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May 10th, 2012 | No comments

Typically, small business owners spend considerably more time on process activities than they do on being enterprising, and this, in the majority of cases, is an issue that will need to be addressed…

May 4th, 2012 | 1 comment

Going into debt when starting up, in the majority of cases, increases the likelihood of early failure. In young people these figures will almost certainly be higher, due to their lack of experience and more crucially lack of financial acumen. Providing a loan to a business that otherwise would not get off the ground is, in essence, funding a business model that starts out requiring a sticking plaster or crutch…

April 27th, 2012 | 6 comments

The latest initiative to support small firms as part of the Government’s Business In You campaign has been announced by small business Minister, Mark Prisk. The announcement that the Government will provide support for two firms comes a day after it was reported that the UK had officially entered a double dip recession…

April 26th, 2012 | 1 comment

Starting up in business, or upon a new business project, is a challenging experience which will test every owner-manager’s enterprise aptitude and ability. And one factor which is certain to cause anxiety and stress is the reality of business mistakes ranging from regular awkward stumbles to falling into lethal potholes with no way out…