Throughout Global Entrepreneurship Week the British Library’s Business & IP Centre will feature an all-star cast of business experts and seasoned entrepreneurs who will be available to offer advice to any aspiring business.
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Is ‘The Cloud’ a Boon or Bust for UK Business?
With 1,100 British businesses collapsing every day and banks still not altogether lending, surely the key opportunity for business growth is The Cloud. Does the Cloud really have a silver lining, or could it rain all over the people it professes to help?
Teddy bear roars to victory as wildcard in business contest
The creators of an innovative cuddly toy which helps children improve their behaviour have been selected by the public as the final contestants in a competition with £50,000 worth of business support up for grabs.
Kids Bee Happy offers opportunity to win free franchise during GEW
As part of Global Enterprise Week, the children’s party company, Kids Bee Happy is giving away a free Franchise to someone that wants to start their own business but who has previously been held back by lack of resources, or other obstacles in life.
Join growing number of new businesses going global to boost sales
Over 65 per cent of new businesses are going global within their first year of trading according to a survey carried out by small business support company, Enterprise Nation and international trading platform, Alibaba.com
Santander recruits new managers for fresh approach to business banking
Santander Business Banking is recruiting an additional 250 local business managers and doubling its team of telephone business advisers to 200, as it looks to increase its support for smaller businesses.
Top 25 management books announced
The top 25 management books in the UK have been announced at the Chartered Management Institute’s (CMI) national conference in London.
LIKE IT? You’ll need to love it as Facebook gets tough on lazy brands…
Facebook has become a staple part of marketers diets. Many brands thrive on the thrill of boosting their likes and, in theory, their popularity, with social media hungry consumers.
However, the recent platform changes have really mixed it up and brands are going to have to work much harder to be seen on individuals’ facebook newsfeeds.
everywoman partners with the FSB to support female entrepreneurs
everywoman, the UK’s largest female business community, has partnered with the Federation of Small Businesses on its campaign to champion Real-Life Entrepreneurs.
New cash back energy deal launched for business customers
The energy giant E.ON have launched a new offer for small and medium sized business customers who take an electricity contract with them.
How to identify your company culture & cultivate it
Do you understand what your corporate culture is and how to apply it when you are considering looking to hire new staff to ensure that your candidates fit your cultural?
Empty property rates are stifling investment and stalling growth
A warned has been sounded by The Business Centre Association of a catastrophic shortage of flexible office space within the next two years, stifling growth in the small business sector, if the Government does not raise the threshold for empty property rates (EPR).
PayPal set to debut in brick-and-mortar shops with an internet twist
PayPal is set to transition from online-only to an in-store presence right in time for the Christmas shopping season.
Mind your language to trade globally
Business people may appear to be speaking the same language but do they really understand one another? How important is cultural understanding? And should native English speakers adapt their language when communicating with non-English speakers?
Peter Jones is ‘in’ for Comet
Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones has drawn up plans to inject the ailing electricals chain Comet into his online retailing business in partnership with Hilco, the turnaround specialist.
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