The Tax Year Has Ended - A look at shredding

Increase your security after the business Year End by clearing out your old files.

For many businesses the end of the tax year can result in mountains of confidential financial information piled up in back rooms and storage areas. After the required retention periods have passed, this information could leave you vulnerable to a security breach.

Don't wait for a security incident before you deal with out-dated confidential files; use a shredding company tosecurely destroy them to reduce your risks of having private information mislaid or stolen. Keep on top of this process.

Keeping information that has passed it’s retention is risking your business. As throwing these documents in the bin could put them in the wrong handsand failure to dispose of confidential waste securely can lead up to fines of £500,000, securely shredding them is the best option.

There is no question, it is 100% better to shred personal records once they’re no longer needed. Yorshred offers services to help you do this at your convenience – one off services, onsite and offsite paper shredding services and regular services. Once the process is complete you can rest assured that you will receive a certificate of destruction.

Almost every document has retention requirements (by law) but how you handle those files once they have outlived their life cycle will affect your business’ data protection and security.

Risks are on the rise with insider threats to security in particular increasing, yet less than half of companies lock up confidential documents prior to destruction.

Have you ever looked at how secure your file storage is, or which files you can and can’t destroy?

Scheduling a confidential document clear out with a qualified document security expert will:

• Securely destroy all outdated files and reduce data breach risks
• Clear storage areas to free up valuable office space
• Boost environmental sustainability by recycling paper after shredding

Yorshred offers onsite shredding and offsite shredding services for businesses in York, Harrogate, Leeds, Hull, Scarborough and throughout Yorkshire so why not get in touch and see how we can help you?