Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
The small business blog for owner managers providing opinion & comment on all things related to small businesses
Being British sometimes feels synonymous with a resigned acceptance of disappointment. A feeling football, cricket and tennis fans know all too well. Having brought these great sports to the world, we can now quietly murmur into our pints that we’re ‘not bad’ at most of them.
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As Spanish banking giant Santander completes its rebranding of Abbey National and Bradford and Bingley this month, and American conglomerate Kraft swallows up Cadbury, many may feel a pang of sadness as the darlings of British business keep diminishing.
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As staff wind down for Christmas, owners worry about lost productivity caused by the month's distractions. However, Christmas can be a great time to get ahead with word of mouth referrals, writes Charlie Lawson, national director of Business Networking International.
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To little fanfare, the Rowlands review was published this week. In case you’re wondering, it’s a government-backed report looking at the Provision of Growth Capital to UK SMEs.
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Small businesses are being promised the world as the next General Election looms closer.
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Whether it's about late payments, pricing or quality of service, disagreements can quickly turn nasty in business. Mark Tudor, a principal at the law firm Matthew Arnold & Baldwin LLP, looks at how to resolve disputes between small businesses speedily and effectively.
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Self-help books on business are often contradictions in terms. They're the equivalent of playing The Beatles: Rock Band on a games console - in your head, you're on the rooftop of Apple Records in Savile Row, playing Get Back to hundreds of people, whereas in reality you're a friendless adult, alone in a living room, frantically pressing coloured buttons.
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Self-help books on business are often contradictions in terms. They're the equivalent of playing The Beatles: Rock Band on a games console - in your head, you're on the rooftop of Apple Records in Savile Row, playing Get Back to hundreds of people, whereas in reality you're a friendless adult, alone in a living room, frantically pressing coloured buttons.
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The uncertainty we all face has been exacerbated in recent years by, among other things, globalisation and the growing interconnectedness of the world.
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Trevor Nobbs, associate director of Barclays business support team, to offer some top tips to staying on your bank manager's good side during the downturn.
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‘There aren’t enough women in business,’ goes the age-old debate. When you listen to some commentators, you’d be forgiven for thinking we were stuck in a time where the right to vote was still a dream in the pretty little head of Emmeline Pankhurst.
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Long gone are the days when you could happily spend a couple of hours with a stack of vinyls and a C-90 tape, putting together a compilation of killer tunes for your mates or “potential” girlfriend. Even the notion of a printed TV guide now seems slightly quaint and outdated.
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Business Technology
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Investing in a franchise
Starting a new business is an exciting venture. But – especially in well-established industry sectors – a key question is whether it would be better to buy a franchise or go solo.