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4 Ways to Cut Your Business Costs this Summer
2022 is looking like an increasingly tough year for businesses. With inflation predicted to top 11%, energy bills soaring and people spending less and less to weather the cost of living storm, it’s easy to feel quite despondent about the outlook. BUT there...
New to VoIP? Here’s everything you need to know!
Whether you’ve been prompted by the 2025 conventional analogue and ISDN lines switching off date creeping ever closer or have been pushed into considering new ways of working as a result of the last couple of years, now might be a great time to switch your traditional...
Smishing: The rise of FluBot. What is it and what can you do to protect yourself?
FluBot first burst onto the malware scene in Summer 2021, flooding our SMS with fake ‘failed parcel’ delivery messages in an unscrupulous bid to install data stealing Trojans onto Android phones. The fake message contains a link, which when clicked on...
Grow your business virtually anywhere with Univerge Blue MEET Webinar!
It’s been a while since Webinars have been the coolest kid on the business block but the last couple of years have given the humble webinar a new lease of life. Done right, webinars are an incredibly effective way of growing your customer base, anywhere in...
Conquering the hybrid workspace with Universe Blue Connect Bridge
Hybrid working is going nowhere, it’s here to stay. For businesses looking to save money and for staff wanting a more balanced life, it’s the perfect solution. So how do you build a communications system to match? On-site phone systems were...
The no brainer decision your business needs to make after the pandemic
As the adage goes, when times are tough, we tighten our belts. But is that always the right approach for a business? We believe that effective decision making is largely about spending your money in the right way, rather than not investing at all. With inflation now...
The questions your school needs to be asking its phone system
Schools up and down the country had to work unbelievably hard during the pandemic to educate the nations kids and keep mums and dads in the loop as they tried to home school – it’s been relentless! One of the key learning points from the last few years has been...
On-Premise or Cloud Based Business Communications – Enjoy the Best of Both Worlds with NEC’s Univerge Connect
The last couple of years have asked a lot of business communications. Systems have had to quickly get smoother, slicker, more streamlined and with infinite remote capabilities to deal with both dispersed staff and remote customers. Comms systems have been...
Health Checking Your Surgery’s Communications Systems
It’s something of an understatement to say that the last few years have been hard going for GP surgeries! If we’ve learnt anything from the challenges surgeries have faced throughout the pandemic, it’s that having a robust, agile, up to date communications system is...
Reducing Telephone Fraud During an Economic Downturn
According to Action Fraud, the annual cost of telephone fraud in the UK is around £17 BILLION, it’s almost unfathomable. Scammers are of course getting more and more sophisticated and ruthless but as we see unprecedented cost of living rises coupled with...
Making ‘Hybrid’ Work for You and Your Teams
We don’t have to journey back far to a time when ‘hybrid working’ was a lofty fantasy for office staff across the UK. Before 2020, employers simply weren’t as invested in enabling staff to work remotely. Not due to an absence of technology – the...
ISDN switch off paving the way for revolutionary new tech!
In a pivotal moment for the telecommunications industry, BTs planned switch off of the old ISDN network in 2025 is fast approaching. In fact, the move away from this outdated tech is already well underway with many areas now not selling new copper lines at all and the...