March, 2009

Guest blog from Cedric Chambaz, Marketing Manager for Micrsoft adCenter As a small or medium business owner you are probably too familiar with the dichotomy 'how to grow your business' and 'how to be productive with days that are only 24 hours long'. Microsoft can't do much to add a 25 th hour (no...

Guest blogger Emma Jones There is no finer talent for a business owner to possess than the skill of making a sale. As the business grows you may decide to outsource the sales function but at the beginning, making a sale is on your ‘to do' list. Here are six simple steps that will turn prospects into...

There’s a great story on the BBC website today on a list of banned jargon , compiled by council leaders. The list includes: · Predictors of beaconicity · Re-baselining · Coterminous stakeholder engagement · Coterminosity · Mainstreaming Now I’m on fairly safe ground I think in...

Guest post from BusinessWings , a business resource for budding entrepreneurs, and where, in their own words, you can "find useful business articles providing advice, tips and guides, and read recent posts on real life business issues such as running a small business, buying a franchise, financial advice...

It's no secret that there is a shortage of female employees in the fields of science, maths and engineering - despite the fact that apparently more girls than boys achieve the top grades in subjects in school. Last year five times more men than women achieveved a degree in engineering and women make...