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MARCH 14, 2010

« Good Business: A Reputation of Integrity Why Your Small Business Needs A SWOT » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, March 15th, 2010 at 7:00 am and is filed under SME-Blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, January 11th, 2010 at 7:58 pm and is filed under Business Checklists. An unexpected problem which requires your immediate attention and of course money could arise at any time so you won’t be able to put in practice these tips. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JUNE 15, 2010

« Top 5 Tips for Running a Successful Business Website A Personal Invitation to the Launch of The Business Incubation Centre, Luton » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 at 7:30 am and is filed under Outsourcing. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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MARCH 16, 2010

There are many SWOT analysis tools out there, I would, of course, recommend the one from WinWeb! « Top 5 Basic Advertising Tips Top 5 Tips for Learning More About Your Customers » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 7:30 am and is filed under SME-Blog , do a SWOT plan.

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MARCH 20, 2008

Yesterday I had a very special experience in as much that I was kindly asked – thanks to Phyllis Mercer – to be a guest judge at the Year 2 BTEC National Business Course for their business plans. During the course of the day I listened to 16 business plans, I was supposed to be a bank manager (!)

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AUGUST 30, 2007

Anyway here are the small business health check questions you need to ask yourself: What do I need the money for? Can’t you find a customer how will buy the product or service, before you even have it? But you are right of course that funding can also be a problem because of poor planning.

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DECEMBER 29, 2008

« Small Business Blog Roundup 2008-12-28 Book Review: Spare Room Start Up by Emma Jones » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, December 29th, 2008 at 11:47 am and is filed under Home Business , Self-employed , Small Business / SOHO , Sole-Trader. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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JULY 27, 2006

You need to look on your books as your very own window on the health and well being of your business. You can of course run your vat on what is called an ‘invoice basis’ This method involves you claiming vat back on expenditure and paying vat on sales when the invoices are raised, irrespective of when payment is made.

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OCTOBER 17, 2007

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 at 3:30 pm and is filed under Accounting , DIY Business , Question & Answer , Small Business / SOHO , Sole-Trader. « Q & A: What Are The Problems With Staff In A Small Business? Q & A: Can I be a sole-trader while still being employed?

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MARCH 30, 2010

There will, of course, be times when deadlines need to be met or work just has to be done that will make even the most well organized small business owner feel that they are not managing their time effectively. Remember, there are only 24 hours in a day, so let other people help you. Bear in mind that your time is money!

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MARCH 2, 2010

« Top 5 Tips for Giving a New Business a Kick Start Top 5 Tips for Writing a Staff Handbook » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at 2:30 am and is filed under SME-Blog , bootstrap. Of course, there are more effective ways to market and you have to pay for it.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, November 19th, 2007 at 7:57 pm and is filed under Accounting , Small Business / SOHO , WinWeb , do bookkeeping. , How’s that for great service. « Get Small Business Blogging with WinWeb! Small Business Maxim: Have a Passion. do cost cutting.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Of course, there are external pressures on us all, and mortgages to pay and families to support have to play a major role in how we develop our businesses. You can buy all the books, and read all the blogs, but starting your own business is something that has to be driven by you; your drive, enthusiasm and vision for you business.

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JANUARY 22, 2008

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 at 8:37 am and is filed under Exporting. do cost cutting do credit control do customer service export find funding grow your business handle problems keep data safe lower overheads manage your time market and sell motivate your staff not to do it!

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MAY 10, 2006

It used to collectively refer to companies too small to be attractive for the major Enterprise Software providers – and of course the same held true vice versa: I assume most readers of this blog are in small businesses, and for you the rule has been that "enterprise software" is too expensive. (Key

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OCTOBER 2, 2007

This has created not only many health problems like cardiovascular disease, a weaker immune system, frequent headaches, backache to name but a few, but also social problems in areas like child-care, care for relatives, increase in divorces and other symptoms of a social fabric breakdown. Work-Life Balance 2.0

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MAY 31, 2006

Of course several Open Source packages are available completely free, which is a perfect solution for the cost problem, but frankly most of these packages are by geeks for geeks; i.e. you really have to be quite IT-savy to implement, integrate, upgrade them, and as we stated most small businesses simply do not have that type of resource.

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

Of course we wouldn’t want our business to fail, SME or multinational, we want our business to grow but running a business also means you are ready for the possibilities of failing. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JUNE 27, 2010

And you might make a big mistake one day that costs you a lot, like deleting a critical file by accident. Your positive outlook, your attitude, and your customer service takes a hit. Not taking care of your health will make you sick (and sleep is a big part of taking care of your health). Lesson learned.

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OCTOBER 2, 2006

by Stefan Töpfer on Oct 02, 2006 After spending a couple of hours on online support on Saturday and Sunday, following our new Plug-in CashBook (find Demo here) release, you may be mistaken to believe that I was helping my customers to use the new plug-in. In my last post about CashBook I said it needed AccountsOffice+ or OnlineOffice.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

People look to their employers for entree into systems of social safety nets (Social Security, disability insurance, health care benefits, etc.). Of course it all depends on the type of work. A greater feeling of control is associated with more energy and better health, studies show, making those workers more productive.

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