Write A Better Business Plan We have all seen templates, software, programs etc. All claim to make writing a business plan easier and more fun. Fun? Come on, let’s not push things too far… But you can make writing a better business plan easier by getting in the right mindset and by getting the basics
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Having a poor credit record does not mean that you cannot raise finance for your business, what it means is that your options will be less and you may pay more. The second part to this is that you need to know why you have a poor credit record and take action to put it
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Business Expansion Recruitment for full time posts in the South of England has increased for the 10th month in a row say KPMG. This trend is expected to continue according to the Close Brothers Business Barometer, with 18% of businesses expecting to take on more full time staff during the next 12 months. If you
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We have been involved with the government supported start-up loans scheme for a short while now and are delighted that our first mentored business has successfully raised finance through the scheme! Now, we all like to take credit for things but in this case our involvement was slight, but we it proved to be the
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The Unique Selling Point (USP) is just about the only thing that will differentiate you from your competitors. The difficult thing is in finding your USP, it is not always where you think it is, often it is a thing of marginal fiction, made up, created, dreamed up to make your business that little bit
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Email marketing – The Benefits of Email marketing For any small business, email marketing is a must have tool for your marketing toolbox. When done well it can produce outstanding results as well as helping you to maintain a good relationship with your clients and build a passive income for your business. The key to success
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We picked up a really interesting article about RBS and their willingness to lend to UK businesses, the article was based around a Sunday Times interview with RBS chairman Stephen Hester. The BBC article can be accessed here. Part of the interview quote was “We are lending as much as we can….we cannot force companies
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More and more UK businesses are now trading across borders, whether that be importing goods from China or Europe, whether that be selling on-line to businesses or consumers in America or beyond. The ease of electronic sales channels, ease of communication and accessible logistics all mean that importing and exporting is no longer the domain
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