We thought we’d share this opinion piece written by O2 that feels very topical right now.

If you’re reading this, it’s likely you were working flexibly for a long time before lockdown. It’s just that we’ve now experienced a more extreme version of it.

This week Apple finally unveiled the long-awaited iPhone 12 range, and yes, they are the hotly anticipated first 5G iPhones to come to market. Available to pre order from Friday 16th an on-sale Friday 23rd, will you be upgrading your business mobile?

Learn how to add flexibility to your mobile estate and become better prepared for the ups and downs of business.

As expected, this week’s Apply keynote didn’t contain a new iPhone for the first time. Instead they revealed some new Apple Watch models, upgrades to both the entry level iPad and iPadAir, a new service bundle, plus the brand new iOS14 software is now available to download.

With the established pattern of flexible home and office working, data security is more of a concern than ever before.

You don’t need to be a big business to make switching to VoIP the best decision you ever made – not only will you be paying less, you’ll also be gaining a whole host of new features that you just can’t get with a traditional fixed line phone system.

Yesterday saw the latest tech unveiled by Samsung at their first virtual Unpacked event. Amongst other announcements came the confirmation of what all the tech rumour sites have been suggesting for a while now – a new duo in the Galaxy Note family.

As we slowly emerge from the strict rules of lockdown, what impact will the ability to travel have on us in both our personal and business lives this summer? With Coronavirus and post lockdown actions dominating the news, we mustn’t forget that the UK has now left the EU and we are in a transition period.

With more businesses in England set to reopen in July, the Federation of Small Business (FSB) put together some handy tips ad advice for employers trying to get their heads around the next steps. The following information covers your questions about managing your employees, looking after their wellbeing and managing health and safety in the workplace.

If you’ve not yet switched to a VoIP telephone system, then you’re definitely missing out! Every business needs to make and receive phone calls. They can either buy an expensive on-premise PBX system that has limited functionality or use a scalable software system that costs less and is much more efficient, i.e. VoIP.

In the building trade, energy efficiency is one phrase that’s on everyone’s lips. As a sure-fire way to cut bills and carbon footprints, making buildings more energy-efficient makes sense for developers and consumers.

We know the best ideas are often made away from the desk, bringing a whole new meaning to flexible working. Now that flexible working has been put on fast forward for most businesses to be able to continue to operate in recent months, now is the time to firm up the digital workplace environment you have in place and make sure it is fit for building on the positives that we can get from this new flexibility.

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Oil prices have started to increase from the plunge they took last month, reaching 18-year lows as the pandemic crippled the global demand for oil and countries came to a halt due to imposed lockdown measures.

As the measures are lifted, the demand for oil is starting to increase, along with oil prices. However, in comparison to before the pandemic, oil prices are still 40% lower in trade price. It is unlikely that they will stay this low for long, as demand across the world continues to steadily increase.

If you’ve not yet made the jump from a traditional hard wired office phone system, now has never been a better time. The latest web-based technology means that you can run your office phone system just as easily from home via a mobile or desktop/laptop, so no more worries about missed calls and lack of control over your team.