We’re living in an age where half-truths matter more than people’s lives. From the NHS £350 million a week bonus being writ large on the side of a bus to the latest disinformation on Covid-19 vaccines, the truth appears to be an abject concept only there to be manipulated to fit your own narrative.
Bleak time indeed. Even more so when you consider that that individual fake news stories were more likely to be shared on Facebook than stories from mainstream news organisations.
A good home broadband connection has never been more important. With more of us than ever forced to work from home because of the pandemic, we all need a reliable and fast connection to ensure we can all work, rest and play.
It’s even been forecast that telecommuting could become the new normal for millions of us, at least for part of the working week. A fast connection is now vital to the way we live.
But could having a slow broadband connection knock thousands off the value of your house?
If you work from home, you’ll appreciate the need for a fast and reliable broadband connection – especially as the days of enjoying buffer-free internet access via the business broadband connection at your office seem like a lifetime ago.
But even if your broadband is up to speed, are you overpaying for it? A new study from Compare Fibre, the broadband comparison site, suggests millions of households could be overpaying by as much as £30 a month. Is your household one of them?
If lockdown restrictions mean you have employees working from home, you could be putting the safety of your business at risk. Cyber security experts are warning of the dangers caused by employees working remotely – is your work-from-home workforce putting your business security at risk?
Life in the finance department can be frustrating at the best of times – sending invoices, chasing customer payments, keeping on top of the payroll and, of course, wading through the reams of receipts.
The advent of e-receipts has made life a lot easier though, and not just for the finance department, they can open the door to a whole new level of personalised customer marketing and engagement.
Becoming the victim of online fraud or a cyber attack is the last thing any business owner needs, not least in the middle of a global crisis that has taken its toll both personally and professionally.
But that’s exactly what’s happened, as a new study has found that nearly half (41%) of UK business owners say the level of cyber threats their business faces has increased since the pandemic.
The findings also give us an insight into the common types of cyber attack that you should look out for as we move through 2021.
Clubhouse is the biggest social media app you’ve never heard of. Unless you’ve had an invite.
At ConferenceCall.co.uk, we want to make teleconferencing as easy as it can be. As part of our commitment to being the UK’s simplest conference call service, we introduced ConferenceCall.co.uk Wallet Card – a simple way to keep all your dial-in numbers, PIN and function keys to hand at all times.
And now we’ve gone one better by throwing NFC technology into the mix – and we’re the world’s first conference call provider to offer this service.
If you’re thinking of starting up a new business, you’ll quickly realise how difficult a balancing act it is to stick to a budget while making sure you have all the tools to ensure you can properly do your job.
The dizzying amount of business tech available means you could quite easily blow all your money on any number of hands-free add-ons and pentium-powered peripheries.
So, if you’re just starting out, or you’re looking to upgrade your systems, here are our seven top business tech tips…
More of us are working from home than ever before – the latest estimates show that a third of UK workers now do so exclusively from home.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show this increase”can be attributed to the formal announcement of national lockdowns in England and mainland Scotland in early January 2021″.
Technology has played a massive part in the work-from-home boom – businesses have had to act swiftly to a remote-first work force to keep things going. If you need some help with working from home, here are seven tools you shouldn’t be without…