• 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, healthcare, debt collection, solicitors, schools, maintenance, funeral parlour, franchise, grey pound, recession proof business

• 10 recession-proof businesses to buy
• It's likely to be a brief recession and any notion that boom and bust exists only in economic history is well and truly discredited. Suddenly, how recession-proof a business is matters.
• See more in: car repair, home maintenance, newsagent, convenience store, discount retail, debt collection, funeral parlour, care home, pawnshop, luxury goods, recession proof business

• Buying a computer franchise
• Chris Bartoszewicz had a successful career in print and design, but it was a passion for computers that decided his next step.
• See more in: Yorkshire, Leeds, repair, maintenance, buy a franchise, computer, franchisee, interview

• How I bought… an eco-friendly cleaning franchise
• From cleaner to business woman: Sandra Neto tells her inspirational story.
• See more in: cleaning, buy a franchise, franchisee, eco-friendly, environmental, green, Living Clean, interview

• Run a car hire business
• Expensive to get into initially, the dividends from the car-hire business can be huge - and the market is rising.
• See more in: how to run a car hire business, running a automotive business, start a business, run a business, business idea, 

• Buy a franchise: eco-friendly cleaning products/service
• Founder Julie Bishop tells BusinessWings about her business's ethos and how it makes it unique in its field.
• See more in: cleaning, environment, environmentally friendly, ethical, buy a franchise, retail, services, green, eco-friendly, franchise, franchisor, interview

• Retailers get chance to add income stream
• New DVD vending machines being sold by the Movie Booth offer all kinds of retailers the chance to rent out DVDs.
• See more in: dvd rental, hire, rental franchising, buy a franchise, the Movie Booth, vending, movies, advertorial, news, film

• Starting a PC business
• Ben Nami talks about his computer repair and sales business, SmartFixIT, which he wants to make “the AA of the computer industry”.
• See more in: start a business, computers, repair, maintenance, interview, retail

• Everything in moderation – even stress
• Rather like oxygen, stress is something that continually damages us yet has been absolutely essential in the survival of our species.
• See more in: stress, work, science, biology

• Running a bike shop
• More people than ever are avoiding the traffic jam by getting on their bike - especially in the capital. Now could be a profitable time to sell bicycles.
• See more in: how to, run a bike shop, running a bike business, start a business, buy a bicycle shop, business ideas

• Don’t outsource your customers
• Be careful about which parts of your business you outsource, says Joe Venkataraman, cultural differences can make things difficult.
• See more in: India, IT, cutting costs, customer service, Customer, guide, offshore, outsource

• Business cost cutting: the virtual office
• Start-ups can cut costs considerably through cloud computing, virtual PAs and receptionists, virtual offices and VoIP.
• See more in: technology, cloud computing, virtual PA, virtual receptionist, virtual office, VoIP, guide, cutting costs

• Akio Morita
• The founder of electronics giant Sony was in the vanguard when it came to building brands and anticipating the internationalisation of markets.
• See more in: Akio Morita, Sony, electronics, profile, brand

• Running an IT consultancy
• 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...
• See more in: how to, run a IT business, business idea, Information technology, small business guide, buy a technology business, 

• Walkodiles, Walk-rounds and Wummle
• First round finalists are announced in the Grampian Awards for Business Enterprise 2007.
• See more in: Scotland, Tricker PR, news, Award, Scottish

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