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Updated Monday, February 8, 2016

If you’re in business, you’ll need to make sure all lines of communication are open, both internally and externally – if not, you could miss a crucial business call or find your staff are unable to communicate effectively, especially if they work from home or across various sites.

And if this sounds like your business, you’ll need a reliable and cost-effective conference call provider – so here’s how to set up a teleconference for up to 100 participants, using nothing more than a landline or a mobile telephone.

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Working from home is on the increase – as more and more employers appreciate the impact a good work/life balance can have on morale and productivity, so more employees are being offered flexible working.

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Updated Friday, November 27, 2015

There is a lot of uncertainty regarding travelling to Turkey following the shooting down of a Russian fighter jet on the Syrian border earlier this week – here is Foreign and Commonwealth Office advice on travelling to Turkey.

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On Monday we looked at whether working from home could be killing the day job – the theory being that not getting up, out and into the office somehow made our work seem meaningless.

If you missed it, check out Is working from home ruining work?

And while we would never fully endorse such as suggestion, it is true that working from home isn’t necessarily for everyone.

So, are you cut out to work from home? Read on to find out…

Infographics Work from home

Technology

If you’re the owner of a very small business – we love an abbreviation here so let’s call it a VSB – and you don’t have a website, you’re potentially missing out on vital future growth.

More worrying still is that you’re far from alone as 60% of VSBs in the UK are without a website.

So just how important is a website to a small business?

Technology

The average number of journeys taken in the UK fell to 921 last year – the lowest number since records began, according to the latest figures from the Department for Transport’s National Travel Survey.

Trips for shopping and commuting falling consistently since the mid-1990s and this year’s figure represents a drop of 16% on the number of trips taken in 1995.

The fall in the number of trips taken by car has fallen since the mid-2000s, in spite of the fact there’s been no change in the number of households with access to car.

So what’s happening on the roads?

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Do you wake up each morning feeling like you could do with an extra hour or two before you’re ready to face the day ahead? Do you often hit the wall mid-afternoon? Do you struggle to switch off from the working day, or feel compelled to check social media last thing at night, first thing in the morning, or both?

Then it sounds like you could be suffering from technology addiction.

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