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Month May 2014

Infographic: Skype Interviews

Infographic: Skype Interviews

With the rise of outsourcing, it’s becoming increasingly common for companies to interview job applicants using video-calling software such as Skype rather than ever meeting them in person. Many small businesses in the US and UK now outsource some of their admin and it isn’t really feasible for most of them to travel and meet…

5 Things to Do to Protect Your Business from Data Security Breaches

5 Things to Do to Protect Your Business from Data Security Breaches

Critical steps that must be taken to ensure the security and protection of your company’s data. The critical dangers and potential for damage to a business’s reputation from a data security breach are severe, and the risks of such a breach can come from any part of a business, including unlikely sources. Verizon’s 2014 report…

Overcoming The Need To Do

Overcoming The Need To Do

You know the feeling; you’ve got so much you need to get done that you don’t know where to start. So you create a to-do list. When you get to write the last item you’re already feeling better. Just the act of writing things down has given you a sense that you have done something…

Criticism – Quote of the Week

Criticism – Quote of the Week

“I can’t tell you the number of times that I meet with Internet entrepreneurs or executives, and how little theory they have, and how little cognitive behaviour they seem to exhibit about what it is they are doing.” – Jay S. Walker, US entrepreneur. Even if you don’t have a formal business education, that’s not…

Converting your Garage into a Home Office

Converting your Garage into a Home Office

Prefabricated garages have many uses, and offer a great way to grab a little extra space for your home life or work needs. With the ability to insulate these garages and provide them with power, you can make them comfortable throughout the year, even during very hot summers or particularly cold winters. If you need…

Top 5 Tips for Bank Holidays

Top 5 Tips for Bank Holidays

This weekend is another Bank Holiday weekend in the UK, but unfortunately many micro business owners and self-employed people are not able to enjoy the luxury of taking the workday off. In fact, many of us work every weekend anyway because entrepreneurship is a way of life! This weeks tip column reveals our Top 5…

The Importance of Staying Hydrated in the Workplace

The Importance of Staying Hydrated in the Workplace

How important is staying hydrated? It turns out that office water coolers can have a significant positive impact on a workplace in both the long term and the short. By avoiding dehydration, a workplace will be happier, healthier and more productive. Hydration Keeps You Healthy It’s no secret that not drinking enough water can have…

Infographic: Data Loss

Infographic: Data Loss

What would happen to your business if it were to suffer a major loss of data? It isn’t an exaggeration to suggest that many businesses would have trouble bouncing back from this scenario. Depending on the type of data that was lost, it could even potentially bring about the demise of the business. Imagine for…

Co-Operation – Quote of the Week

Co-Operation – Quote of the Week

“Coopetition: Cooperation between competitors… especially common in the computer industry, where consumers want to know in advance that a broad range of companies will support a given technology… companies will compete on actual products even as they cooperate on technical standards, sacrificing a degree of independence to increase the odds of success for the technology…

Top 5 Tips eBook

Top 5 Tips eBook

Ever wanted to take our Top 5 Tips with you everywhere, even when you don’t have an internet connection? Our friends at WinWeb have created a nifty little eBook from our Top 5 Tips archive that you can download and read on your preferred device at any time, even when you aren’t online. There are…

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