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Big business communications at small business prices
With 10 years experience in the telecommunications sector, Onetel is the UK's leading alternative communications company. Created especially for small businesses, the Business Talk plan offers 25 hours of UK landline business calls for £11.99 per month – with three months FREE! Click here to find out more
How to use free and low-charge calls to attract customers
A free guide from Business Link covering call management, voicemail, mobile phones and call centre telemarketing solutions. Click here to find out more.
Choose the right phone system
This site offers advice on how to choose the right phone system for your business. It also contains links to various providers.
Free calls, video and instant messaging
Skype could help you to work smarter, get more done, talk more to your clients and cut your phone bill by providing free calls, video and instant messaging.
Find a VoIP provider
BT Hosted VoIP allows you to set up a telephone system quickly and easily at little cost.
Choosing a telephone number
Business Communication is a telecoms provider that offers different telephone number packages.
Business communications and the internet
Information about the practical applications, benefits and costs of using telecommunications, the internet and business technology.
Telephone services from Numberstore
Numberstore provides a wide range of professional telecommunications services including voice and fax mailboxes, custom announcements, mobile and international routing, call recording, intelligent call queuing, online statistics and more.
Other Technology in Business Resources
The challenges of growth for small business
New business must be won by creating a good first impression with customers and procurement managers...
Creating a successful business plan
Setting out a plan for your business can seem like a daunting task, especially before you've even got it off the ground.
Top tips for startups
Every successful business has a few things they wish they'd known before they started...
How to be a start-up success
Marc Barber 07/08/2008
There are three common elements to a start-up successfully negotiating those tricky first few years: an honest appraisal of ability, market research, and finance. Have your say »
Burning the candle at both ends
Penny Proffit 30/06/2008
The romantics among you may think that running your own business might be relaxing. Have your say »
Basic building block of any Internet marketing campaign
Guest Blogger 07/07/2008
For almost all sectors of commerce today, the Internet, or more specifically the World Wide Web, is now a key tool for business. In the field of marketing in particular it has become crucial. Have your say »
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O2 Franchise Opportunity
The opportunity to own and operate an O2 UK franchise store. O2 already successfully manages over 300 franchise and partnership stores in Germany and is now bringing that know how and support to the UK market. We see franchising as an ideal way of combining the owner-operator strengths of the franchisee with the strengths of our brand, systems and products. The combined O2 and franchise O2 store network is expected to be one of the largest mobile telecommunication retail portfolios in the UK. To find out more click here.