23-Jul-10
The big idea MOT: Seven steps to follow before hitting the business highway
Aspiring entrepreneurs should test their business idea thoroughly before writing a business plan, says John Mullins, or they are likely to join the majority of start-ups and fail to make it past the five-year mark
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23-Jul-10
Improve your capital gains
Entrepreneurs talk about how they've turbocharged their businesses by refocusing their sales strategy
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23-Jul-10
Social Funding for SMEs
Those looking around for alternatives to the low interest rates in high street savings accounts right now may want to look at a new investment business offering returns of between six and nine per cent.
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23-Jul-10
UK start-ups increase by 19%
Research conducted by direct marketing company Selectabase, shows that from January to May this year, 36,179 new enterprises were launched, approximately 240 start ups per day.
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23-Jul-10
Small business the focus of government's new tax shake-up
Reducing the complexity in the way small business owners are taxed is the first task of the government's new Office of Tax Simplification (OTS), the Treasury said on Tuesday.
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