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- 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.
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- An unlikely lesson from Westminster
- Never before did a Prime Minister announce their departure date in advance, but someone who recruits executives says that such certainty is a hallmark of smooth handovers in business as well as politics.
- See more in: Gordon Brown, Tony Blair, Labour, government, politics, recruitment, chief executives, news
- Finding the right business course
- There's plenty out there, but where should you start looking?
- See more in: courses, training, education, start a business, startups, guides
- 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?
- See more in: genius, nature, nurture, education, science, philosophy
- 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.
- See more in: buy a business, gifts, cards, shops, retail, interviews
- How I started... a wholesale fashion-accessories business
- With two decades of experience working for major retailing brands and having spotted a gap in the market, Mel Serpen was inspired to go it alone.
- See more in: start a business, startups, wholesale, retail, online, internet, ebusiness, fashion accessories, fashion, accessories, businesswomen, women in business, interviews
- Buy a franchise: children's sports coaching
- Whether you have a background in sport but not in starting up a business, or vice-versa, you can be a successful Premier Sport franchisee with the right guidance and attitude.
- See more in: buy a franchise, franchises, franchisors, sports coaching, children, children's entertainment, interviews, sport, coaching
- Efficiency: big lessons for small businesses
- Adam Howarth of OMS explains why sophisticated strategies used by multinationals can apply equally, in principle, to any small business - and enhance its value.
- See more in: efficiency, guides, auditing
- How I bought a... children's sports coaching franchise
- Gareth Simpson was a good football coach when he joined Premier Sport in 2003; five years later and he's accomplished in starting a new business, too.
- See more in: buy a franchise, franchises, franchisees, sports coaching, children, children's entertainment, interviews
- Relocate to... Thailand
- Despite its protectionist tendencises, Thailand remains one the best places in south-east Asia to do business.
- See more in: relocate, relocation, Thailand, country, economy, outsource, guides, overseas
- How I started... an online wedding stationery business
- Carly Flanagan, who has entrepreneurialism in the genes and had many business ideas, chose to play it safe by going online.
- See more in: online, internet, stationery, weddings, interviews, start a business, start-ups, startups
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