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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 1:13 PM

Need a loan? Try the RBS

Trying to attract new customers, the RBS has opened up its hotline to non-customers for the first time. Under pressure from the government to hit Treasury lending targets, the 70% taxpayer-owned bank has around 30% of the UK's small business lending market
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Monday, September 28, 2009 11:45 AM

New UK bank to focus on smaller businesses

Just come across this story from the FT, published earlier this month. Apparently plans are afoot to establish a retail bank specifically for small and medium-sized businesses struggling to obtain funds . “The group intends to set up a business based
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009 12:02 PM

Profit up for home businesses by staycation spending

Guest post from Emma Jones, Founder of Enterprise Nation and author of ‘Spare Room Start Up - how to start a business from home'. Home businesses from a range of sectors have reported an increase in turnover and profit as holidaymakers choose the UK as
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Monday, September 14, 2009 2:30 PM

Microsoft UK launches 'Britain Works'

Recognising that business needs to do all it can to help people during this recession, Microsoft UK has launched a campaign to help 500,000 people into work by 2012. Through a combination of a new national apprenticeship scheme, targeted skills and employability
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:09 AM

Digital Britain - what does it mean for SMEs?

The SME Advisory Panel met for the fourth and final time last week to discuss the state of the UK economy and the impact on small and medium-sized enterprises. The panel's focus was to gather opinion on the state of the economy and focus on the Government's
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Friday, July 24, 2009 10:41 AM

Small firms driving GDP

There's an interesting story on the BBC website today - Small firms want help to drive GDP .It's interesting from two perspectives - firstly for anyone who's lost a filling at the most awkward time and / or somewhere far removed from a dentist. Thanks
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Monday, July 13, 2009 4:01 PM

Growing optimism among small firms

The latest market report from the 10 small businesses the BBC has been following over the past few months reveals a growing optimism among small firms . No-one is denying the market is still difficult or that businesses are having to adapt and work harder
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Monday, June 29, 2009 10:18 AM

Firm's recession roller coaster ride.

There's an interesting story on the BBC website today on how a small retail business is not just coping but succeeding in the recession by adapting to market changes. Like every other business owner, Carl Bradley, owner of a computer and TV shop n Eastbourne,
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Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:11 AM

BT Business Experience 2009 - register now

BT Business is hosting a free week-long BT Business Experience event from 29th June to 3rd July 2009 at The Farmiloe, London, EC1M 4AY. An all-new event taking place in central London, it has been specifically created to show businesses how the very latest
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:24 AM

Small firms showing their resilience

Increasing confidence but frustration with banks is the feedback this month from the ten small firms that the BBC has been tracking. You can read the full report from the small businesses on the BBC website but here's a few examples of what they have
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Thursday, April 23, 2009 12:13 PM

Budget implications for small businesses: round-up

Reactions to the budget implications for small businesses are somewhat mixed - here's a round-up of what industry bodies are saying. Overall the budget does not appear to have been particularly well received although there are some nuggets for small businesses.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009 9:48 AM

What sells in a recession?

There's a great new article on MSN Money, 'What sells in a recession ?', spotlighting products and industries which are actually seeing significant growth in the current economic climate - it's well worth a read. Here's a taste: Caravans are hot (apparently).
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Monday, March 23, 2009 1:01 PM

SMEs use Twitter to cut costs

Social networking, relationship marketing, LinkedIn, Facebook, Bebo, and now Twitter. As the traditional forms of advertising are in rapid decline (in the news today is the 1,000 job cut at The Daily Mail group) so new ways of promoting your business
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Monday, March 16, 2009 10:18 AM

Why starting a business in a recession isn't foolish

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
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Monday, March 02, 2009 9:58 AM

How green is your office?

Seed change on Green Office Week with Avery What does your business do to help the environment? Research has shown that although UK employees want to be more environmentally friendly there aren't enough facilities and opportunities to enable workers to
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