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- Bad debt: the zero-tolerance approach
- No-nonsense advice on handling bad business debt during the credit crunch.
- See more in: bad debt, credit crunch, credit squeeze, credit control, credit, debt, invoices, disputes, solicitor, legal, guides, cash flow
- Starting a small business in a recession
- Recession is looming, but that needn’t put you off starting a small business. Some businesses are recession-proof, recession-resistant or actually perform better during a downturn.
- See more in: recession, food, luxury goods, funeral parlours, healthcare, debt collection, solicitors, schools, maintenance, over-50s, franchises
- How to improve your credit rating
- A decent credit rating is important when you are raising finance for a business start-up, purchase or expansion.
- See more in: credit rating, finance, funding, guides
- The top 10 reasons why businesses fail
- 80% of start-up businesses never make it to their fifth birthday. Here are some of the reasons why.
- See more in: failure, lessons, guides
- Top tips for buying abroad
- Some quick-fire handy hints to consider when moving abroad.
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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.
- See more in: buy a franchise, franchises, franchisor, automotive, services, hire, drivers, interviews
- Loans: a guide
- Most business finance is still raised through loans. Here's a guide to the types out there, including secured/unsecured, fixed rate/variable rate and fixed/flexible repayment periods.
- See more in: finance, funding, banks, loans, start a business, startups, buy a business, guides
- A guide to raising business finance
- A guide to the different types of business finance available to small business, from corporate law solicitor Mary Erb.
- See more in: finance, capital, funding, money, mezzanine, overdrafts, loans, invoice discounting, venture capital, VCs, asset finance, banks, business angels, grants, flotation, guides
- Leo Burnett
- Back in the olden days drinks quenched your thirst, shampoo washed your hair and beer got you drunk. Thanks to Burnett, hitherto mundane products now make you happier, cooler, sexier and associate you with virtuous causes.
- See more in: Leo Burnett, advertising, profiles
- Travel, leisure, luxury goods – all grey areas now
- The baby boomers are much more active consumers - and just generally more active - than previous generations, according to new research.
- See more in: middle aged, over 50s, grey pound, demographics, marketing, leisure, travel, research, consumers, news
- How to present a request for finance to your bank
- A guide from Andrew Small, Joint Managing Director of Franaccounts.
- See more in: finance, funding, loans, banks, security, start a business, startups, buy a business, guides
- Forming your company
- Will you set up as a sole trader, a partnership or a limited company? A general guide to the various forms your business can take, as well as the implications of your choice. By Jonathan Roberts of RFB Solicitors.
- See more in: legal, company formation, startups, start a business, sole trader, partnerships, limited company, guides
- Bill Gates
- Accused of ruthlessly stifling the merest germination of competition in the software industry, who'd have thought that the world's richest man would take pity on life's unfortunates?
- See more in: Bill Gates, IT, computing, microsoft, software, philanthropy, profiles
- Steven Spielberg
- One of the most prolific and successful directors of all time, Spielberg still managed to start his own little business, Dreamworks. An inspiration to all our BusinessInACan.com users!
- See more in: Steven Spielberg, film, directing, production, profiles
- Conducting due dilligence
- After signing an agreement in principle, but before signing a binding contract, you need to conduct a comprehensive MOT - to use a motoring analogy - of the business.
- See more in: buy a business, due dilligence, guides
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