Dean Explains Tech

Tech for small business, in plain English.

Straight answers on small-business technology from someone who's run a UK IT company for 20+ years. No jargon, no hype — what's worth paying for, what isn't, and what to do about it.

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5:05
Money

The 7 Apps a Small Business Actually Needs

Most small businesses pay for eleven or twelve subscriptions, use five properly, and miss two things they genuinely need. Here's the list — plus the money you're almost certainly burning.

2026-08-12
4:54
Compliance

Is Cyber Essentials Worth It for a Small Business?

A real security standard or a certificate you buy? What it costs, what you get — including £25,000 of insurance most people miss — and whether your business actually needs it.

2026-08-05
5:22
Security

The 5 Scam Emails Catching UK Small Businesses

A business I work with nearly paid £12,000 to a criminal, because an email arrived that looked exactly like one they were expecting. Here are the five, shown on screen, and the 30-second check that catches all of them.

2026-07-29
5:13
AI

Is Microsoft Copilot Actually Worth £24 a Month?

A full month testing Copilot in a real business — email, Word, meetings and Excel — to find where it earns its keep and where it doesn't. Including the Excel test that surprised me.

2026-07-22
5:25
AI

How I'd Use AI in a Small Business in 2026

Everyone says use AI, nobody says where to start. The four things I'd set up in any small business from zero — what they cost, what they replace, and the one thing I'd never let AI near.

2026-07-15

Shorts

The short version, for when you haven't got five minutes.

SHORT4 Ways Your Business Wastes Money on SoftwareSHORTCyber Essentials: What Nobody Tells YouSHORT3 Checks That Stop Almost Every Scam EmailSHORTIs Copilot Worth £24 a Month? The 30-Second VerdictSHORT4 AI Setups Every Small Business Needs

About

Who's behind this.

I'm Dean. I've spent more than twenty years running a UK IT company, which means I've had the same conversations with small-business owners hundreds of times — what's worth paying for, what's a waste of money, and what to do when something goes wrong.

This channel is those conversations, without the invoice. No jargon, no hype, and no pretending a product is brilliant because someone sponsored the video. Where a topic touches my own commercial interests, I say so on camera.

Day job: I run Utilistech, an IT firm in the UK. If you'd rather someone just did all this for you, that's where to find me. I also run TempLab, which builds ready-made AI agents for larger teams — different problem, bigger companies. Neither pays for a mention here, and nothing on this site is sponsored.

Everything here is free and always will be.

Questions or suggestions for a video: hello@deanexplainstech.com