Communication Bulletin

Forward-thinking companies have been able to manage their invoices and other document processing completely electronically since the 1960s. But in the twenty-first century, electronic document management has evolved, with the use of software as a service (SaaS), cloud technology and other advanced forms of new technology for business, to become almost universal in firms which take their management seriously.

Invoices, sales reports, payroll records, direct debit reports, sales orders, pay slips…

There are an interminable amount of documents running around an office of almost any size nowadays. Companies which are scaling up, or which have an international presence or a complex corporate structure, nowadays usually find it absolutely impossible to manage with a manual document processing system. Those which are soldiering on with conventional administration for their sales, payments and processing departments lose an untold amount of staff hours to effectively managing an unwieldy system, while also inflating their spend on office space and equipment.

Far more effective to outsource the management of all of these documents to an efficient, tried and tested digital document processing solution, whether in house, out of house or in the cloud, which can create a wonderful hassle-free solution for offices of all sizes. No need to worry about backing up, updating software or IT solutions: an efficient invoice processing company can take care of all of that.

This also removes all the worry around security, always a concern for companies and staff working in the sensitive departments of accounts payable and financial affairs. An outsourced document management company will guarantee security – and because it’s working on a far larger scale, by managing documents for, sometimes, hundreds of different clients, it can invest in the most up to date security storage techniques.

Completely digital financial documents are the future. In a decade or so, it will almost certainly become an industry standard. The EU has put through government legislation strongly encouraging and incentivizing businesses to do all of their invoice processing electronically. And major organisations, such as the NHS, have firm targets in place to apply electronic document management across all aspects of their work.

This isn’t just developing in Europe. In 2012, the US Government commissioned a survey which showed that if every office of the federal government switched to electronic invoicing, administrative costs would be cut in half. This would save the US Government a whopping USD450 million every year. It’s obvious that the advantages of digital documents are not going to take long to overwhelm existing systems, and that the sooner a company transfers to an electronic system the more efficient it will become.

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It is not always simple finding work in a foreign country. The language and customs are different, and so is the process of job hunting. You don’t necessarily need contacts and know-how to search for hotel jobs, Gulf, or hospitality jobs, Singapore however. Using a dependable internet database is a straightforward and effective way to search for all sorts of work, from bar work to room service to hotel jobs. Dubai and the rest of Asia are a gateway not only to adventure but to a steady source of income to maintain your travels, if you know where to look.

Whatever your skill level, there will be something for you. If you are inexperienced, you can find work as a waiter or porter. Those with catering experience can expect to be taken on as butlers, sous chefs or managers. If you’re a keen sailor, you can test your sea legs as part of a cabin crew. The length of the contract is also negotiable: those passing through can work on a temporary basis, whereas those looking to settle for a while can tailor their job search to get more permanent work.

This is the beauty of internet search engines. Your search terms can be as specific or as open as you please. So whatever your requirements, using a trustworthy jobsearch online will offer you the greatest flexibility in terms of type, duration and location of work. You’ll be able to see at a glance what’s on offer and assess all your options. When you’re travelling, plans can switch rapidly and it’s useful to have more than one option in place in case of contingencies.

The last thing you want to have to think about when travelling is your bank balance. While many work and save before they leave, it’s not ideal when your previous earnings determine your travels. To enjoy some real freedom, working as you travel, when and as you need the funds, really frees you up and means that you can let the spirit of adventure take you wherever you want.

In order to experience Asia at its best, by working in local businesses as well as taking in as much of the surrounding area as you want, try an internet jobsearch for hospitality jobs singapore, hotel jobs Dubai, and hotel jobs Gulf. Just confirm that the provider is dependable, experienced, and rest assured you’ll find more breadth and variety online than in any high street jobseeker office. For a unique experience far less superficial than the experience of a tourist passing through, spend time working and living in Asia.

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Many people have never heard of an accounts payable audit, or the recovery audit software that can redress budgetary errors. The truth is that however careful your staff, mistakes will always occur; this is true in any department, as well as accounts. This means that discrepancies will inevitably happen, and in many cases that means you will be making overpayments to suppliers and others. Research indicates that perhaps one in a thousand payments is an overpayment. While that doesn’t sound like much, if you run a high-volume, low-margin business then it can all add up and those mistaken transactions can leach your profits. Duplicate payments are just one of many kinds of error, but they are the most common because they are the ones that slip through the net most readily. Some are genuine errors, others are intentional and submitted fraudulently. An audit can show where this is happening and stop it.

The issue is that invoices are complicated – the average one has perhaps twelve different fields of data, and when these are copied into your accounts then discrepancies arise. Duplicate payments can occur when the same invoice is sent twice. This can easily happen, since many suppliers will provide services on a monthly basis. But what if they send their invoice twice in one month? You are expecting the payment so it doesn’t raise any eyebrows. Would you spot it if another one turned up? They might be paid by different people in the accounts department.

It is this kind of problem, and many others like it, that an accounts payable audit can uncover. Duplicate payments are the most common and most dangerous of mistaken transactions, but there are plenty of others. The effect of these can be to undermine your financial stability – and at a time of continued belt-tightening, no one can afford to be complacent. The good news is that recovery audit software can trawl through your accounts, uncovering all the occasions on which such errors have occurred in the past. This allows you to seek redress. In fact, you can demand repayment for the last six years. However, it’s worth moving fast, since if the person or organisation has gone bankrupt or ceased trading, there is no comeback. But with six years of overpayments on offer, that can form a very useful windfall, and ensure that similar mistakes happen far less often in the future.

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next generation access is what most of us already have these days. Many of us have the kinds of busy lives that make immediate access to the internet nigh on essential and we panic when the connection speed fails to meet our expectations. This is not necessarily the sign of an overly demanding, technology-dependent generation, but rather a development we can welcome, provided that it leads us to new pathways of learning, better social interaction and even ways of resisting the status quo. The latter is a tricky point: while using the internet has in recent years involved the increasing exposure of the user to insidious methods of advertising, and social media has made vague the once staunchly-defended line between our public/professional and personal, private lives, the online realm has also been where we can freely access tools for learning and entertainment. Perhaps even more importantly, ICT infrastructure has linked us up with an international community with whom we can share experiences, formulate opinions and grow. A number of people remain isolated from the above, however, because community broadband has not yet extended to all geographical locations.

Many initiatives are developing to extend the reach of broadband. This is important if we want to avoid an uneven rate of development both internally and overseas. Just take the example of the UK – it is such a small nation but one still blighted by the government’s tendency to privilege the capital and the home counties before attention turns to the needs of the North and the regions. Luckily, a number of initiatives involving the latest in fibre optic technology and data transmission are aiming to diminish the gap between the best and worst connected communities. This good work needs to be continued: while in London even the underground transport system is beginning to offer free internet access, there are a considerable number of rural communities who are at least five years behind.

The word ‘community’ in ‘community broadband’ gives a simple indication of why we need to promote the growth of next generation access: communities currently need to be thriving in terms of business and social exchange and better ICT infrastructure can help this happen. Even cottage industries and farms that we have a tendency to think of as stuck in the past and technology-resistant could benefit hugely from enhanced access to the internet. They could tap into new audiences interested in their products. They could create online forums for discussion of the ups and downs problems in their sector.

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In modern cities it has become commonplace for many buildings to be covered in long, smooth expanses of glass. They look chic, futuristic and practical, though in many ways they recall the designs of early modernist architects such as Le Corbusier, continued in many ways by the likes of Jean Nouvel and Renzo Piano (the men behind the superbly designed and instantly recognisable Villa Savoye, Centre Pompidou and Institut du Monde Arabe). Certainly, the newest buildings by Nouvel and Piano are well equipped to deal with the changing light that the coming and going of different seasons brings about. In older modernist buildings, however, there is a pervasive tendency for overheating or other temperature control issues to become problematic. In the summer, for example, the sun enters buildings from a much higher angle than it does during the rest of the year. And this means that the building has to either confront the subsequent rise in temperature inside the building or be faced with unhappy residents or workers who are simply too hot for comfort. Brise soleil can be added to buildings to deal very precisely with this problem. Glass louvres and external louvres meanwhile can provide tailored sun shading techniques at the same time as adding aesthetic intrigue to a less attractive building’s façade.

When you think of the positive benefits sun shades can bring to commercial offices, the value of investing in brise soleil will be clearly apparent. From an external point of view the building should seem sufficiently appealing – that is to say unique, interesting and memorable so that it complements your brand’s identity – to inspire as many customers as possible and keep their loyalty many years down the line. From an internal point of view, the focus should be on your staff: a building whose indoor temperature is comfortable is more conducive to high levels of productivity because happy workers are more efficient workers than hot and flustered ones who can’t wait to get on their lunch break or go home to cool down and relax.

Brise soleil will not simply encourage employees to do more work, however; the possibilities have a broader reach than only increasing profits and output. One surprising bonus that sun shading devices bring resides in their capability to add artistic interest.

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Many people enjoy the opportunities that unsecured loans provide, and these opportunities are significant. People taking out these loans benefit from a quick cash advance of almost any amount which they require; from a super quick approvals process which can see money asked for on a Monday turn up in the borrower’s bank account by Friday; and from a very accessible selection system. Many people who benefit from the fast cash which unsecured loans offer don’t have a briliant credit history: unsecured loans are often available to those borrowers who have poor credit histories (records of not repaying loans), who have been bankrupt, or who have CCS orders on them. It’s partly because so many borrowers are frustrated by the borrowing restrictions that are placed on them by secured-loan institutions that unsecured loan lending companies do such good business; however, perhaps one of the most important reasons for the success of these companies is the long-term cost of their loans. Cheap loans will always draw in clients.

Unsecured loans are often referred to as “cheap loans” because of the way in which they diverge from the more traditional ‘secured loans’ usually offered by banks. Although unsecured loans usually ask for a higher rate of interest than secured loans, they are intended to be paid back more quickly and so can end up costing less, overall, than a loan in which a small monthly amount of interest can accumulate over years or decades. In addition, one of the biggest benefits of the system – and the reason why unsecured loans are seen as ‘cheap’ overall despite their high levels of interest – is that they don’t include the ‘security’ of a pledged house or business. When taking out a secured loan from a bank, borrowers are usually required to sign a contract agreeing that a failure to pay a month’s repayment instalment makes their house or business the property of the lender. This means that a secured loan which is not promptly repaid can cost the borrower the entire value of a house or business: often hundreds of thousands of pounds.

When bearing these considerations in mind, it’s not surprising that unsecured loans are often feted as “cheap loans,” as well as easy ways to obtain quick cash in a time of financial problems. Fast cash will always appeal to borrowers; but knowing that failure to repay will not cost the family home or a business makes unsecured loans even more attractive to some borrowers.

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As the university term comes to an end, all the students struggling to make ends meet on their student loans are faced with a brand new expense: the holiday season is just around the corner, and whether you’re going to celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, or just a booze filled and exuberant New Year, many people are looking around for a little extra cash. It isn’t just these students who could do with a handy cash advance to see them through till 2012: many of these students’ parents, as well, would like to be able to show them a good time over the seasonal holidays. That’s why many heads of British families this year will be taking out unsecured loans for varying amounts, in order to have a merrier Christmas.

Frequently, an unsecured loan is used to meet other debt payments such as unpaid credit card bills, rent payments, mortgage payments or bills. People like to use unsecured loans for these purposes because they offer immediate cash payments (often paid within a week or a few days of application), and are easy to access. Often, these loans can be made available to people who find it tricky otherwise to get a loan: i.e., people with very bad credit scores, those who have gone bankrupt, etc. But close to Christmas time, many people who would be able to obtain credit cards or bank overdrafts choose instead to take out these types of loans, simply because when the sales are coming up, it can be good to get one’s hands on cash fast!

That’s why people who can budget for all their needs – for most of the year – with just their student loans, student grants or bursaries find themselves, at Christmas, needing to borrow cash in order to give their families, friends and partner great presents, or to travel to see their loved ones. Students are great candidates for a cash advance through unsecured loans, because the loan companies know that the students will be receiving the money to pay the debts back very soon, in their loan instalments due in January. Nothing can prevent an enrolled student receiving the student loan instalment – unlike other less predictable sources of income, such as wages from a job the borrower may be fired from, or repayments which others may fail to make. So don’t be surprised if you see the students you know spending unexpected amounts of cash; there are more ways than one to make a student loan pay for itself!

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Everyone recognises that our music-listening conventions have changed quite radically in the space of two generations or less: while today’s hits are for a great part downloaded and saved digitally, all but the very junior among us recollect CDs and cassettes emerging as the musical format that promised to usurp the record. However, quite unusually for the field of technological progress, older manners of listening to music have been slowly creeping back into fashion and coexisting with the new. Of course, for those who remained faithful to vinyl even at the dawn of the CD and later the download, the renewed popularity of records will seem late emerging. Indeed, vinyl addicts stand proud of their beautiful retro collections while many of us who were instantly impressed by the easy transportability of CD and Mp3 files now lament not investing in the sizeable vinyl formats whose remarkable album art and sheer tactility and warm audio represent more enduring pleasures. And, although such converts have been pleased by the recent reappearance of records for purchase online and in music stores, just one problem remains: how to listen to vinyl through modern speakers ill-adapted to the turntable’s needs? The answer lies in the phono stage, also known as a phono preamp or a phono amp.

The reason for investing in a phono stage is quite easy to understand: vinyl, as played on a turntable, requires amplification one step further than the digital files and compact discs most modern speakers have been designed to play. Without the phono stage, those of us who have only recently converted to record buying will feel deceived by our initially exciting yet ultimately almost inaudible acquisitions. In sum, the phono stage (or phono preamp or phono amp if you prefer) is fundamental to anyone enthused by vinyl for its sound quality rather than its status as a decorative object. And presumably most of us fall into the former camp!

What remains to be considered is the level of investment one is prepared to make in what is essentially a luxury pursuit: with music so readily accessible on our computers, listening to vinyl is a contrastingly slow activity to be savoured and one that can transform private moments of relaxation or low-key soirées with friends into memorable events. With this potential in mind it is advisable to seek the best phono stage you can budget for: other phono amps and phono preamp products just won’t provide the quality that everyone’s ears deserve.

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Powerpoint presentations have long been a double-edged sword. Strong sales presentations using decent Powerpoint design can be a great asset to a company. A bad presentation, put together by someone who doesn’t know what they are doing, can be a liability.

One of the issues with Powerpoint, as well as its advantage, is that it is so easy to use. Without any experience, someone with basic computer literacy can put together a slideshow without too much trouble. It’s extremely powerful, allowing you to embed all kinds of different graphics, movies, audio and other effects. So much is built in that a speaker intending to make a good impression can really go to town, incorporating as many as possible of its toys.

This, however, is often a fatal mistake. Powerpoint design is a fairly fine art. Like any audio-visual medium, doing it well is hard. Just because you can put together a brochure with desktop publishing software, or a home movie with a video camera, doesn’t mean that the result will convince the audience.

Worse, Powerpoint is so common in the business world that there is often the expectation that it will be used – both on the part of the audience and the speaker. That means that presentations can be thrown together solely to fulfil that expectation. Whilst well-designed Powerpoint presentations can add a whole extra dimension to a speech, giving complementary information and appealing to listeners for whom the spoken word isn’t a natural medium, a shoddy presentation will turn people off. Put another way, not having a Powerpoint presentation is better than having a bad one. This can hamstring otherwise capable speakers, because they find that the slideshow actually detracts from what they are saying. This is never more the case when it simply repeats the material verbatim – a mistake that is all too common.

The purpose of sales presentations is to secure a deal. Good Powerpoint design can help you with this; bad Powerpoint design can end up losing you the bid. If you are in any doubt, compare a few successful presentations – yours or other companies’ – with others that haven’t gone so well. What has been the difference? Where Powerpoint adds to clear and effective communication, it is an asset. Where is makes things more complicated and distracting, it’s best left out. The trick is knowing how to do it well, every time.

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In the current economic climate, the aftermath of the financial crisis is adversely affecting the mood of young entrepreneurs. Many new businessmen and women are understandably tentative in these restrictive circumstances when it comes to investing in commercial property London or looking seriously at shops to rent in north london. This is partly because loans are harder for small businesses to come by at present and partly because consumers are tending to err on the side of caution rather than express interest in new ventures and products. These two factors have the potential to deter even the most courageous of market innovators and possibly lead them to think that they could better off setting up an online business on which they can work from home, thus totally bypassing the need to look at a shop for sale in London.

However there are many downsides to starting up a business conceived of solely as a web-based project. It is often difficult, for instance, to gain a positive reputation in the online world where many companies suffer from lack of visibility. Investing in physical space, be it for offices or for use as a shop floor, is therefore far from ill-advised even in such a hostile business environment as we are presently experiencing. Although the banks might be cutting back on their new business loans, there is still help to be found out there for those with really good ideas and evidence of their commitment. Likewise, commercial property companies are very willing to tailor their services to helping young and new businessmen and women find their feet and stay on them long into the future.

Really, the benefits of real property are manifold. In fact, for some businesses, renting commercial property London is absolutely indispensable to their very existence. Take the restaurant business – could you imagine an eatery with any ambition forgoing a good location or property conducive to a good dining atmosphere? What would you think of a clothes shop unable to display its wares in an attractive window display, increasing sales? The online business realm may work for many but it is not a convenient solution for enterprises. Altogether, shops to rent in north london or a shop for sale in London still have much to offer the business that wishes to stay competitive and get to know their clients on a personal basis.

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