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Using Blogging in a Business
No business can have ignored the rapid growth of blogs. According to recent estimates, there are now over 600 million blogs in existence, with thousands of n...
How to Motivate Your Staff
Many employers are now using incentive and motivation schemes within their businesses. With the advent of the Internet these schemes are now child's play to...
How to Grow and Expand Your Business
No matter how small your business, there will come a time when you need to think about expanding. Expansion doesn't have to mean massive changes in how your...
Pension Schemes for Your Employees
As an employer you are not legally obliged to set up any kind of pension scheme for your employees (an occupational pension) but you do need to offer your em...
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Franchising Vs Small Business Opportunities
The decision to open a business is one of the biggest choices a person can make in their lifetime. The risks are many, and they go far beyond the great finan...
How Employee Engagement Can Boost Profits
Employee engagement is an underused business strategy. A report from the consultants BlessingWhite states that less than a third of employees engage with the...
How Small Businesses Deal With Commercial Disputes
Running a successful business can be challenging at the best of times – and these are definitely not the best of times. One of the many repercussions of th...
Getting Funding for Your Small Business, London: Case Studies
If you've got the idea and the burning desire to set up your own business, but don't have the cash to support the entrepreneurial spirit, you might be lookin...
How Our Company Rode Out the Recession: A Case Study
Brett Alegre-Wood is the founder and MD of Your Property Club, a property investment company that specialises in educating beginner property investors. Your...
Top Ten Tips for Starting a New Business: Interview With Brad Rosser
When 1 in 4 businesses fail in their 1st year, and only 20 per cent make it through to year six, some good practical advice is needed. It's true, there are l...
Is a UK Patent Protected in the European Union?
UK Patents A patent is used to protect a new process or way of doing something. Once a process is patent-protected no one else can use it without the patent...
How to Get Paid Faster, FAQ
Late payment is still a clear and present danger for all small business’s cashflow. According to BACS the value of late payments across the UK is now over...
Interview With Emma Jones, Running a Home Based Business
Emma Jones is Founder of Enterprise Nation the premier home business website and author of ‘Spare Room Start Up – how to start a business from home’. A...
Interview: Karl Mckeever, Brand Director
Karl McKeever, brand director of the UK’s leading visual merchandising and brand delivery consultancy, Visual Thinking, has worked with top high-street ret...
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