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Four Festive Ideas to Market Your Business This Christmas

Christmas is upon us. The most popular holiday in the Western hemisphere spells a season of good tidings, an increase in mulled wine and the arrival of a bearded man who is not only immortal but[...]

Office Festivities: Dos and Don’ts

There is no mistaking that the festive season is here. What with all the sickly-sweet adverts and a disturbing amount of mince pies being thrust at you from all directions it is near impossible to[...]

Staying Healthy in the Workplace this Winter

Winter can be a challenging season for those of us who have to work through it. The decrease in daylight, the harsh temperatures, and the overwhelming workload leading up to Christmas can all[...]

The Role of Businesses in Supporting Charities

When it comes to giving to charity there’s always a social responsibility to do what you can, when you can. This is true of individuals but perhaps even more so of businesses. The problem most[...]

How to Set up a Call Diversion for a BT Landline

Call diversion (often referred to as call forwarding) is an extremely useful telephone feature that business owners can take advantage of instantly. A call divert can be activated on either a[...]

Customer Service: Pros and Cons of Outsourcing or Delivering In-house

When many companies set up or review their customer service operations they look inwards, assessing cost of service delivery, call volumes, call-to-sale conversion rates and so on – but the most[...]

Have You Got a Disaster Recovery Plan in Place? Why Every Business Should Have a Plan B!

In modern businesses, where success depends on efficient, uninterrupted communications, a phone line outage can cause major problems. With phones out of action, customers cannot place orders or[...]

24/7 Call Answering Services Vs Hiring Additional Staff: What’s the Best Call Handling Solution?

When your business is short on staff, or demand for your products or services increases, you may feel that increasing the size of your call handling team is the answer to ensure that enquiries don’t[...]

4 Circumstances a 24/7 Call Answering Service Is an Ideal Solution for Your Business

Businesses that are committed to outstanding service have to be responsive to their customers’ needs – and that means answering the telephone quickly, at any time of day. Research highlights the[...]

What’s the Big Deal About Black Friday (and Cyber Monday)?

Hands up if you love a bargain! That’s right. Most of us do. And no bargain hunter can fail to be aware of the biggest dates in the shopping calendar: Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Unless you’re[...]