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Maybe you’ve noticed that there’s a certain set of tools/services/technologies that many online publishers constantly promote as the best thing ever. And I’m not saying that those tools are particularly weak … I’m just saying that sometimes a better alternative is not far away.

Well, UK accountancy practice, Richard Place Dobson has long since embraced the paperless office and for the past three months one of their senior practice accountants, Jennifer Watson, has worked for this UK firm from her home in the south-east of Ireland. This interview looks at how virtual working actually works, both from the perspective of the employer and the employee.

Mobile technology presents a whole new range of possibilities for digitally building a business. This interview looks at using an app to generate sales leads.

What’s the right way to contact clients, colleagues and friends, and for them to contact you? Is offering a multitude of options really the best way forward and will certain tools begin to become acceptable for certain types of communication?

Virtual offices are a great way of giving your business capabilities in excess of your own internal capabilities. But there are numerous ways of creating a virtual office – not all of which involve using a managed service provider…

Supported by Ulster Bank, Small Business Can is the fastest growing small business network in the UK & Ireland today.

I thought I’d share a few Free business tools which I am using at present. Here are 4 of my favourites.