Business Start-Ups When you are fully engrossed in your start-up business it sometimes difficult to see the woods from the trees. It is also difficult to keep the faith and pursue things when you seem to encounter a barrier at every corner. But there are always solutions and there are never as many obstacles as
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VAT, that marvelous way of losing 20% of your sales. I am not sure how many times I have heard the phrase ‘if we didn’t have to pay VAT’ followed by a statement about more profits. Well, VAT is not going away. Your sales see you gather the VAT from your buyer, so why is
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Cashflow (cash flow) At the start of World War Two the UK was importing 20m tonnes of food per annum, that was 70% of the country’s need. With a then population of 50m it quickly became a German tactic to attack shipping heading for Britain, By January 1940 rationing had been introduced, starting with petrol,
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What’s The Point Of YouTube? A guest post by Robin Adams of Perfect Blend Video. There is no doubt that the number one reason why video has increased in importance for businesses around the globe is YouTube. From it’s early days back in 2005 when it was just a small site for people to share
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Grow my business. A common aim among entrepreneurs, small business owners and directors of mid sized companies. But where does the innovation for ‘grow my business’ come from? A business will grow for one of a few reasons, for example it may be; Cope with demand React to competition To meet it’s costs Market opportunity
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Trafford is a networking group focusing on quality businesses and operating by invitation only. We are please to have been part of this network for almost a year and have been able to pass on the benefits to both colleagues and clients. Much of our work with small business involves taking on a business issue
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Ever been to DFS or Currys and been offered finance for your purchase? This is what we refer to as consumer finance, or retail sale finance. In other words providing finance to the consumer to complete a retail sale. The myth here is that this type of finance is the reserve of the major high
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A question we get asked a lot is around terminology, things like ‘what are austerity measures’ or what really is a ‘credit rating’. Well, we have decided to publish a series of blogs covering commonly used terms, and putting them in plain English. Lets start with A-C, or Austerity to Credit Ratings Austerity – The
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