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• Meeting employee's demands
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• Work from home: an introduction
• It's cheaper – significantly – it means you avoid the dreaded commute, and you can spend more time with your family. But there are drawbacks to running a small business from home.
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• The start-up A to Z
• BPlans' Alan Gleeson has compiled the comprehensive entrepreneurial checklist.
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• How to pitch an idea
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• 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.
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• Move to Zagreb, Croatia
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• 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.
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• Use Skype without a PC, says software company
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• Buying a consultancy franchise
• Carl Windsor says establishing his Auditel franchise has been immensely challenging, but manageably so thanks to the franchisor's training and support.
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• Running pubs
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