5 Steps for Getting Ready for Your First International Business Trip

In many ways, going on a business trip internationally is very similar to going on a business trip domestically. But still, there are some differences, and some tips as a result of those differences, that you will want to know. Here are five steps for getting ready for your first international business trip: 1. Travel Light Ideally you’ll only need to bring a carry-on bag on your business trip, even if you’re traveling internationally. Yes, this will require you to make sacrifices, but it’s always cheaper and easier to travel light.…

5 Reasons Why Incentive Travel Rewards Can Motivate Your Staff More Than Money

Making sure your employees consistently put in a top performance is crucial in business. Motivating your employees – and maintaining that motivation – plays an important role in helping them achieve that. Using money as an incentive was once the answer, from the annual staff bonus to the cash-in-hand wins for hitting daily sales targets. But there is a much better way to motivate your staff than just dishing out the cash. Offering employees incentive travel experiences – a night in a fancy hotel or city break through to a fantastic overseas trip – has advantages that cash can’t provide.…

How UK Taxis Can Win Business Travellers Back From Uber & Company

This blatant disregard for the law and consumer’s personal safety must stop! It’s up to those of us who work hard to keep their businesses afloat, while doing everything the law requires of taxicab drivers and owners, to take back what Uber and it’s under-paid, under-insured, unaccountable drivers have taken away from us over the last few years. Uber hurts everyone… Uber has been slighting the UK taxi industry for far too long now. It’s an epidemic that not only hurts the hard-working qualified drivers who’re required to go through background checks and to register (using fingerprints) with the local authorities; it also hurts the customer, whether they know it or not when they plunk their location into the app and wait for a ride.…

Top Business Apps for People on the Go

If your work requires a lot of traveling and you are on the road all the time, you need to have all your business-related things ready at all times. This includes a lightweight suitcase full of already packed clothes, a laptop and/or a tablet, a phone and a phone charger and a briefcase filled with your most important documents. In addition to these, however, there is also one more thing that modern businesspeople on the go simply cannot imagine their lives without – a number of mobile apps.…