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Published August 8, 2022

How to conference call Israel

If you’re doing business, or thinking of doing business, in Israel then you’ll be all too aware of the trouble, dangers, and expense of regularly travelling to the country.

The ongoing unrest in means the security situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories changes regularly. It is always tense and unpredictable and the foreign office advises against travel to the borders with Palestine and Syria.

If you do have to travel out there, check out the government website for the latest foreign office advice on travelling to Israel.

If travel isn’t essential, you should consider keeping in touch with clients and colleague via conference call. Here’s how to set up an international conference call for up to 100 participants, in just a few simple steps.

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Published August 3, 2022

How to find the right telephone hold music

If you need to re-route business calls to another department, you need to let customers know that their call is still live while they’re placed on hold. If you leave them in silence, they may think they’ve been cut off and simply hang up.

That’s where hold music comes in. But how can you find the perfect music for your business, and do you need a licence? Let’s take a look.

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Published July 28, 2022

5 tips to beat work from home burnout

We’ve been banging the work from home drum for years now, but even we can see that it’s not for everyone – at least not full time. Since the pandemic kicked off, many workplaces have adopted a hybrid model where possible – that’s when employees work a couple of days at home and spend a couple in the office.

But if you’re having to work at home all the time, there’s a chance that you could be getting tired of being stuck in the same spare room and sick of staying at home all day. If this sounds like you, here’s how to beat work from home burnout.

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Published July 22, 2022

How to conference call Hong Kong

Hong Kong is, for many, the gateway to China and the Far East and a region with rich historical links to the UK having been under British control between 1841 and 1997.

It’s also the world’s eighth largest trading economy, has been ranked as the world’s freest economy for the last 20 years, and one of Asia’s leading financial and business centres.

It’s also about 6,000 miles away so not somewhere you can easily commute to!

So if you’ve business associates, clients or work colleagues in Hong Kong, why not conduct your business via conference call? It’s cost effective, requires nothing more than a landline or mobile and can be set up in a few simple steps.

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Published July 19, 2022

How to make sure your smartphone survives the summer

The UK is being hit with record temperatures. It looks like things could cool down over the coming days, but we’re still going to see soaring summer temperatures. But did you know that smartphones really don’t like the heat?

The option to work outdoors during the warmer months has to be the one of the greatest perks of working remotely,  and if you’re planning to spend as much time out in the sun as you possibly can, you’ll need to take care of your smartphone – it’s not just during the winter months your mobile needs looking after, the summer months can also play havoc with your handset.

So, to help make sure neither yourself nor your smartphone suffer a meltdown this summer, here’s are four ways to help ensure your smartphone survives the summer…

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Published July 5, 2022

Do you know your business credit score?

Given the problems that business owners have had over the past few years, from the pandemic to the current cost of living crisis, there’s a good chance that many have used up some or all of their emergency fund or taken out credit to keep ticking over.

If you’ve ever tried to get a loan or credit card, you’ll be well aware the importance that your personal  credit score plays – if you’re after the best deals, you have to work hard to get your score up to the required level. But what about your business credit score?

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Published July 4, 2022

How to conference call Germany

Germany is Europe’s largest economy, and the fourth strongest in the world, with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of more than €3 trillion. Germany remains the UK’s largest export market in Europe and second largest globally after the US. Its consistently strong economic performance offers long-term growth potential for UK businesses.

If you’re thinking of exporting to Germany, or you have colleagues or clients out there, instead of taking the time and money to fly across the continent, it makes more sense to stay in touch via teleconference, using your landline or mobile.

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Published June 28, 2022

What is intellectual property?

Intellectual property is a set of legal rights put in place to stop a person or business stealing another’s ideas, designs or products.

Just having an idea isn’t quite enough to secure intellectual property rights though, you’ll have to have something more tangible in place – so while having an idea for a book won’t count, any words you have written towards that book will.

So, if you’ve come up with the prototype for the next must-have piece of tech or a winning idea for a new business, here’s all you need to know about intellectual property in the UK…

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Published June 27, 2022

How to conference call France

Getting to France has never been easier – take your pick of road, rail, sea or air – but if you’ve colleagues, associates or clients out there, it’s not always practical to hop over the channel and meet face-to-face to discuss business matters.

There is, however, a simple and inexpensive way to connect with France that requires nothing more than an ordinary telephone – so here’s how to quickly and easily set up a conference call between UK and France.

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Published June 20, 2022

How conference call Finland

Broadly speaking, the Nordic countries aren’t the biggest of the UK’s trade partners – and Finland is no exception. But, if you believe the Brexit bluster, anything is possible now we’ve left the EU.

If your business is operating out there, or you’re thinking of making the move, it makes sense to get a reliable and cost-effective conference call service sorted. Helsinki sits almost 1,500 miles and flights from London to Helsinki take around two-hours-and-forty-five-minutes – so you won’t want to be commuting to and from the Finnish capital on a regular basis.

And that’s where an international conference call comes in handy…

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