Business Daily

Many people decide to go freelance for a number of reasons. Perhaps you can’t get the job you’re looking for in your desired field and, therefore, wish to go self-employed, or maybe you’re hoping for more flexible working patterns and hours. Living in the West Country may not have the job opportunities in your desired field, which is where freelancing may become the best option for you, dependent on your chosen sector. Freelancing is a great way of obtaining more freedom over your own career. If you’re looking to go freelance, you may have a number of questions that need answering in order...

Young professionals often times wonder how they could advance their career quickly through a combination of hard work, leveraging relationships, and correct career moves. Being willing to do whatever it takes to get a promotion or a pay bump is the mindset that a person needs to have. With this being said people that constantly undermine others to look better might get a promotion or two but these types of games always are brought to light in the end. Taking a proactive approach to advance a career needs to be done as great jobs simply do not fall in the laps of individuals. The following...

Statistics show that 52% of small businesses plan to outsource at least one business process in 2019. The apparent benefits of business outsourcing include increasing operational efficiency, boosting expertise and reducing costs. Answering calls is a crucial undertaking that requires immense courtesy. Reasonably, some businesses have resorted to outsourcing this function in an attempt to improve the handling of complaints in a timely manner and to enhance company-client interactions.

Even as more companies seek to outsource call answering, some individuals still remain critical of...

Plastic microfibres that come off clothes in washing machines can be degraded and dissolved by a new filter developed at the University of Exeter.

The “smart filter” catches microfibres and uses a set of enzymes to break down plastic into two by-products that are safe to be released into the water system.

While these two compounds (terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol) can be toxic at high concentrations, the volume of water released during a wash is enough to dilute them to a safe level.

At present, every wash cycle releases hundreds of thousands of fibres – and...