http://www.smallbusinesspro.co.uk/blog Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:07:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 Cardel 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 itstat 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/ So like the media were intent on ramping up that the recession was coming many months before we saw it they are now saying it really has finished although we haven't seen that yet. Here's a run down on where we are. I thought I would surf around to see where ... http://www.smallbusinesspro.co.uk/blog/recession-ended/ There are some imminent changes that come into force from the Companies Act 2006 that all business owners need to be aware of. Each private limited company owner in the UK should have received a fold out guide issued by companies house that provides detail of the changes that have ... http://www.smallbusinesspro.co.uk/blog/companies-act-changes/ So after seeing much mentioned about twitter both in the press and from members in the business forums I thought I'd launch our twitter account. There's not much there at present but it stuck me that really, yes it was a good idea to have an account and to be using ... http://www.smallbusinesspro.co.uk/blog/twitter-for-business/