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- Finding the right business course
- There's plenty out there, but where should you start looking?
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- New workshops for new entrepreneurs
- Business Link is to hold workshops for people looking to start, or in the process of starting, their own business.
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- Starting a business consultancy – Helen Dowling
- She had a wealth of experience in the industry, so Helen Dowling was well placed to make build a business consultancy. Now, having established the business, she has big plans for the future.
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- Oscar Pet Foods – door-to-door pet food distributors
- This is a relatively easy franchise to run and in a nation of animal lovers you can count on demand staying strong.
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- Choosing the right franchise
- Only fools rush in, as they say. Brian McLelland advises against ploughing your savings into the first franchise that comes along.
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- Plumbing businesses
- It's physically demanding and often involves working in claustrophobic spaces, but plumbing can be quite lucrative.
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- Recruiting staff
- Recruitment can be a difficult and time-consuming task. BusinessWings provides some pointers.
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- Five ways to make money – if only you had some
- Chris Baguley of Bridging Finance Limited vets some popular ways of making money.
- See more in: financing, funding, capital, buy a business, property, investment, guides
- Buying a gift card shop – Jill Stones
- Trouble with wholesalers aside, Jill couldn't be more pleased that she has bought her own business - and only wishes she'd done it earlier.
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- Driver Hire – drivers for hire
- Given that the market for hiring drivers is growing and Driver Hire has just been crowned the UK's top franchisor, there's every reason to consider buying into this brand.
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- Genius: born or made?
- Recent research has cast doubt on the idea that genius can ever be innate. Could it be true that inspiration really is 99% perspiration?
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- Pet food franchises
- The British love their pets and supplying food to the nation's animals can be very lucrative.
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- IT businesses
- The IT industry has been a fickle one in the past, but now things are booming again, there's never been a better time to invest...
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- Hey, big spender!
- Fraud defence expert Stephen Fox gives gives some sage advice to business people about how to avoid accusations of overusing your business expense account.
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- Building a content-rich website
- It's no good having a great 'look and feel' to your site if it's just an empty shell, says web developer Donald Nelson.
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