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Thursday, November 05, 2009 10:43 AM

Free tickets for Business StartUp

Business StartUp takes place at Olympia, London 26-27 November. If you’re thinking about starting up a business or growing your existing business it could be worth a visit. Tickets are free, and you can order them here . Activities include the Midas Touch
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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 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 21, 2009 10:26 AM

1,233 miles, 18 home businesses and 5 clear trends

Guest post from Emma Jones, Founder of Enterprise Nation and author of ‘Spare Room Start Up - how to start a business from home'. Last week Enterprise Nation, the home business website, went on a roadtrip. Starting in Scotland, the touring team travelled
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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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Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:25 AM

Entrepreneur Doug Richard's business start-up top tips

Ex- Dragon's Den panel member and Doug Richard recently held a seminar at the British Library in London for all aspiring entrepreneurs, offering his six top start-up tips . Here's a very brief summary of the start-up tips he discussed - it's well worth
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Friday, June 19, 2009 10:35 AM

National Enterprise Network launches Home Enterprise Week 6-10 July

More than 60% of small businesses are now started from home and an estimated 8 million people will earn an income from home this year alone. In recognition of this growing business trend, NFEA - the national enterprise network, has launched the first
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 9:44 AM

Starting up a business?

Welcome back after the Easter break everyone. Time away gives us all time to reflect and think about what we need to do in our professional lives. Unfortunately, given the increasing number of unemployed - especially those in middle management - the skills
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Thursday, April 02, 2009 10:29 AM

From hobby to home business

Guest post from Emma Jones, Founder of Enterprise Nation , the home business company, and author of ‘Spare Room Start Up - how to start a business from home' We're seeing something happen in the world of home business; every day we hear from people turning
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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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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 11:29 AM

How to find and keep customers

This generally comes top of the priority list for every business - large or small - which is why we've put together a new section on the Microsoft Small Business website. Take a look at our Finding and Keeping customers section, which includes pages on
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Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36 AM

The art of selling in six simple steps

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
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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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Friday, March 06, 2009 9:54 AM

Sticks and stones

The awful and embarrassing names people call their children was a story floating around the press last week. Justin Case, Barb Dwyer and Stan Still were favourites, as were Pearl Button, Jo King, Barry Cade, Carrie Oakey, Priti Manek and Tim Burr. If
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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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