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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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Monday, September 07, 2009 10:29 AM

10 ways to save thousands of pounds

MSN Money is claiming we can all save potentially thousands of pounds if we carry out a few changes in the way we live and work. The first one, which will probably cause a few groans, is to switch our electricity and gas supplier. Although it can be a
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Monday, April 20, 2009 10:34 AM

Advice for coping in a recession

The first glimmerings of positive economic news are beginning to appear - the number of mortgages being granted is up, the BBC is quoting a report saying the UK economy will grow in 2010 (although elsewhere it's quoting 2012), and it looks as though local
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009 1:48 PM

Free business guides and the death of saving

Need some business advice? (Who doesn't!) MSN Money has some free guides available to order: Guide to beating the recession - 50 ways to save money Falling interest rates; an investor's action plan Guide to making sense of the markets Guide to wealth
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Monday, February 23, 2009 11:24 AM

Are banks doing enough to help small businesses?

Shamelessly copied from the BBC website is the following extract from the PR on Panorama tonight (BBC 1 at 8.30pm). This has to be essential viewing for anyone managing a small business. With more than 4.5 million small businesses in the UK providing
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:02 AM

Keep the cash flowing - new small business guide

Cash is king – a business mantra that is sometimes not understood until it’s too late. Without cash your company is vulnerable – as many businesses have discovered to their cost over the past six months or so. Prompt invoicing, meticulous tracking and
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:43 AM

Business continuity plans

Yawn, yawn, business continuity..... sounds desperately dull doesn't it? But if the consequences of a security breach mean your business goes out of business it deserves your attention. Last week, following the attempted burglary of a colleague's office,
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Monday, January 12, 2009 9:31 AM

Free financial advice for small businesses

A useful survival tip for 2009 is to take advantage of any free resources offered to small businesses. One of these is the news feed on the Small Business Centre homepage, which is updated daily and has topical, relevant news that can help your business.
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Monday, December 08, 2008 11:44 AM

Mega Monday

Today is apparently the busiest day for online shopping , when we've all been round the shops and failed to find that crucial present for husband/wife/Auntie Mavis. The forecast to be spent online is for somewhere in the region of £320 million - and that's
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008 9:46 AM

Financial help for small businesses

News today on the BBC business site : Lloyds TSB and HBOS, which are in the process of merging, have both announced packages to help small businesses. Lloyds has a new six point charter that includes promising to pass on future interest rate cuts to its
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Thursday, November 27, 2008 2:07 PM

Implications of the reduction in VAT

While we're all trying to work out the implications of the reduction in VAT earlier this week, the obvious implications for invoicing need to be addressed pretty quickly. As fellow blogger Nick pointed out on Tuesday, in his True Business blog post VAT
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Thursday, November 06, 2008 10:32 AM

The spirit of enterprise is still thriving

Last month, Scarborough was named the enterprise capital of the UK for its ‘Waking Sleeping Beauty' project, transforming the seaside town into "a shining example of enterprise excellence". The Minister for Economic Competitiveness and Small Business,
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Friday, October 24, 2008 12:24 PM

Tell your small business finance story to the BBC

You may have seen this week on the BBC website the news about the government bringing together banks and representatives from small businesses to try to "thrash out differences between them". "Earlier this week, Lord Mandelson told a Business Select Committee
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008 11:05 AM

MSN Ask the Experts questions about money

Got a query about finances? Try submitting your question to the MSN Ask the Experts panel. They’ll examine your finances and make suggestions about how to reach your goals. They can’t respond to all questions of course, or provide individual responses,
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