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As an SME, by definition you are often a one man band, possibly a small partnership and perhaps a bit more, whatever your status, chances are cash is in short supply and no-one but no-one despite all the hype will help your cash flow, only perhaps offer you an umbrella when it is not raining!
Well in order to start and stay in business nowadays the internet is a must, whether you like it or not, clients and suppliers use email to conduct what used to be post and phone far more readily than you give credit for. Banking online although may seem daunting at first is a must to a small business, instead of listening to all the old excuses like the cheque is in the post, money can be transferred electronically and often no charge unless you are insisting on it being the same day.
Cash flow isthe most important thing after customers, no good taking on loads of work and not getting paid for it! You know, "do this one more job and I will give you some of the money I owe you" we have all fallen for that line, but no longer, waiting for money can put you out of business before you were really in it. An offer of a days work for say £150 may sound attractive but listening to excuses it could be 30, 60 or 90 days before a cheque appears and you had to finance the parts , fuel to get there and who knows what else, bank charges for lending etc., all told you made perhaps £10 or £20 profit!
We do not offer financial advice and are not involved with tthe FSA we just connect you to the world and you make your own way from there.
Dealing with orders online or over a low cost VoIP phone, having an online presence (website), taking deposit upfront and insisting on BACCs within 7 - 14 days could be the lifeline you need to survive. Whatever questions you have, we have probably got the tee shirt!
Whether you are in a town or the middle of nowhere Redraw will get you connected to the world, we have our own network independant of the 'big boys' and none of that "You are too far from the exchange, we want telephone numbers to connect you as out=r network is not in your area etc. We cover most of the UK and if by chance you are out of reach from us we will do our utmost to get to you, check with your neighbours, see if they are in the same boat, we may be able to share the cost with you all to get there, or we will help you connect to our competitors if it means you stay in business, we will no doubt make it up somewhere else or supplying you another service another day!
Don't forget you need connecting to the Internet, you need VoIP,mobiles are not always the professional way or give the best first impression. You may need IPTV, you may need Cloud Hosting, Web Hosting, Mediicare, you need a whole lot more and we have been doing it far longer than most and of course we know what all of this is and can explain in plain laymans terms in clear english!. Once we have you on our high speed network anyone including us can do business with you.
Don't forget we own and operate our own core network across the UK, in various datacentres, BT Exchanges, multiple ground and rooftop breakouts, POPs, utilising fibre, microwave and FSO (laser)
We can help you get the most out of the technology and put your service out in front of the rest in real carrier class!
We provide internet connections direct from our ever-expanding fibre and microwave network in many urban and remote areas across the UK, between most Datacentres and our endless list of PoPs.
If you are a carrier, an ISP or a business with a critical requirement to link your offices with lit bandwidth or dark fibre, and extend into a community, or even a single user at home, we can usually help, as we do with Boundless Communications in Lancashire. We have trained their team from the director down and support them by supplying a wholesale connection at low cost, teaching them about the wireless technology even helping them to deploy and even host their website. So if you thinking of connecting a few rural houses or a whole town let us know |
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