Online articles for new businesses and entrepreneurs often emphasise the pros and cons of home working and home offices disregarding the fact that many entrepreneurs are constantly mobile. Their average day is rarely typical and often rely on smart phones and instant messaging to manage their business day. To succeed as a mobile entrepreneur requires…

A new article on BBC News discusses the ethics of using your mobile phone in meetings. It makes you think – if you’re growing your business it is likely you’ll be attending more client meetings so do you excuse yourself and answer your mobile, potentially upsetting your client, or let the call ring to voicemail…

Is work/life balance a myth? Or is it still achievable in a struggling economy? What are your experiences?

There are a multitude of support services available at the moment to support small businesses,from Business Link to The Virtual Office. Now Google has joined forces with HSBC, alibaba.com and others to create a support package for businesses looking to export their products and services.

Its that time of year again… and for the first time in a long time, it seems like summer has FINALLY arrived in the UK, which means thoughts will be drifting to holidays… Whether you fancy a trendy recession-inspired ‘stay-cation’; have children who will be unleashed by their schools and therefore require some extra attention;…

If you met Richard Nissen, you would probably not instantly guess that he was the mastermind behind developing the Virtual Office Concept in the UK; especially if you tried to ring him on his mobile phone. This is particularly surprising since Richard is responsible for developing the first telephone call handling platform that could fully…

Last week we talked about how using a Virtual Office can save you money and help when you launch your company as well as during the course of its life. This week, we explore how a Virtual office can give you the impression of a larger and more established company and how that impacts your…