When it comes to trading overseas, it can be all too easy for uninformed businesses to incur superfluous costs. Be it Customs Duties or third party agent fees, often this can simply be because they have not taken the time to research cost saving opportunities. By understanding local partners and regulatory issues in target markets and export locations you’ll make all the difference to your bottom line.

London 2012 will last for six weeks, with organisers predicting crowds of up to 500,000 people each day. By now, organisations in London and other Olympic locations should have plans in place for mitigating the potential impacts on their business, most of which will likely include an element of flexible working. However, while many businesses will already have a remote access solution in place, the key question is whether these existing solutions can maintain the necessary level of performance and security when challenged by an event on the scale of London 2012. This guide explains the potential issues businesses may face with their remote working solution and offers tips on how they can better prepare themselves to deal with the disruption this exceptional event may cause.