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- How to improve your credit rating
- A decent credit rating is important when you are raising finance for a business start-up, purchase or expansion.
- See more in: credit rating, finance, funding, guide
- Hit the internet marketing jackpot with testimonials
- It's not enough to have people visiting your website. Testimonials are a great small-business marketing idea as they encourage people to stay awhile and spend money.
- See more in: internet, online, websites, marketing, internet marketing, technology, testimonials, email, mailouts, guide
- How I started... an online gift company
- Presentation matters. This appears to be a central tenet of HAPPY BOX London, which produces hand-wrapped, made-to-order gift boxes.
- See more in: online retail, online, internet, start a business, startups, corporate gifts, interviews, gifts
- 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, guides, Christel Brown, John Maxwell
- 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, over-50s, funeral parlour, franchise
- Happy employees will make your business fly
- Dotcom entrepreneur Marcus Markou makes the distinction between the employees who won’t shy away from identifying flaws, and those who can only see the flaws
- See more in: HR, employment, recruitment, employee, guide
- Oscar Pet Foods – door-to-door pet food distributors
- This is a relatively easy franchise to run and in a nation of animal lovers you can count on demand staying strong.
- See more in: Buy a franchise, pet food, pets, delivery, Oscar, interviews, franchise, franchisor
- Relocate to... Birmingham
- Its central location and inspired regeneration makes Birmingham worthy of its Second-City status and a great place to do business.
- See more in: relocate, relocation, Birmingham, regional, regions, guide
- Working mum: meet the motivational mum entrepreneur
- Female entrepreneurs are very different from their male counterparts. Mel McGee explains why...
- See more in: mothers, mumpreneurs, businesswomen, women in business, interviews, work-life balance, coaching, training, motivation, working mum, start-ups, start a business
- The seven top customer service tips
- How to give your customers the kind of service they long for.
- See more in: customer service, customer care, Customer, guide
- Crunch time for small-business finance
- The credit crunch looms large over every aspect of the economy – so what does it mean for entrepreneurs wanting finance to start or buy a business?
- See more in: credit, crunch, credit crunch, squeeze, finance, buying, buy a business, money, recession, borrow, fund, guide
- Buying a florist – Alex Gardner
- When the right opportunity turns up in your inbox, it's hard to ignore - as Alex Gardner and his wife Sue found out.
- See more in: buy a business, retail, interviews, florist
- The seven happiness secrets
- How to stay sanguine no matter how bad things get - very apt in these tough times.
- See more in: happiness, tips, guide
- How to generate sales leads at Christmas
- B2B businesses tend to take their foot off the pedal at Christmas - but you can still lay the groundwork with clients by saying hello informally during festivities.
- See more in: christmas, lead, leads, clients, deals, Customer, guide
- Starting an all-in-one lounger/beach towel/beach bag retailer – David and Sarah Glashan
- "Everything to hand, nothing in the sand." Award-winning inventors David and Sarah came with a product that reduces the risk of loss, theft and getting your stuff wet on the beach.
- See more in: retail, online retail, beachwear, clothing, start a business, startups, interviews
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