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Show 11 - Efficient IT structures are key for any SMEIntelligent Server Processors. Built-In Virtualization. Single Core Servers... have we lost you yet?
If, like many owner/managers of small businesses, you are simply confused by technical jargon, struggle to get to grips with your company's IT operations in general, or if you merely don't have the means or manpower to focus your energies on this vital aspect of running your company, then we seriously recommend you join us for this week's smallbusinesadvice.tv show.
It is vital for all small businesses to pay particular consideration to their IT structure. For example, how many companies won't invest in a secure, regularly backed-up server to host crucial and sensitive company data, instead opting to run their company from a desktop PC? Yet the former will reduce business risk and crucially save money in the long term. For many SMEs in this position, they could very easily lose years of data and client information by not having an up-to-date back up.
Joining presenter Ian Collins in the studio to show you how to best set up and run your company's IT operation and how you can work around the monetary issues that can prevent many SMEs from investing in an efficient IT structure is Steve Shakespeare, Intel's EMEA Business Solutions Director.
If you have any questions for Steve please e-mail them now via the box above and we'll do our best to answer them during the live show.
Steve Shakespeare joins us live online to discuss ways you can best set up and run your company's IT operation.
For more information visit www.smallbusinessadvice.tv
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Show 10 - Your Business, Your Cash FlowWhat is the biggest key to surviving the recession? For many small businesses it's cashflow.
You may run a great company, but unless you have money to pay staff and suppliers, let alone for developing your services, in the current climate, things can get very difficult.
And for the many businesses without savings in the bank and reliant on loans the situation has clearly been particularly difficult.
To help advise how small businesses can keep the money flowing, Small Business Advice TV is delighted to welcome Martin Morrin, Managing Director of RBS Invoice Finance, and Patrick Fennelly, Finance Manager of Moving Venue Catering – celebrating their 25th anniversary this year – and who brings a wealth of experience on how a small business can manage its finances in the good times and the bad.
If you have any questions for presenter, Ian Collins to put to Martin or Patrick, please e-mail them now via the box above and we'll do our best to answer them during the show.
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Business Confidence
We talk to Head of SME marketing at O2 about their recent Business Confidence survey.
In this episode of smallbusinessadvice.tv, Mark Borkowski, one of the UK’s most successful PR practitioners, will explain how simple, low-cost PR and marketing activity can help your business through economic crisis and strengthen your brand and reputation.
Mark is the founder and head of Borkowski PR. With his lengthy experience of working with names like Sony UK, American Express, Vodafone and Virgin Mobile, Mark is perfectly placed to advise on how you can make your Marketing and PR budget stretch further, reach your audience more effectively and the tools you can use to achieve this.
Sean will also be joined by Dan Matthews – business owner and journalist with around 10 years experience editing and writing for the likes of the Financial Times, Guardian, Real Business Magazine and his own online title LaunchLab.co.uk, which has seen him interview such notable public figures as Gordon Brown, Alan Sugar, William Hague and Duncan Bannatyne.
If you have any questions for Mark or Dan, please e-mail them now via the box above and we’ll do our best to answer them during the live show.
As always, we will also have our regular round up of all the latest small business news from the British Chambers of Commerce.
Sean Walsh is joined live by Mark and Dan Matthews to discuss how simple, low-cost PR and marketing can help your business.
