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Cyber Essentials Plus for Small Businesses: Is It Worth It?
13 Jun, 2026

£3322.50 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
If you’re looking at Lenovo’s 7S0N0001WW warranty/support extension at £2,768.75 ex-VAT, I’d treat it as “only worth it” if you already know you’ll keep those devices for the duration and you’re operating in a business environment where downtime is genuinely painful. Lenovo extensions can be a lifesaver when you’ve got fleets in the field, remote users, or a small in-house IT team that can’t afford to babysit repairs. In those cases, paying up front for clarity on support and response is usually cheaper than the day-rate of disruption, plus the admin overhead of chasing parts, coordinating logistics, and negotiating turnarounds.
That said, for many UK SMB setups, this price is hard to justify unless you’re covering a specific set of high-dependency machines (exec laptops, production-adjacent kit, kiosks, lab devices) or you’ve got compliance expectations around device uptime. If you’ve got standard break/fix covered by your existing agreements, robust spares, or the ability to swap devices quickly, you may be better off putting that money toward lifecycle refresh or a more flexible support arrangement. My practical rule: buy the extension when you’ve confirmed (a) you’ll actually need support during the extension window and (b) your current fallback process is slow or risky—otherwise, it’s one of those “feels responsible, might not be cost-effective” purchases.

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