This weekend is bank holiday weekend!
Enjoy it, because we don't get another public holiday for four months!
This Bank Holiday in reality marks the end of summer. Next week kids start back at school, the nights have already started getting considerably darker, the days feel colder and it won't be long until we all have to start switching our central heating on again!
On the good side for businesses, this means that most people have now had their long summer breaks, and should be back to work with full force. So, fingers crossed things should start getting busy again, so if you were planning on getting some virtual local numbers, now is the time to act! Get ordering now, as it won't be long before the Christmas shopping season starts!
Here's to a happy Bank Holiday weekend, and an even better last third of the year!
Friday, 26 August 2011
Friday, 19 August 2011
Popular local numbers: Manchester
We're starting an occasional profile of some of the most popular local phone numbers. One of the most popular cities in the UK to have a virtual local number for is Manchester.
Although there has been a settlement where Manchester is now since Roman times, Manchester only really began to grow into the city it is today during the Industrial Revolution in the nineteenth century, with the development of canals, trains, mills and factories. In fact, it was the world's first industrialised city, and was granted city status in 1853.
Perhaps most well known today for it's two football clubs - Manchester United in particular - it is a university city, and the third most visited city in the United Kingdom, beaten only by London and Edinburgh. Along with Birmingham, it is often considered to be England's second city.
Manchester's other most famous product is Britain's longest running television soap, Coronation Street, which last year celebrated it's 50th anniversary with a spectacular tram crash.
The area code for Manchester is 0161.
Although there has been a settlement where Manchester is now since Roman times, Manchester only really began to grow into the city it is today during the Industrial Revolution in the nineteenth century, with the development of canals, trains, mills and factories. In fact, it was the world's first industrialised city, and was granted city status in 1853.
Perhaps most well known today for it's two football clubs - Manchester United in particular - it is a university city, and the third most visited city in the United Kingdom, beaten only by London and Edinburgh. Along with Birmingham, it is often considered to be England's second city.
Manchester's other most famous product is Britain's longest running television soap, Coronation Street, which last year celebrated it's 50th anniversary with a spectacular tram crash.
The area code for Manchester is 0161.
Friday, 12 August 2011
Keep Calm and Carry On!
We were all appalled to watch the riots this week, in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Salford, and in smaller pockets elsewhere. It has been heartbreaking to witness. At a time when the country is already on a knife edge financially, this is the last thing that businesses - particularly small businesses - need.
But safety has to come first. If rooting and rioting continues, and its not safe to be at your work place, then get a virtual phone number pointed at your home number or mobile phone, even if its only temporary - eg get virtual London 0208 numbers pointed to your mobile, so that you can still carry on operating, but safely.
Business has to continue. There are many small businesses which may not recover from this already, insurance premiums are going to go through the roof from the cost of the damage, the image and reputation of the UK abroad has been badly dented, all at a time when the Eurozone and the US are teetering on the verge. Just shutting up shop would not be wise right now, but hopefully this is one little tip that might help a bit.
But safety has to come first. If rooting and rioting continues, and its not safe to be at your work place, then get a virtual phone number pointed at your home number or mobile phone, even if its only temporary - eg get virtual London 0208 numbers pointed to your mobile, so that you can still carry on operating, but safely.
Business has to continue. There are many small businesses which may not recover from this already, insurance premiums are going to go through the roof from the cost of the damage, the image and reputation of the UK abroad has been badly dented, all at a time when the Eurozone and the US are teetering on the verge. Just shutting up shop would not be wise right now, but hopefully this is one little tip that might help a bit.
Friday, 5 August 2011
Think "London prices" are crazy now ...?
An interesting article in The Telegraph this morning noted that London Hotel Rates are set to soar during the 2012 Olympic Games. The writer, Oliver Smith, speculated that visitors to our capital will have to pay around 10 times the price of what they are currently paying for a hotel room during the olympics.
Regular readers of the blog have probably noticed by now that we are taking a very keen interest in the London games! This is partly because we are genuinely excited that London is going to be hosting this major sporting event, and partly because London phone numbers are by far the biggest selling virtual local phone numbers.
We suspect that whilst London prices for things such as hotels will only really increase during and around the time of the London olympics, the prices of a virtual 020 number - which includes virtual 0207 and 0208 numbers, will steadily increase from now over the course of the next year as they become a prime commodity. Snap them up now whilst they're still a decent price!
Regular readers of the blog have probably noticed by now that we are taking a very keen interest in the London games! This is partly because we are genuinely excited that London is going to be hosting this major sporting event, and partly because London phone numbers are by far the biggest selling virtual local phone numbers.
We suspect that whilst London prices for things such as hotels will only really increase during and around the time of the London olympics, the prices of a virtual 020 number - which includes virtual 0207 and 0208 numbers, will steadily increase from now over the course of the next year as they become a prime commodity. Snap them up now whilst they're still a decent price!
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