http://www.smallbusinesspro.co.uk/blog Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:38:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Big changes were made in the last few months from Google and many sites suffered - of course those sites were replaced by others but some folks who had problems seemed to get them fixed quite quickly. The Google Panda or Farmer update was originally rolled out in the US ... http://www.smallbusinesspro.co.uk/blog/is-seo-now-about-who-you-know/ So yesterday at around 5.30pm uk time Google rolled out their aptly named Panda (or Farmer) update to the rest of the world in English speaking countries. Many more sites got hit and so did ours unfortunately so what's it all about ? The original algorithm change happened only in the ... http://www.smallbusinesspro.co.uk/blog/google-panda-update-hits-the-uk-and-smallbusinesspro/ Wow - there has been so much press about the launch of the government's new website for budding entrepreneurs that we've read and digested but have waited a while to post whilst the dust settled. So what's it all about and what do we think? So there is a new ... http://www.smallbusinesspro.co.uk/blog/start-up-britain/ Hot on the heals that the regional development agencies are to be scrapped comes the news that Business Link is to go the same way. In the detail of the emergency budget documents the 8 regional development agencies that employ 3,400 would be closed and the budget of a whopping £270 ... http://www.smallbusinesspro.co.uk/blog/business-link-scrapped/ In these days of the continuing uncertainty in the economy and more cuts to come one thing a small business owner can do is to reduce all their utility bills such as electricity, gas and telephone. So how can you do this without affecting the service. We investigate. One tactic many ... http://www.smallbusinesspro.co.uk/blog/reducing-electricity-and-gas-rates-for-small-business-owners/ Many many small business owners have heard of Chris Cardell via his marketing which were reported to the ASA. Here are also details about his 6 CD offer and other information. We did initially have a factual write up of recent marketing activities by the Chris Cardell group of companies which is ... http://www.smallbusinesspro.co.uk/blog/chris-cardell/ Add this image to your blog or website - please tell others about these small business statistics and let us know how this data can be improved and what you'd like to see. As we get new data we'll update the graphic and if you use the code below ... http://www.smallbusinesspro.co.uk/blog/small-business-statistics/ If you are thinking of starting a business it can feel like complete excitement but there are many pitfalls so here's our top tips to think about before you spend a single penny of your hard earned cash or redundancy. For many people starting a business is the one thing they ... http://www.smallbusinesspro.co.uk/blog/starting-your-own-business/ So I thought I should join the FSB as they have a lot to offer but how hard do you think they have made it for me as a simple (?) small business owner? Read on.... Last Thursday I believe it was on a sunny September day I thought I would ... http://www.smallbusinesspro.co.uk/blog/federation-of-small-businesses-joining-woes/ It's often said that procrastination is the thief of time and many people put off either starting a business or launching a website because they want it to be perfect but being a perfectionist is the worst sin for budding entrepreneurs. There are so many people who want to quit their ... http://www.smallbusinesspro.co.uk/blog/procrastinating-perfectionist/