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Four women entrepreneur success stories on Kiva

Sarah Arrow — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:00:19 +0000

Pin It by Elizabeth Goldman Whilst I am but an aspiring business woman currently, it makes me immensely proud to see other women running enterprises and changing their lives and the lives of their families for the better. Seeing UK female entrepreneurs make it (or even start a business) is of course fantastic to see [...]

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Wanted for 2012: more price objections, please!

Margaret Adams — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:00:56 +0000

Pin It Most business people worry about price objections because they think price objections are bad for business. Well, it’s true that if all your proposals and offers are being turned down on the basis of the prices you’re charging, you’ve got problems. However, you need people to object to your prices – sometimes. Here’s [...]

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51 business tips I learned in 2011

Sally Church — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:00:02 +0000

Pin It With a nod to the fantastic meme started by my chum, Graham Hunt – 51 things he learned from selling properties in Spain last year, and continued by Sarah Arrow, on 51 things she learned from delivering goods, and Angelika Davey, who teaches German lessons in England gave her perspective on the year… [...]

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Can you really have a more peaceful business?

Yolanda — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:10:22 +0000

Pin It While interviewing Kelly Kingman to learn about her new course called The Way of the Peaceful Entrepreneur, I offered up a story about myself. Well, it was really a story about my father, the work-o-holic, and how I watched him working nearly 24/7 while I was growing up. To this day he goes [...]

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Marketing Ideas

Lynn Tulip — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:00:29 +0000

How do you generate Marketing Ideas and increase your opportunities in a downturn economy? It all started at the HHDBA [our local business association] when they set up a Professional Services Group to support their members, and we all had to submit an issue or problem for discussion. Did I step forward and raise my [...]

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Reason to be cheerful 1,2,3

Angie Wellington — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:00:00 +0000

Pin It I recently had a very bad time and failed almost everything I tried to achieve. The comments of support on that blog were superb and I really felt I was no longer alone so I thank you all for your kind words. I was answering the comments when, as is my luck of [...]

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Avoid making mistakes in #recruitment

Lynn Tulip — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:00:51 +0000

Pin It Recruitment is not as easy as you think. If someone leaves or you have overworked employees, a simple solution could be to recruit someone as quickly as possible and to get them in role soonest. Sadly there TWO COMMON MISTAKES in recruitment which leave you open to making disastrous decisions which are both costly [...]

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Is your accountant a valuable adviser to your business?

Special Guest — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:00:48 +0000

Pin It One in five small businesses rate accountants as their most valued advisers, according to a recent survey by unbiased.co.uk. Overall, 48% said their accountants had saved them money in the long term. In business it can be hard to know whose advice to take, but every business needs to know that they can [...]

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How to Leap-frog Your Way to Business Success!

Yolanda — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Pin It There a lot of ways to enhance your business success but few have as much power as the all-important mentor. If you don’t have a mentor you are limiting your ability to leap-frog past common roadblocks like competitors or unfamiliar situations. When I first started out building an automotive repair business there were [...]

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Small unincorporated businesses: tax made simpler?

Special Guest — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:10:49 +0000

Pin It Emily Coltman ACA, Chief Accountant at online accounting provider FreeAgent, explores the Office of Tax Simplification’s latest suggestions on how tax could be made simpler for small businesses. The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has published a discussion paper on how tax might be made simpler for the smallest sole traders and partnerships. [...]

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