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- A guide to business insurance
- Overview of key small-business insurances, such as public liability, professional indemnity and building and contents cover.
- See more in: business, insurance, commercial, cover, expenses, public, liability, indemnity, professional, legal, small, building, contents, employers
- Three steps to effective PR
- Dotcom entrepreneur Marcus Markou gives his top tips for creating an effective PR strategy for your small business.
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- Personality a big part of leadership
- Fabio Capello has it. Blair has it; Brown seemingly does not. A change management expert says that charisma is hugely important in a leader.
- See more in: leadership, management, Fabio Capello, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, news
- Asian Business recognised for peerless performance
- Asian businesses are outperforming their white counterparts so judges for an upcoming event honouring successful British Asians will have plenty to choose from.
- See more in: minorities, news, ethnic minorities, ceremonies, events, event, Asian, Award
- Might now be a good time to buy a post office?
- If ideas emanating from the government are acted on, the fortunes of the beleagured post office network could be revived.
- See more in: post, post offices, post office, mail, royal mail, buy a business, buying, government, news analysis
- Userful device slashing carbon emissions - and costs
- Start-ups can cut down on IT costs and their electricity bill and help the environment thanks to technology made by a Canadian company.
- See more in: DiscoverStation, cutting electricity bills, cutting costs, carbon emissions, CO2, environment, environmental, carbon footprint, guides
- Relocate to... Glasgow
- Known in the popular imagination more for its blights, Glasgow's transformation has been inspired and the city is very much on the radar of restless business people.
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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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- VAT registration
- When VAT was introduced to the UK in 1973 the Chancellor said it was a simple tax. But if it was true then, it certainly isn't true that VAT registration is simple now...
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- Award ceremonies
- There's more to it than prestige. Our guide to award ceremonies and how attending can be beneficial even if you don't win anything.
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- Louis B Mayer
- Imagine if Mary Whitehouse ran the movie industry, and you're getting close to the impression the late MGM ideologue made in the first half of the 20th century.
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- Schools
- A perennial political football, education is in the news again. That both main parties are now ideologically committed to private sector involvement is great news for entrepreneurs.
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- Practising what you preach
- A salesperson should truly believe in the product they sell. Mobile working technology specialists Interchange Group clearly do.
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- How I bought a financial-services business
- Robert Ward's story is unprecendented among our business buyer interviews, having started, sold and then bought back his small business.
- See more in: buy a business, sell a business, financial advisors, services, 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
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