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- Cafes
- Whether you’re starting an upmarket café bar or a greasy spoon, the humble cafe offers a low risk entry into catering.
- See more in: food, drinks, cafes, retail, guides
- Buying a cafe and bakery – Richard Woods
- Richard bought a bakery and café for £135k. He says: “Don’t take the reasons for selling on face value – do some investigative work before making a decision.”
- See more in: buy a business, food, drinks, retail, cafes, interviews, bakery
- Starting a child-friendly restaurant – Andrew Wilson-Smith
- London has a serious amount of restaurants, but Andrew's has a distinct twist: it's geared towards accommodating mum's and their children.
- See more in: start a business, restaurants, children, food, interviews, startups
- Howard Schultz
- How one man's persistent nagging helped to spawn a coffeeshop empire.
- See more in: Howard Schultz, Schultz, Starbucks, coffee, coffeeshops, coffeeshop, drink, retail, profiles
- What to look for in a conference venue
- Do you put much thought into your choice of venue for conferences and meetings? You should. Anne Corstorphine of City Spirit (St Paul's) in Birmingham explains why.
- See more in: City Spirit, conferences, meetings, venues, hiring venues, facilities, tips
- Business networking
- Not everyone is comfortable ‘working a room’, says the founder of an online business networking site. But by following certain pointers and gaining experience anyone can network successfully and gain new clients and small-business ideas.
- See more in: networking, guides, contacts
- Know your market
- A series of workshops are being held at the British Library Business and IP Centre in London in the second half of 2007.
- See more in: seminars, market research, British Library, Yellow Pages, workshops, news
- Accounting for clients' needs
- The founders of PurpleAccounts.com tell the story of how their website was born.
- See more in: accountancy, online, internet
- The value of business values
- How adherence to your business's principles will see you through the tough times. By Eric Garner, MD of online management training company Manage Train Learn.
- See more in: Values, core values, things that matter, live the values, preserve the values, John Wooden, John Maxwell, things that count
- 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.
- See more in: work from home, communications, telecommunications, virtual office, remote working, work from home, mobile working, IT, start a business, startups, guides
- Buying a hotel - Joy and Spencer Rennie
- Joy and Spencer bought a hotel in Mallorca for £190k. They say: “Don’t rush into it. Even if you are put under pressure – like when you are told you are getting a good deal – hold back a bit.”
- See more in: buy a business, hotels, hotelier, hospitality, breakfast, Spain, interviews, B&B
- Theme parks: a guide to the UK's best
- The faint-hearted, those of a nervous disposition and expectant mothers needn't read this guide.
- See more in: theme parks, alton towers, drayton manor, chessington world of adventures, thorpe park, guides
- The virtual office
- Why not take advantage of increasingly effective technology to avoid the worsening problems of commuting and property values, and increase your flexibility to boot?
- See more in: communications, telecommunications, virtual office, remote working, work from home, mobile working, IT, guides
- 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
- Top 10 tips for start-ups
- Advice on starting a small business from the MD of freeindex.co.uk.
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