Small business secrets...

One of the most popular VoIP features is being able to host 'virtual offices'. Cloud phones have the power to take your small business global at minimal costs while still keeping a UK phone number.

We look at how VoIP can open up doors for your small business and take advantage of what cloud phones can offer.

It’s now been confirmed by BT that they plan to stop issuing new ISDN line(s) in 2020 in the run-up to switching off the service altogether by 2025. This means that small businesses would have to start considering alternative options very soon. Many companies are pushing the move to cloud phone-based technology in an attempt to minimise disruption and keep businesses trading.

When building your company, it's always best to keep in mind what tools you can utilise to enhance your small business. In this case, cloud systems can amplify productivity, lower costs and make sure you're able to reach all-important business contacts.

In particular, Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) features can help boost customer service levels and collaboration with simple onboarding. There are a wealth of benefits that VoIP telephone can offer to help you with your business journey.

These days, when you want to make a call you'd normally pick up a smartphone due to its pocket-sized convenience and versatility.  It'd be easy to forget that before VoIP was introduced cord heavy hardware phones were once the norm and using the internet and phone simultaneously was impossible.

As a business owner, it is immensely important to keep in contact with your customers, employees and those all-important business contacts. By investing in VoIP you can ensure that your company infrastructure stays online.

Business broadband over residential?

As a new business owner, this thought might be spiralling in your head when weighing up business broadband choices.

Social media has many benefits which we have talked about at length on this blog. It's key that small businesses become more involved in social media and begin their social media journey.

But how do you go about growing, starting and creating more engagement? We delve into how you can start moving your business online.

There are 99.3% of SMEs that make up the UK business landscape and the figure is probably similar all across Europe.

SMEs are the lifeblood of business they take the biggest personal risk for sometimes little or no reward.