Toby Lee Halfpenny

Toby joined Realtime Business Services on leaving George Farmer School in 1997. He has attended Oki courses and qualified in Oki printer and fax repairs as well as a Conectix CAT5 cable installer course. Toby has attended training by Intel and Microsoft and has attained the necessary qualifications enabling Realtime to become a Microsoft Advantage Partner. He is also an accomplished web designer and is responsible for many of the websites maintained by Realtime Business Services. Toby became a partner in 2000. He has a broad client base covering many differing industries across Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. He has built his current portfolio on the basis of offering good advice in plain English and taking a pro-active interest in the success of his clients. Toby has experience in all aspects of IBM PC based systems including Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Office and Sage Accounting Systems. Web development software including Adobe Dreamweaver and Zend Development Environment and graphic design packages including Corel Draw and Adobe Photoshop are his preferred tools. He has installed and maintained a wide variety of systems for customers ranging in size from one man businesses to multi-location plc’s.

&nb Toby has a young family and, with his partner Paula, has four girls and a boy which keep him busy when he is away from the office. He enjoys gardening and helps maintain the family plot at Penny Acres. He is a capable welder and made the wrought iron fences and gates which surround Penny Acres. He has also constructed two space frame chassis for home built cars based on a Lotus 7, converted a mini metro into a buggy and built a mini jeep for the children to drive around Penny Acres. Like his father he has keen interest in motor cycling and has a custom build street fighter based on a Suzuki Bandit.

Allan Hugh Halfpenny

Allan started Realtime Business Services after retiring from the Armed Services in 1986. He trained as a Radio Technician – Royal Signals at the Army Apprentices’ Collage Harrogate from 1963 to 1966 and was only one of 8 in his intake to classify at Second Class. He spent time in Germany and returned to the UK where he attained his first class rating in 1971. He was posted to Holland where he worked in a NATO communications centre. He passed his Foreman of Signals pre-qualifications exam and was selected for Foreman of Signals training. During the 2 year extensive training he attained a HNC in Electronic and Electrical Engineering and was posted to Hong Kong where he was responsible for the maintenance of the Military Communication Centres and Telephone exchanges in Kowloon and Stone Cutters Island. He also had responsibility for the military submarine cables linking Hong Kong island and Stone Cutters Island to the mainland. On leaving Hong Kong he moved to Europe and worked in communications security and retired from the services in 1986 when he started Realtime Business Services.

Allan lives in Whaplode St Catherine with his dog Scoobi. When away from the office he enjoys working in his garden and, in the summer, days out on his motor bike. His main interest is speedway and watches the Peterborough Panthers regularly.