Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Peter Jones is heading up a new initiative to unleash the entrepreneurial spark in schoolchildren up and down the UK with a £400,000 investment pot
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The importance of delegation
I’m very lucky, as I’ve always found delegating comes naturally to me. I think it comes from naturally wanting to do the exciting stuff and letting others take the initiative and do the hard graft!
Are you killing your business? Mistake Two
There are seven mistakes that many business owners make – and they can kill your business. Each week Hilary looks at one of these deadly sins and offers some advice to help turn this “wrong” into a “right”. This week “you don’t know what you don’t know”.
What makes a win-win negotiator?
Most business people approach a negotiation hoping for a win-win agreement. But even with the best of intentions, they usually fall into the same win-lose patterns that characterize most negotiations.
A guide to avoid property headaches when choosing that first office space
We have been talking to some of our readers about their experiences of finding the right space for their business, and we realised that it’s not always straightforward or painless. So we spoke to James Friedenthal, Marketing Director of office space providers Workspace and have produced this handy guide as a check list for getting the right business space for you.
Colocation, Colocation: But is it right for your business?
When should you consider colocating, and what questions should you ask of your potential colo partner? Craig Denton, director of specialist Next Connex shows how to make the right moves
Are you killing your business?
As a business starts to grow, it’s crucial that your actions don’t strangle it in its infancy. One of the most common mistakes is Doing Too Much Yourself.
This column, number one in a series of seven, looks at this first mistake and offers some advice.
10 easy steps to a greener business
Taking a few simple actions around the office and changing business processes can help cut costs and cut your firm’s environmental impact. We spoke to Martin Dix, managing director of Current Cost, the global provider of energy monitor displays, to give us his top tips for a greener 2011.
New service launched allowing you to send parcels from shop network
Collect+, the parcel delivery service, has announced the launch of its service that allows small businesses to send parcels through their local corner shop.
Can you impress Karren Brady to be her business of the year?
The hunt is on for the UK’s top small businesses with the launch of the Nectar Business Small Business Awards 2011. Now in its third year, the awards will again recognise the achievements of exceptional small and medium sized enterprises and be judged by a panel of respected industry figures, including one of Britain’s leading businesswomen, Karren Brady.
A guide to dealing with challenging relationships & arguments at work
You love your work – but you can’t stand the person you work with. It’s a struggle to keep you both from bickering, let alone falling into a full-blown, claws-out argument. But you don’t want to give up your job and murder is clearly out of the question! So what can you do?
Small businesses are unfazed by the recent VAT increase
Research, just published, has found that one month on from the VAT rate increase, small businesses in the UK have been largely unaffected despite widespread media hype.
New campaign on target to help half a million businesses start & grow
Less than a week after launch, the Business in Bloom campaign, which aims to help 500,000 people start and grow a business in 2011 is on target to reach this ambitious target, having attracted support from small businesses, large corporates and enterprise agencies across the UK.
Best new technology brains told: ‘Come for an interview & get an iPad’
Technology firms based in Cambridge are recruiting heavily in anticipation of a bounce in the global economy later in the year and with competition so fierce many are using gadgets to get people to interview for the roles.
Sales – Is it all about luck?
I’ve lost count of the amount of times someone has called another person ‘lucky’. And that situation happens just as much in sales, as it does in other aspects of life!
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