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Brits scheming for SME success

More than one in five Britons believe that they have a business plan that will make them millionaires.

Marketing

Social networking and business

What can small businesses learn from larger enterprises that have embraced social networking?

Startup Funding and Grants

Finance options for start-ups and SMEs

Rose Lewis, a partner at financial consultancy Pembridge Partners, explains the various financial alternatives for the intrepid small business owner when a bank decides to play hardball.

Business management

Sara Pomfret on setting up her home furnishing business Raines & Willow

Sara Pomfret set up her home furnishing business, Raines &Willow, earlier this year with her father, David Brown. It's already making a profit.

Accounting

Advice on an unpaid invoice

A customer has refused to pay my invoice in full and has offered a smaller amount for work already done. Is there any simple action I can take to get the rest of the money due?

News

Banks say ‘no’ to SMEs

Figures released by the British Bankers Association (BBA) confirm that lending to small businesses is in decline.

Finding and selling to customers

Interview with David Strang of toy company Wicked Vision

David Strang's boomerang and toy company Wicked Vision has soared since he first launched it ten years ago.

Business management

Cherie Blair talks about her new network for female entrepreneurship

Cherie Blair talks to SmallBusiness.co.uk about her new network designed to promote women in business and why encouraging female entrepreneurship could lift millions out of poverty.

News

Regional Development Agencies replaced by Local Enterprise Partnerships

Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) are to be replaced by Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), the government has confirmed.

Employing & managing staff

Problems caused by back pain at work

Businesses are failing to recognise the problems caused by back pain at work, say doctors.

Finding and selling to customers

Negotiating on price as a small business owner

As many as one-third of owner-managers say they do not see themselves as natural negotiators, according to a recent survey. But you don't have to go in with all guns blazing to achieve more favourable terms.

News

Banks still offering a raw deal

Despite a modest improvement in the economy, small businesses are still being refused bank loans.