Virtual Offices - Page Categories View All Timeline Our Sector Sustainability Community Charity & CSR HR Select Category Timeline Our Sector Sustainability Community Charity & CSR HR Oct 30th 2023 Tell-tale signs you’re dealing with a client from hell Need some help recognising nightmare clients? Follow our advice to survive ghastly and ghoulish client behaviour this Halloween… They’re unclear when briefing you on a task When you’re asked to start a new job for a client, it’s vital that ... Oct 17th 2023 Are you sabotaging your own career development? Five ways we might self-sabotage our career and how best to avoid them. Never have employees been as empowered as they are today. Career opportunities are there in abundance thanks to the global skills shortage, and if you are in any doubt about ... Sep 11th 2023 A digital nomad’s guide to work benefits Working for yourself can be a daunting prospect, especially when you consider all the work benefits you won’t be getting. But digital nomads don’t have to miss out – read on for more… When you decide to work for yourself, you might be concerned ... Aug 29th 2023 Why businesses move to new offices Where we work has a huge impact on how we work. Our workspace is instrumental to our productivity, our wellbeing, recruitment, business reputation, staff loyalty and retention, and so much more. There are numerous reasons for relocating ... Aug 14th 2023 Famous phone calls: President Nixon telephones the moon When you are running your own business, it can be stressful having to answer the phone to every incoming call, especially as you are unlikely to know the level of importance of each call. The worry that you may miss a business-changing phone call ... Jul 11th 2023 Top tips for writing business emails In a time where business culture has become increasingly more casual, from what we wear to go to work, to how we address our colleagues, is it possible that we have lost the art of writing a professional business email? To combat this, we have come ... Jun 26th 2023 Famous phone calls: By royal appointment We know it can be difficult to answer all your incoming business calls, especially when companies experience such high volumes of spam and sales calls. How can you know which phone call is important and which isn’t? You can’t – ... Jun 06th 2023 Spotlight on Paddington: 5 Merchant Square Paddington has a rich history of trade, industry and innovation which continues today with ground-breaking construction and transport projects. A destination neighbourhood, Paddington’s waterside regeneration project has seen the ... May 30th 2023 To hot desk or not to hot desk: a freelancer’s dilemma For and against hot-desking, we look at both sides of arguments… A permanent desk at a coworking space or at a client’s office has its benefits, however, hot-desking, from a managed space or a coffee shop also has its perks. There are a number ... May 22nd 2023 The black box approach to personal development Personal development is important in every company. All employees should have access to development opportunities to help them grow both professionally and as individuals. Indeed, for many people, particularly young staff keen to build ... May 16th 2023 Famous phone calls: The first ever telephone call When the phone rings, you can never be sure whether you will be picking up a call to someone trying to sell you a printer or to an important client with an urgent requirement. That’s why it is so important to pick up the phone – a phone call could ... May 03rd 2023 The recipe for entrepreneurial success Want to know the key to entrepreneurial success? Who better to learn from than successful entrepreneurs! So, what is entrepreneurial success? IGI Global defines entrepreneurial success as “the individual entrepreneur’s ... Mar 06th 2023 How to renaissance your résumé You may not be aware, and why would you be, that the first CV in documented history was written by someone we would now regard as needing no introduction – the grand master himself, Leonardo Da Vinci. If you are on the look out for a new role ... Feb 27th 2023 New email habits to save you hours every week Our email inbox is the to-do list that anyone can add to indiscriminately, and just when we think we’re on top of our emails, another round come pouring in. Bad email habits may well be hampering our productivity levels so perhaps the time ... Jan 09th 2023 How to hit the ground running in 2023 The new year is the perfect time to reflect on who you are and what you want to achieve, on both a personal and professional level. Here are our top tips on how to start the year as you mean to go on. Your new year’s resolutions may already be ... Oct 26th 2022 The top 10 passive-aggressive phrases you might be using in emails Written communication can be open to misinterpretation and as we continue to work remotely some of the time, our tendency to send emails over engaging in face-to-face conversation is potentially placing us at risk of miscommunication. Remote ... Apr 11th 2022 Working from home: The real expense Many people have been working from home since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020. Despite restrictions having been lifted, a government survey in January revealed 36% of UK residents were continuing to work from home, rather ... Mar 29th 2022 Three indicators that you’re working too much Working from home has heralded longer working hours for many, but overworking can lead to health problems and loss of productivity. In a salaried role, earnings are for the job you do within the required hours of work and not the numbers of hours ... Mar 21st 2022 Fake it until you make it: why a virtual office is great for digital nomads Don’t have a proper office address? Don’t worry! If you’re a digital nomad, faking an office is easier than ever. Being a digital nomad can be great for exploring the world, but can be tricky if you’re trying to present a professional front. A ... Mar 08th 2022 What is hybrid working? Hybrid working is here to stay but what is hybrid working? Hybrid working existed long before COVID-19 sent us all home in March 2020, but in a post-pandemic era it has been adopted as normal practice for many businesses. Employers who were previously ... Aug 22nd 2021 Manchester takes top spot as the UK’s most entrepreneurial city In what was an extraordinarily challenging year for businesses, entrepreneurs the length and breadth of the UK fought back with a 59% increase in company registrations in 2020. Instant Offices have analysed Companies House data together ... Jul 15th 2021 The billion-pound digital nomad In 2019 techpreneur Johnny Boufarhat launched Hopin, an online conference-hosting platform. Starting out with just six employees, he now employs more than 650 people. Of Lebanese origin, Boufarhat, who was born and raised in Australia ... Jul 14th 2021 The evolution of the office as a place to work As lockdown restrictions ease and people start to return to their offices we look at the evolution of the workplace. It’s easy to think of the office as a modern invention but the word ‘office’ derives from a coming together ... Apr 30th 2021 How can my freelance business benefit from a virtual office? If you’re unsure whether your next office should be virtual, our list of business benefits should help make up your mind. Build your business by making the right impression, saving costs on a physical workspace and getting help with call answering. ... Mar 01st 2021 How to be an indispensable freelancer All businesses desire to establish mutually beneficial, long-standing relationships with clients, and its no different for freelancers. The gig-economy has skyrocketed during the pandemic with huge numbers of workers turning to freelancing, ... Dec 01st 2020 How a virtual office can benefit a freelance business If you are considering signing up for a virtual office, here five business benefits which could help you make up your mind. Creating the right impression with a prestigious virtual business address is easier and more affordable than you might ... Sep 22nd 2020 Freelancer myths dispelled Freelancing is an increasingly popular career choice, but there are still certain myths surrounding what being a digital nomad really is. Here are some of the common misconceptions and how to thwart them. Freelancers are likely to be reminded, ... Apr 29th 2020 What a remote workforce can learn from freelancers As office workers have no choice but to work from home, we ask what we can all learn from freelancers? Freelancers set the standards of remote working long before it became the norm. Here we look at the qualities they’ve mastered, which can help ... Jan 17th 2014 9-5 ‘no more by 2020’ The traditional 9-5 working day will be a thing of the past by 2020, a new study has predicted. Research conducted by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) surveyed 750 business leaders on their thoughts on how office culture is likely to ... Jan 15th 2014 Top 5 free software packages for business When it comes to running a company, we’re all-too-aware that money doesn’t grow on trees. With that in mind, savvy business leaders are always looking for ways of operating where they don’t have to splash the cash. Whether ... « Older Entries (Or jump to page 12 of 2) Top 5 free software packages for business
