All "grey-pound" articles
- 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
- Hotels
- The British tourism revolution has swept away the holiday accommodation made famous by Fawlty Towers. For those looking to add their personal style on a business, this is an excellent enterprise.
- See more in: hotels, hotelier, hospitality, breakfast, guides
- Buying a hotel - Joy and Spencer Rennie
- Joy and Spencer bought a hotel in Mallorca for £190k. They say: “Don’t rush into it. Even if you are put under pressure – like when you are told you are getting a good deal – hold back a bit.”
- See more in: buy a business, hotels, hotelier, hospitality, breakfast, Spain, interviews, B&B
- Joe the Plumber sparks interest in business buying
- America loves its workaday entrepreneurial heroes. One which has captured the headlines in the US presidential elections has fuelled an interest in buying businesses, according to BusinessesForSale.com.
- See more in: plumbers, plumbing, buy a business, buying, elections, election, Obama, McCain, news, US
- Award ceremonies directory
- Links to the websites of various business awards ceremonies. Broken down into categories.
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- Types of finance providers
- You do not necessarily need to obtain finance to start a new business through the bank. Here's our guide to the options out there, and their advantages and diasdvantages.
- See more in: finance, funding, providers, banks, government, venture capital, VCs, angels, grants, start a business, startups, buy a business, guides, lenders, Award
- Relocate to... the United States
- Receptive to entrepreneurs with inspirational ideas, the United States is among the best places to do business in the world.
- See more in: relocate, relocation, United States, country, economy, guides, overseas, US
- Work from home: stuffing envelopes scams
- We've all seen it: dubious offers of hundreds of pounds a week for working from home stuffing envelopes. BusinessWings investigates a widespread scam.
- See more in: work from home, work, home, working, scams, scam, OFT, envelopes, guides
- Walkodiles, Walk-rounds and Wummle
- First round finalists are announced in the Grampian Awards for Business Enterprise 2007.
- See more in: Grampian Awards, Scotland, Scottish, Tricker PR, ENET, news, Award
- How we started... an accountancy firm
- Young and female, Sophie and Lucy are far from the archetypal accountancy owners, but say their distinctiveness has been part of the inspiration behind their business success.
- See more in: start a business, startups, women in business, businesswomen, Cardiff, Wales, interviews, accountancy
- Closing date for £5k awards approaches
- Time is running out if you want to vie for the top prize at the annual Start-Up Star business awards.
- See more in: news, start a business, start-ups, Award
- Work for texperts, kill the pub quiz
- Working from home needn’t necessarily involve stuffing envelopes, telesales or telemarketing.
- See more in: work from home, telesales, telemarketing, texperts, AQA, David Platt
- We’re in a recession, says private equity boss
- Jon Moulton, founder of Alchemy Partners, warns entrepreneurs to hunker down for a tough period.
- See more in: recession, private equity, venture capitalist, VCs, news, economy, economic
- Relocate to... Wales
- After years in the doldrums following the decline of the mining industry, the Welsh Dragon is resurgent.
- See more in: relocation, country, Wales, UK, Britain, economy, Welsh, guides
- How awards are judged
- What do judges look for in competition entries? Two judges for the Grampian Awards for Business Enterprise 2007 tell us what they look for.
- See more in: Grampian Awards, judges, Scotland, Scottish, Tricker PR, ENET, news, Award
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