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Monday, October 05, 2009 10:09 AM

The UK's top five most creative and unusual business ideas

You might be surprised at these.... (or maybe not!) According to a recent survey by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), the UK's top five most creative and unusual business ideas are: Dating service for the more mature person Pro-cycling
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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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Monday, August 24, 2009 9:42 AM

How to start a health and beauty business

Guest post from Emma Jones, Founder of Enterprise Nation , the home business website, and author of ‘ Spare Room Start Up – how to start a business from home’ . According to retail experts, the health and beauty sector is in rude health; thriving, they
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Monday, February 16, 2009 10:12 AM

Quick ‘Fix it'

I'm trying to get in a joke here about Jim'll Fix It but struggling, so I've given up and will play this one straight. To help Windows and PC users, Microsoft is trying out the idea of a ‘ Fix it ' button on web-based support pages, detailing the most
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Monday, February 02, 2009 9:24 AM

Be better than your competitors

Watching Working Lunch last week, Theo Paphitis (of Dragon's Den fame) was being interviewed on matters economic, mainly on the topic of being an entrepreneur. He had an interesting perspective on the state of the economy, saying there has never been
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:24 AM

Love really does make the world go round

Here's a story with a warm, cosy feel to it that should go some way to staving off freezing weather and economic gloom. "Starting up a business is similar to falling in love," said Loic Le Meur, organiser of the Le Web conference that brought the cream
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008 12:49 PM

Web gurus look towards its future

A little over fifteen years ago, the agreement to make use of the World Wide Web free of charge came into being. From its origins as a means for scientists to exchange information, to the current explosion of user-generated content populating the majority
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Friday, April 18, 2008 10:43 AM

You're never too young (or too old) to start in business

Policemen are getting younger, so are doctors - and so it seems, are inventors. Forget crusty old ‘Q' and think instead of a five-year old boy called Sam Houghton, who has come up with the idea of a double-headed broom which collects large debris, such
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 2:06 PM

Could you work smarter?

Did anyone see the Steve Martin film ‘Cheaper by the Dozen' over the last week? Aside from it being very funny (as is anything with Steve Martin in it), it was about a family with 12 children struggling to juggle careers and childcare. Nothing new there
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008 9:44 AM

Why companies need female managers

It takes a brave person to stand up in front of an audience and expound on the differences between men and women. This is just what American anthropologist Helen Fisher did recently however, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, last month. Men are more
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Friday, November 02, 2007 10:57 AM

Who said nothing in life is for FREE?

Due to popular demand, Startups Live is again underway with a series of exciting events running through October and November to offer advice and inspiration to hundreds of budding entrepreneurs. The Startups Live events are organised by startups.co.uk
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Friday, June 22, 2007 1:01 PM

Idea Volcano looks smoking

By Matt Brady A particular story caught my attention this morning in our small business news feed on bCentral. Jamie Murray Wells, the 24 year old founder of Glasses Direct , has launched another cracking site - Idea Volcano - alongside Oli Barrett and
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