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By John Walker on May 15, 2012
Are you fed up with your job and dreaming of being your own boss? Channel 4 wants to hear from you!
A New Channel 4 series ‘Compare Your Life’ has enlisted Carlton Hood - the former CEO of Confused.com - to help families who are desperate to escape the daily grind and become their own boss.
In [...]
Posted in Accounts, Business Formats and Ways of Working, Business Support Services, Commercial Premises, Cost Management, Financial Capital, Franchises, Market Research, Reputation, Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions, Startups, TV & Media Opportunities (Announcements of), Television and Radio Broadcasting, UK | Tagged Carlton Hood, Channel-4, Compare Your Life, Confused.com, True North Productions |
By John Walker on March 28, 2012
From April 1st business rates are set to rise by an average of 5.77% across England and Wales. Experts warn that the increase, coupled with the painfully slow rates appeals process to challenge business rates, is stifling business growth in the UK. The estimated total amount of savings due back to UK businesses from the [...]
Posted in Accounts, Business Support Services, Closing Down, Commercial Property Services, Cost Management, Employment Levels, England, Expansion, Financial Capital, Financial Services, Legal Advice, Loans and Finance, Notable Dates, Recruitment, Regulation, Regulatory Compliance, Reporting, Retail, Hire and Repair, Staff, Startups, Taxation, The Work Place, Wales | Tagged appeals process, business rates, Chief Executive of CVS, CVS, Don Baker, Mark Rigby, National Head of Rating at CVS, Valuation Office Agency (VOA) |
By John Walker on February 15, 2012
HRH The Prince of Wales will visit the headquarters of his youth charity The Prince’s Trust today to announce 100 new jobs for unemployed young people - who will then help a further 100,000 young people to find work.
The new scheme will see young people, who have faced long-term unemployment and transformed their lives with [...]
Posted in Announcements, Business Culture, Business Support Services, Charities, Economic Cycles, Employment Levels, Governance, Grants and Funding Pronouncements, Ideas and Innovation, Morale, Not-For-Profit Sector, People and Players, Recruitment, Reputation, Skills and Training, Staff, Startups, Training, UK | Tagged HRH The Prince of Wales, Job Ambassador, Martina Milburn, Prince’s Trust |
By John Walker on January 27, 2012
Last Year’s Dragons’ Den was record breaking, attracting more viewers than ever before. New Dragon Hilary Devey arrived, arched her shoulder pads and firmly established her place amongst the revered business leaders, and some of Britain’s best entrepreneurs gained the cash they desperately needed to turn their business fortunes around. Now it’s 2012 and [...]
Posted in Announcements, Business Continuity Planning, Business Support Services, Deals and Agreements, Expansion, Financial Capital, Financial Services, Franchising Out, Fundability, Ideas and Innovation, Intellectual Property, Lending and Borrowing, Loans and Finance, Management Consultancy, People and Players, Product Research and Development, Reputation, Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions, Startups, TV & Media Opportunities (Announcements of), Television and Radio Broadcasting, UK | Tagged Alan Colleran, Barack Obama, Chris Hopkins, Deborah Meaden, Dragons' Den, Duncan Bannatyne, Georgette Hewitt, Hilary Devey, Kirsty Henshaw, Liz Colleran, Natalie Ellis, Peter Jones, Richard Branson, Theo Paphitis |
By John Walker on September 30, 2011
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA — Thursday, September 29, 2011
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the re-launch of its Free Software Directory at directory.fsf.org. The Directory lists over 6,500 programs that are free for any computer user to download, run, and share. It was first launched nearly a decade ago, but the new version brings a [...]
Posted in Arts, Sports and Recreation, Business Software, Business Support Services, Charities, Computer Services, Cost Management, E-commerce, Education, Equipment & Operational Resources, Fashion, Trends and Memes, IT and Telecommunications Services, Ideas and Innovation, Information Technology, Intellectual Property, Internet Services, Media and Creative Services, North America, Not-For-Profit Sector, Political and Economic Philosophies, Procurement, Product Launches, Production, Professional and Business Services, Publishing, Reporting, Technology, Worldwide | Tagged data-mining, Free Software Directory, Free Software Foundation, FSF, GNU/Linux, John Sullivan, MediaWiki, Semantic MediaWiki, Yaron Koren |
By John Walker on August 22, 2011
Running her business for five years Clare Muir, from Hampshire, took up a new OSCAR marketing initiative that has helped her to see the bigger picture on how to promote and refocus the image of her business.
“Even after running a successful OSCAR business for five years I still needed to know more and a new [...]
Posted in Brands, Business Support Services, Customer Retention, Customer Support, Food, Drink and Tobacco Retail, Franchises, Franchising Out, Hampshire, Marketing, Marketing Facilities, Pet Services | Tagged OSCAR, think outside the box |
By John Walker on September 24, 2009
Graduates thinking about starting their own business will get a flying start as successful entrepreneurs offer advice to help them make it happen, Minister for Higher Education, David Lammy announced today.
Building on the Success of the Flying Start scheme launched in 2004, the Government is investing an further £ 1 million so 5,000 graduates will [...]
Posted in Business Support Services, Startups, Trade Shows, Seminars and Exhibitions, UK |
By John Walker on September 23, 2009
With around half of small businesses poised to expand over the next 12 months* Barclays is offering an additional 26 free business seminars around the country to support the renewed interest in business growth. Barclays business seminars, with backing from ACCA and Business Link, are presented by a range of business gurus including Rene Carayol.
The [...]
Posted in Business Support Services, Trade Shows, Seminars and Exhibitions, UK |
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