Category Archive: News

Jul
16

EU Cookie Policy compliance

If you run a EU based company website it is now EU law that it displays to visitors upon arrival whether or not it uses cookies, how they’re used and a breakdown of all the cookies placed on a users’ computer. The chances of a company website NOT using cookies is very slim, whether it …

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Aug
31

BT raises landline costs (again)

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For the third time in 14 months BT is increasing it’s landline costs. The increases, which take effect on the 3rd December, follow hot on the heels of increases in October 2010 and April this year. Landline rental will be increasing by £8.40 per year, making the cost of renting a landline a steep £14.60. …

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Jul
01

Now pay by Direct Debit

Save yourself the hassle of remembering to make a manual payment and sign up to pay by Direct Debit today. Simply print out our Direct Debit mandate, sign and return by fax, email or post. Direct Debit payments are also cheaper, sign up and avoid a £3.00 fee for non-direct debit payments.

Jun
20

Hardwire your business to the ‘Net

Connect your business directly to your local exchange via our Fibreline service. This is a fibre optic connection direct from the exchange to your business, with no copper wire infrastructure at any point. With fibreline you receive data at the speed of light direct from the exchange, with distance from the exchange now irrelevant as …

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Jun
20

New domain name extensions approved

The body that regulates domain name registration (ICANN) has approved a plan to increase the possible extensions to a domain name significantly. Currently there are just 22 extensions (.co.uk, .com etc) but this is to be expanded to include just about anything you can think of, such as .beer or .windows. There are no restrictions …

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Jun
16

The Balance Coach website launches

We’re pleased to announce the launch of www.thebalancecoach.co.uk.   This is a great example of a simple and economic WordPress site being used to provide a professional business image for relatively little cost.   If you’re a start-up or small business wanting an economical website which you can update yourself with news and information about …

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Jun
16

Dedicated support desk

We’re pleased to announce that as of July 1st Globe2 customers will be provided with a dedicated VoIP and Internet connectivity support desk.   This builds upon our commitment to our customer service – clients will continue to have their own account manager as previously and in addition will now have a team of IT …

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Dec
16

Product listing website

We’ve had a number of customers contact us looking for an economical way of putting online their product listings. While a fully customised dynamic website built from scratch would be great in theory, in practice this would put such a site beyond the budget of most small businesses or sole traders. As a result we’ve …

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Apr
14

Call rate comparisons

Are you confused by your BT call charges? We’re not surprised, we’re trying to put together an easy reference guide as to how our charges compare to our competitors but we’re finding it very difficult to find out exactly what they charge. Now why could that be? Globe2 have a very straight forward charging policy …

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Jan
19

Road conditions

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