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A healthy working capital is the lifeblood of any business, big or small. Unfortunately, hitting the right balance between money coming in versus that due out…
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A healthy working capital is the lifeblood of any business, big or small. Unfortunately, hitting the right balance between money coming in versus that due out…


The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) are government initiatives offering some of the most attractive tax breaks available in the UK…

BM Columnist and Internet Marketing expert Maureen Wright, MD of Midland Web Solutions, explains what domain names are, how they work and whether your business needs…

Ever since its inception, the use of email for business communication has received unprecedented support from all sectors. It fast became the primary form of contact…

Some of the qualities that make you an effective entrepreneur are the same things that make you a tough boss to tolerate.

Executives who combine work and family emphasise the importance of defining success for themselves.

One thing seems true in both life and business – all living things must continue to grow or they die.

Design expert and MD of Derbyshire-based Matchstick Design Laura Faulkner explains what you need to know if you want to rebrand your business...

We rarely think about whether presentations are the best way to express our ideas; we just blindly create and deliver them.

We all have great ideas. And we often need the help of others to let them shine. But getting people to support our brainchild is easier…

Lara Morgan, who famously took all her staff to Barbados to celebrate Pacific Direct’s first £1million profit, talks to Business Matters about the importance of getting…

Lara Morgan, who famously took all her staff to Barbados to celebrate Pacific Direct’s first £1million profit, talks to Business Matters about the importance of people…

Are leaders born or made? When posed to executives or HR professionals, the vast majority say that leaders are made; that is, leadership is something one…

Every entrepreneur knows that happy customers are the very definition of success, and most will talk a good game about just how much they care about…