As more and more companies and employees wake up to the various benefits associated with flexible working, the number of workers job sharing is also on the increase. In June 2015, The Guardian reported that 14.1m in Britain want some flexibility when it came to their working hours or location – a figure equivalent to […]
How to keep costs down in a startup
Getting your startup going is an exciting process – and one that more and more of us in the UK are doing. Amazingly, more than 600,000 new companies launched in 2015 alone. There are so many decisions: what company name will you choose? What will your website look like? And can you call yourself ‘Chief […]
The realities of remote working
Thanks to flexible working legislation and a shift in cultural attitudes, remote working has become more common in business over recent years. In fact, remote working has become such a norm, that these workers are going one step further, and travelling internationally – all whilst holding down a steady career. You or your company might […]
What is flexible working? – Infographic
There’s a lot to learn about flexible working, and a good way to start is to learn the basics. What is flexible working? What are the types? We’ve put the the main types into the infographic below. There’s job sharing, remote working, compressed hours, annualised hours, staggered hours and flexitime. So when you request flexible working, you’ll […]
2017 – New Year, New Campaign
This week sees us launch our 2017 media campaign and as you may know we always try to create memorable advertising that gets people talking about us and this year is no exception. 2017 sees us go big, not only that, we’ve gone bold! People can achieve great things if they just pick the phone […]
Share how you #wfh and win in our latest giveaway
With 100% of our staff now working from home, it’s safe to say it can be a challenging period. Yeah sure, you get to skip the daily commute. Yeah sure, you can work from bed if you fancy it (we wouldn’t advise this). But, with working from home comes a change in routine and as […]
3 reasons why you need a webinar platform
In order to need something, it’s probably best to understand what it is you need. A webinar can be summed up as a platform that allows you or your company to host large-scale events. The reason for choosing this software varies company from company but we thought we’d highlight our top reasons for adopting the […]
The Advantages of Video Conferencing
Hate travelling across town for just one meeting? A lot of the time, so do we. That’s why video conferencing is a simple and easy solution to avoid those long commutes. Here are some of the advantages of video conferencing: More flexibility No matter how much notice you give for a meeting, it’s inevitable that […]
The need to know benefits of screen share
Out of all the techy tricks that come with online meetings, sharing your screen has got to be in the upper echelon of techy tricks. Right alongside the big players like conference and video calls. Screen sharing allows anyone in your meeting to view your screen. Gone are the days of being on a phone […]
4 screen share mistakes and how to avoid them
We all make mistakes, it’s how we learn from them that matters (poetic, we know). Even though we believe that sharing your screen is a piece of cake, unfortunately that doesn’t mean errors don’t happen. We’ll look at what we believe to be 4 of the most common screen share mistakes and steps you can […]