for National Statistics said in London on Thursday.

 Bank of England officials said in forecasts last month that goods export growth has been “buoyant” and that manufacturing was less affected than other parts of the economy by the coldest December in a century.

 Meanwhile, The Bank of England kept its benchmark interest rate at a record low on Thursday, as policy makers chose to set aside concerns on rising inflation pressures to support the U.K. economic recovery.
  
David Rogers

International Financial Planning Adviser
 
Email:   David.Rogers@blacktowerfm.com
Tel:       
Mob:      + 34 622 345 558
Fax:       + 34 952 815 617

http://www.blacktowerfm.com

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