Written by Alison on August 17 2021
It’s often said that business leaders should spend 80% of their time working on their business and only 20% working in it. But that is not always easy. Just how do you step back and…
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Written by Alison on August 02 2021
How do you leverage your phone system in order to help you deliver your business plan? It’s a question which arose after we heard that a telephone box in Ramsgate was now home to the…
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Written by Alison on July 19 2021
After a year or more of lockdown it can be hard to know just what to pack when you go off on your first trip abroad. Do you take extra supplies of sanitiser or spare…
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Written by Alison on June 22 2021
In the eleven months since June 2020, 49% of new companies were set up by millennials. That’s according to an analysis of Companies House records by cloud accounting company Ember. The analysis also showed…
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Written by Alison on May 17 2021
There’s nothing new about the idea of a national alert system. Indeed many countries have already seen successful deployments with messages being sent out over mobile or phone networks to warn of fires, floods and…
Tags: disaster recovery, business continuity, emergency information line, emergency alerts, business news
Written by Alison on May 04 2021
After the year that we’ve just had someone might be forgiven for thinking that the only businesses thriving would be those who are involved in delivering Covid solutions. And it is true that a number…
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Written by Alison on April 20 2021
In a digital world we’d like to think that we were able to spot scam or phishing attempts. But the fact that the police and others regularly need to issue warnings indicates that sadly some…
Written by Alison on March 05 2021
The Government’s decision to phase in implementation of post-Brexit regulations for imports and exports was designed to give companies time to adapt to the new requirements. With the second and third phases due to be…
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Written by Alison on February 16 2021
The number of business closures in the fourth quarter of 2020 was 37% higher than in the fourth quarter of 2019. That’s not really surprising given the unique situation we find ourselves in as a…
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Written by Alison on February 01 2021
It’s often been said that cashflow is the lifeblood of business. Without prompt payments the supply chain can grind to a halt; leaving firms at all levels without funds, stock, and ultimately customers. And yet,…
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