The UK is a pretty unstable place right now – as we outlined in our last blog, the snap general election, and the ongoing confusion over any Brexit deal means the future is uncertain for UK-based businesses and their employees. This means that you, as a business owner, need to be tuned in than ever into […]
Canada has many cultural, historic, and linguistic links with the UK, and it is the UK’s 16th largest export market for goods. The UK is Canada’s sixth largest source of goods imports and second largest services trading partner, and the latest export figures show UK goods and service exports to Canada were worth £7.5 billion […]
Napoleon Bonaparte once famously described the UK as a ‘nation of shopkeepers’, and, while that description might not quite hold up some 200 years later, it’s certainly true that the UK is a nation of small to medium enterprises (SMEs). And the success of each SME is essential to the prosperity of the UK economy, […]
Cloud computing is a technology that enables companies to manage data and files online, rather than on a computer’s hard drive, and has been a driving force behind the growth of flexible working across the UK. And 2017 is expected to be the year when we reach the tipping point where flexible working becomes more common than […]
Belgium is an affluent and multicultural nation with an open market that offers opportunities to businesses in most sectors. There are over 1,000 public and private international organisations with headquarters in Belgium, including some big-name UK businesses such as BP, BT and Shell. Belgium is the UK’s eighth largest export market – worth £12.5 billion in 2014 […]
Video conferencing has been thrust into the mainstream with apps like Skype and G+ Hangouts – no need for expensive VC equipment, just a smartphone and an internet connection does the trick these days. The trouble is, it’s never quite that simple – internet connections vary, buffering or lagging can interrupt things, and video calling […]
We’re predicting 2017 will be the year remote working really takes off as advances in mobile technology and changing lifestyle needs mean more and more workers will say goodbye to the traditional nine-to-five. As we discussed here, if your business is to undergo a successful digital transformation, then remote working needs to be at the centre […]
Are you always turned on? OK, let’s put it another way – do you have trouble switching off from work? Most of us, at one time or another, will have had occasions when we can’t switch off from work – usually when we’re up against some tight deadlines or just have a mountain of work […]
Over half of us (58%) have received suspicious phone calls angling for sensitive data like bank details and last year the amount of money lost to phone scams tripled – with fraudsters cashing in to the tune of a staggering £23.9 million. They are the alarming findings of a study from Financial Fraud Action UK […]
More than half of all UK office workers are now allowed to work remotely, and a third report they are more productive when working outside of the usual workplace. Figures from the latest YouGov Omnibus research found over half (54%) of UK office workers are currently able to work remotely – just under a third (30%) […]