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- Call for content-management standardisation
- A lack of standardisation in enterprise content management is fundamentally compromising the value of ECM investments, insists Ben Richmond, CEO and Founder of The Content Group.
- See more in: business, standards, ECM, standardisation, Vendors, technology, enterprise content management, strategies, implementation, the content group, ben richmond
- The Disability Act and website compliance
- By making your website compliant with these obligations, not only are you staying within the law, you are actually benefiting your business.
- See more in: Disability Act, website design, websites, internet, online, IT, legal, guides
- Care homes
- It's not the most obvious entry into the world of business but it can be both profitable and personally rewarding.
- See more in: care homes, nursing homes, elderly, disabled, guides
- Shoppers want high street standards online
- Eight years on from the dotcom crash, a web entrepreneur suggests that e-tailers are still getting things wrong.
- See more in: online, internet, web, news, e-tail, retail, ecommerce
- Launderettes
- As the nation gets busier and houses get smaller, the launderette is experiencing a renaissance...
- See more in: services, launderettes, guides
- Day nurseries
- Buying a day care nursery is not about making money. You need a strong commitment to providing childcare as well as great business sense.
- See more in: childcare, daycare, nurseries, guides
- 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
- Relocate to Australia
- The first migrants may have been sent to a life of misery and hard labour, but how times have changed. Today’s settlers are envied the world over.
- See more in: relocate, relocation, Australian, country, economy, guides, overseas
- Relocating your office
- Moving house is supposed to be one of the most stressful events in your life, and guess what: moving office isn't a walk in the park either. Rosie Rogers of ReallyMoving.com gives her advice on minimising disruption.
- See more in: office, relocating, moving, relocation, guides
- 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...
- See more in: VAT, registration, tax, regressive, prices, goods, services, guides
- History of business – regulation in the Middle Ages
- Bureaucracy is a major bugbear of small-business owners, but even hundreds of years ago there were plenty of hoops for the small businessman to jump through.
- See more in: Middle Ages, bureaucracy, red tape, regulations, merchant guilds, craft guilds
- Resources guide: protecting ideas and finding training
- Includes contact details for the Patent Office, the British Venture Capital Association and two training providers.
- See more in: resources, links, directory, IP, intellectual property, training
- Steve Jobs
- James Bond, Bill Gates, Tom Jones, James Dean – people with two-syllable names are clearly go-getting achievers with a sense of urgency; they don't need names that slow them down.
- See more in: Steve Jobs, Apple, iPod, computing, profiles
- When the tail wags the dog
- Employers have to accomodate an ever greater set of employee demands, either due to legislation or through fear of missing out on the best staff.
- See more in: flexible working, flexi-time, EU, working hours, Working Time Directive, work-life balance, employees, staff, HR, guides
- Buying a care home – Ron Snijders
- He had plenty of experience in the healthcare industry and one of his colleagues started their own business, so he thought - why not?
- See more in: care homes, nursing, elderly, disabled, buy a business, interviews
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