Hannah Tunstall
- Jul 30, 2018
Five Reasons you should utilise blog writing
Blogging is a medium that has been around since the dawn of the internet. Some people have managed to dedicate enough time into it and have built a career solely around blogging. Others do it on the side as a hobby in relation to their interests outside of work. Many businesses have been taking advantage of blogging as another way to get their company name out in the world wide web. You may be asking yourself “How can I utilise blogging within my company?” or “Why should I bo
bmason753
- Jul 16, 2018
Employee Showcase: Fran Colarossi, Media Manager
At SME Broker Services, our employees are what make this company such a great place to work. We consider ourselves a tightly-knit family of people of all walks of life, and we wanted to share what makes our employees special with an Employee Showcase feature series on our blog. Our Media Manager, Fran Colarossi (Who could answer literally ANY trivia question about sit-com "Friends", fyi) is getting social with us on this edition of Employee Showcase. How would you describe yo
Hannah Tunstall
- Jul 13, 2018
The 6 best things about being in sales
Sales – it’s one of those jobs that comes with immense stress, yet the rewards can be so very, very rewarding. Here’s our 6 best bits about being in sales; 1. Helping customers you’ve become phone-buddies with. Next thing, you're getting their full life story and a run-through of what happened on Love Island last night. Standard. 2. The relief of hitting your sales target. You feel like everyone SHOULD care - They don't, but it doesn't matter anyway. 3. The adrenaline that co
Hannah Tunstall
- Jul 12, 2018
The Importance of Squad Brunch:
Why bonding outside of work hours is crucial to your company's s
It’s no secret that team building exercises can be extremely beneficial to a business as a whole. For us, we take part in ‘Squad Brunch’ every Wednesday – although, it’s not really a brunch, since we have it on our lunch breaks. We all walk alongside the river to the local hotel bar and have a really nice extended lunch together, with permission to get an alcoholic beverage too! This gives us an opportunity to chill out and get to know each other, have a laugh and enjoy the s
Hannah Tunstall
- Jul 6, 2018
The Contactless Takeover: 5 Reasons why People are Preferring Chip & Pin Devices to Cash
It’s no secret that contactless payments are becoming increasingly popular. Recently, BBC News reported that debit card payments had officially overtaken cash payments - most likely due to the increasing contactless technology. But don’t take it from me; We’ve asked Trinity Graydon, an administrator here at SME Broker Services who loves to use contactless payments, to give us her top 5 reasons for preferring chip and pin devices. 1. Apple/Android/Google Pay “It’s so much more
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