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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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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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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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While any help singled out for small businesses should be welcomed, the appointment of Sir Alan Sugar as 'Enterprise Tsar' smacks of gimmicky desperation.
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Once the largest company in the world, General Motors files for bankruptcy this week. The expression, 'The only constant is change' has never rung truer.
Business Technology
Here's how Security Service Edge from Vodafone can help to protect your SME from ever-increasing cyber threats
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Find out how creative agency, Myth Studio, used technology to grow their business and quadruple their staff count in 18 months
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Employment benefits specialist, Drewberry, explain why you should base your benefits around a Total Reward Strategy
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