The coronavirus crisis is causing concern for business owners across the country, particularly those who have to stop trading or can’t afford to cover employees’ sick pay.
If you’re in this position, the government has announced a series of measures to help keep your business running.
If you work from home you most likely have the relative luxury to go about your business wearing whatever you feel comfortable in – no need for a suit and tie if you’re not in the mood, no need to even get dressed if you don’t feel like it.
As appealing as answering business calls in the buff may sound though, it’s not ideal for productivity – clothes that negatively effect your social standing or self esteem will have the same effect on your productivity.
While you may feel comfy slouching around in your pyjamas, you’ll not be taking care of business to the best of your ability.
So what should your work from home wardrobe look like?
‘There are more than 100 UK business operating out of Colombia, including giants like Virgin, BT, and Shell. The South American nation is ranked as the 34th easiest country to do business in by the World Bank, but ranks first in the Caribbean and Latin America.
The UK has the fifth largest export market in Latin America, and a new business can be set up there in as little as 11 days.
The trouble is, Bogota, the capital of Colombia, is over 5,000 miles away from the UK, which means commuting is out of the question if you’re doing business there. And so you’ll need a low-cost and value-for-money international conference call provider.
And a conference call can be set up in a few simple steps, here’s how…
January seems like the ideal month to work from home – dark mornings, dark nights, cold busy commutes – who wouldn’t want to avoid all that?!
But when you work from home, it can be all too easy to blur the lines between work-life and home-life, which can not only kill productivity, but can also make you feel like you never get a break from work.
So here are five top tips to separate business and pleasure.
It’s Christmas Day in less than a week’s time- meaning the roads and railways will be packed with festive revellers and shoppers and will be no place for anyone travelling on business.
If you’re in any doubt as to just how rammed the railways will be, figures from Trainline reveal how this Christmas is set to be the busiest ever as 20,000 more passengers than last year have already booked their festive train tickets.
And then there’s ‘frantic Friday’ to contend with.
Thankfully, there are a couple of ways you can beat the Christmas travel chaos.
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The festive season is finally upon us, which means this Friday and Saturday will see workers up and down the country head out for Christmas parties. And as the wine flows, tongues will be wagging with tales of unspeakable acts involving the photocopier, and co-workers caught under the mistletoe.
All of which is enough to leave you bereft of festive spirit before the tinsel is on the tree (unless you read our office party survival guide, that is).
But ’tis still the season to be jolly and all that, so get your festive groove on and spread that seasonal cheer by changing to our Christmas hold music…
The clocks have gone back, the days are getting shorter and, for one-in-three people in the UK, the symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) will be taking hold. Here’s how to combat the condition also known as ‘winter depression’.
If you want to successfully work from home, you need to make sure you have the all the same equipment, apps, and logins you have in the office – there are few things more frustrating than spending half the day trying get things up and running, and constantly phoning IT to make sure you have the right logins.
So once you’ve got the work laptop sorted and the VPN, here are some essential work from home apps to make your work from home life even easier…
Bahrain is one of the most important economic partners and bases for UK companies in the Gulf and the two nations have always had a very strong bilateral commercial relationship.
It can be notoriously difficult to do business in certain areas of the Middle East but Bahrain is relatively relaxed, having the freest economy in the area and the most liberalised in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
(Check out the GCC website here for a look at how the internet used to look – looks like something you’d get from an Alta Vista search).
Around 100 UK companies have set up base in Bahrain as the country is a major trading hub and financial centre in the region, with one of the most open economies and a liberal tax regime.
So if you’re in a position to join them do business in Bahrain, you’ll need a cost-effective, easy to use and reliable international conference call provider – and that’s where ConferenceCall.co.uk comes in…
Thailand is the second largest economy in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations – including states like Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam – and is home to more than 50,000 British residents.
So it’s no surprise the UK is one of the leading investors in Thailand with companies such as HSBC, Standard Chartered, Triumph Motorcycles, and Prudential all having a large presence out there.
Thailand is also home to Tesco’s biggest overseas operation.
If you’re thinking of doing business in Thailand, you’ll need a reliable international conference call provider to keep in touch with colleagues and clients, here’s how to set one up in a few simple steps.