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If you're running Microsoft F1, your pricing is going up 43%. Here’s how to delay that for a year. Microsoft’s upcoming pricing changes are set to have a significant impact on organisations using Microsoft 365 F1 licences. For many frontline workforce environments across retail, manufacturing, healthcare and logistics, this represents a sharp increase in cost with little time to react.

Your internet connection does more than keep emails flowing. It underpins your phone system, your cloud tools, your customer experience, and your team's ability to get things done. So when it comes to choosing between business broadband and a leased line, the stakes are higher than they might seem.

Cyber security and connectivity have traditionally been treated as two separate priorities. But as organisations shift to cloud platforms, support hybrid workforces and connect multiple locations, this separation is becoming a problem.

Microsoft has confirmed a Microsoft 365 price increase from 1 July 2026, impacting businesses across the UK using Microsoft 365, Office 365, EMS, and Entra ID licences.

Connectivity is now essential to everyday life, and people expect fast, reliable access to global news, social media, voice, music and video. In business, those expectations extend to the workplace, where poor connectivity can quickly affect productivity, customer experience and security.