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Published May 27, 2016

Google Home hits back at Amazon Echo

Tech companies are always looking for ways to make our lives easier – not from an altruistic point of view, the bottom line is behind it all – and the automated personal assistant is the latest foot-soldier in the battle of must-have tech.

Earlier this year we told you how Amazon had launched Echo, a cloud-connected personal assistant that can help with everything from homework to housekeeping, and since its release Amazon has fitted it with even more functionality, enabling it to able to order takeaway, access Google Calendar and even offer up recommendations for eating out.

And now Google has joined the party with the release of Google Home.

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Published May 24, 2016

How to spot a work from home scam

Updated Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Ever had a leaflet drop through your door telling you how to “Earn extra cash in your spare time”, or seen a sign at the side of the road exclaiming how you can “Make £££s working from home?”

If so, there’s a very good chance you’ve been targeted by fraudsters.

And if you made your way here via a social media message with the promise of how to earn £££s in your spare time, then sorry to disappoint you be we don’t have any ways to make a fast buck from home.

But we are going to tell you how to spot a work from home scam, and so could save you £££s in wasted time and money.

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Published April 20, 2016

Is your broadband speed up to speed?

UK internet providers are misleading the vast majority of customers when advertising broadband speed – but things could be about to change if a cross-party group of 50 MPs gets its way.

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Published February 29, 2016

Why is Monday the worst day of the week?

It’s Monday. Again. Already.

It’s seems no sooner have you downed tools on Friday afternoon, the next thing you know you’re wandering to the bathroom, shaking your groggy head and muttering some unspeakable things about the day ahead.

It’s Monday. Again. Already.

But have you ever stopped to wonder: “Why is Monday the worst day of the week?”

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Published January 27, 2016

The perks of working from home

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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Published January 8, 2016

7 more tools to make working from home easier

So popular was our last blog, we thought we’d do it all over again – so here are seven more tools to make working from home easier…

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Published October 28, 2015

Working from home – is it for you?

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…

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Published September 7, 2015

How working from home is cutting the commute

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?

Flexible working Work from home

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Published September 3, 2015

Is it time for flexible working to end the nine-to-five?

If you’re an employer, you may be concerned that offering staff the chance to work from home could lead to a drop in productivity – but for many employees, the exact opposite is true and some feel the need to get away from the office to concentrate on their work.

A FlexJobs survey of over 2,600 employees found more than three-quarters (76%) of respondents get out of the office when they have to focus on important projects.

And of those who do prefer to work in the office, many would sooner work there out of the traditional nine-to-five office hours.

So is it time to end the nine-to-five?

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Published August 24, 2015

Avoid the London Tube strike chaos with a conference call

Updated Tuesday, August 25

It seems Londoners can breathe a sigh of relief for now as this week’s planned London Tube strikes have been suspended. The bad news for commuters in the capital is the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has set two new strike dates for next month.

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Updated Tuesday, August 25