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Every year January comes around and affects our Mental Health more than what we know, trying a few of these tips may help to bring some positives and improve our mental wellbeing amongst the dreariness.

What a crazy year! Particularly for those of us who have moved into new jobs; whether that be through redundancy, business closure or simply because it was the right time for us to take the next step in our career.

Being involved with delivering networks to commercial buildings for over 10 years, I have seen the trend move towards getting the best possible speed available. As more and more work is done online, the desire to have quicker speeds becomes one of the biggest drivers in today's market when looking for commercial space.

Comparing business internet service providers (ISP) is tricky so therefore knowing what to ask when deciding on your next supplier can be pretty difficult. In this article I shall offer you some insight to what questions are commonly asked but don't really give you much differentiating information when comparing suppliers and the alternatives that you can try the next time you are assessing which fibre leased line provider is best for your business.

So your business is pretty established, in fact you’ve outgrown your current premises...so you just move offices right?...and everything goes smoothly doesn’t it?

We’re in the midst of a digital revolution. Across the North and in our home city of Manchester, the rise of new technologies and cloud services are radically transforming the way we live and work. The government investment in gigabit capable infrastructure will have a transformative effect on public services across GM and businesses can expect the new infrastructure to have a significant impact. Faster speeds, better reliability and less internet downtime are just some of the benefits of full fibre connectivity. Enabling access to a new generation of digital services will be a catalyst for innovation, promote creativity and drive the economic and social development of Manchester. Telcom’s investment in this next generation infrastructure, will, in a very short space of time have impact from the city centre to all boroughs in Greater Manchester.

The job that sticks out is a job we did in Spinningfields putting in a fibre link: I have never experienced such torrential rain like on that day. Morale was low but we managed to work as a team and get the job in regardless. At the end, everyone was soaking wet, but we managed to complete a very challenging installation and overcome a turbulent night working together as a team. It was a testing day, but it got us closer as a team.

After leaving the Armed forces, after serving fourteen years, I served three years employed by Metronet (now M247) before moving to Telcom last year. After leaving the Armed forces I was contacted by a close friend (Lee Lawrence - then operations director of M247) who offered me a role within the engineering department at Metronet (now M247).