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Category: In Business
Advice on growing your small and medium sized business, SME, in the UK. Hiring and managing staff and finance plus marketing all on one website
The key to lasting behavioral change
Think Goal, Not Tactic
The 5 biggest mistakes when using storytelling in business
Storytelling can be a powerful tool for building and promoting your business – but only if you get it right.
How to make your business cyber streetwise
The web has revolutionised way we work and businesses of all shapes and sizes rely on it to keep their companies running effectively every day
How to keep the cash flowing
A healthy working capital is the lifeblood of any business, big or small. Unfortunately, hitting the right balance between money coming in versus that due out is a delicate balancing act, and isn’t easily mastered.
£500,000 funding from Big Issue Invest’s Corporate Social Venturing Challenge
Big Issue Invest, the social investment arm of the Big Issue, has opened a second round of its Corporate Social Venturing (CSV) programme. The programme uses corporate partners to invest in, support and nurture a new generation of high potential social businesses to grow and deliver sustainable social and financial returns.
Network Rail & The Office Group announce next phase of Station Office Network
The Station Office Network, the joint venture between Network Rail and The Office Group, has announced that it will open a further three drop-in work spaces in 2014 following the successful launch of its flexible office product at Paddington station in mid-2012.
The next generation is set to be more assertive & self starting entrepreneurs
A new study comparing the preferred working behaviour of school pupils to nearly one hundred thousand working population profiles indicates the next generation could be more entrepreneurial but less verbally communicative potentially due to a reliance on technology over the next five years
Tackling late payment
Get paid by business customers on time… or as close to it as possible!
What’s in a (domain) name?
BM Columnist and Internet Marketing expert Maureen Wright, MD of Midland Web Solutions, explains what domain names are, how they work and whether your business needs to take any notice of all the new domain names that are currently flooding the market…
British Franchise of the year awards open for entries
The British Franchise Association (bfa) has today launched the bfa HSBC Franchisee of the Year Awards, supported by Express Newspapers, with two new award categories. The country’s pioneering franchisees are being called upon to celebrate their successes and enter the prestigious industry accolades.
Why email marketing is still the must-have tool for businesses
Ever since its inception, the use of email for business communication has received unprecedented support from all sectors. It fast became the primary form of contact for many businesses – a fact which remains true to this day – but the secret behind its success was simple.
April 2 the most popular day to start a business in the UK
Analysing data from Companies House, O2 Business established that last year more businesses in the UK were started on this day than any other, with a total of 1,679 businesses being created.
How to drive your employees mad
Some of the qualities that make you an effective entrepreneur are the same things that make you a tough boss to tolerate.
What motivates you?
Executives who combine work and family emphasise the importance of defining success for themselves.