Leading UK web-based accounting software company, KashFlow, is now offering its software free of charge to small business owners that have already purchased a competitors product. The company say they’ll then build a bonfire with the boxes and CDs that they receive.
Year: 2009
Family businesses in strong position to survive downturn
Low-risk approach, long-term view and lower borrowing advantageous in today’s business environment –
UK businesses can learn from adopting elements of the family business model
A new report entitled ‘Family Business: In Safe Hands?’ published today (2nd March) by Barclays Wealth and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), suggests that family businesses have leadership values and particular characteristics which may position them well to ride out the economic downturn.
Stephen Fry Wins Star Employee Poll
TV presenter Stephen Fry is the celebrity most small businesses would like to employ, according to a new survey by www.bttradespace.com.
The multi-talented celeb beat off competition from stars including Chef Jamie Oliver, actress Kelly Brook, BBC business editor Robert Peston and Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton.
1 in 5 British workers would rather prove their skills in the bedroom rather than the office
A study has found that 1 in 5 British workers would rather have sex with their boss for a quick promotion than the drawn out process of working hard.
Businessmen call for Brown’s resignation
In a letter in today’s Daily Telegraph, a group of nine business owners have called for Gordon Brown’s resignation, saying he needs to held accountable for ‘the catastrophic failures of policy that have led to an economic crisis that has this country on its knees’.
Banks in dark on loan guarantee, say firms
Frontline bank staff are denying small firms loans backed by the government’s £1.3 billion enterprise fund – because they have not been told how the scheme works.
The Federation of Small Businesses yesterday said that some bank workers were not even aware of the existence of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme.
Broadcaster seeks a wider audience
Sportsmedia, started by flamboyent entrepreneur Jonny Gould, began by offering sponsored broadcasts to local radio stations; but diversification into new channels and topics has left its founder with growing pangs. “I have no idea how you write a business proposal,” Jonny Gould was told by his father. “But make sure there are no spelling mistakes and work out how much it’s going to cost you first!”
Sizzling growth from bangers with a bit more bite to them
Former pig farmer Andrew Keeble is looking to replicate last year’s 70pc sales growth. It helps that the firm he runs with wife Debbie supplies premium sausages to supermarkets across the UK. Even in tough times, people have to eat.
The secret of my success: Simon Woodroffe
We talk to Simon Woodroffe about life after Yo Sushi and the Dragons Den plus how he manages his business interests even during a financial downturn.
Celebrations for 350th anniversary of the cheque marred by plans to kill off the payment method
As one banking organisation celebrates the 350th anniversary of the cheque, another is deciding when to kill it off as a method of payment.
On Monday, London based business leaders attended a function at the Bank of England Museum, 350 years to the day since the first cheque was signed. The reception was organised by the Cheque and Credit Clearing Company, which has commemorated the occasion in a report charting the life and times of the preferred method of payment for small businesses. However amid the celebrations, the Forum of Private Business (FPB) is warning that the Payments Council is preparing a ‘roadmap’ that is likely to decide when the cheque will be abolished.
Regus launches £10m support package for UK start-ups
Rented office provider Regus is to giving start-up firms free use of its business centres.
It’s all part of its £10m British Chambers of Commerce-backed Get Started campaign. Now Regus is calling on other businesses to join the cause and do what they can to inject new activity into the UK economy.
Worrall Thompson a victim of the credit crunch or just normal banking procedure?
The celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson has blamed his bank after putting his restaurant chain into administration last Friday.
Sixty staff lost their jobs after four of Worrall Thompson’s restaurants stopped trading. The chef has used his own savings to keep two more outlets running, and has criticised Lloyds Banking Group for refusing him an additional £200,000 increase on his current £200,000 overdraft to help the business through the next few months. However we have taken the lid off the boiling pot and think that many UK business owners will sympathise with AWT, but are surprised at his ‘It’s the Credit Crunch what did it’ explanation.
£3 billion boost to small business lending
The Government’s decision last month to restructure its investment in the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and NatWest will see the creation of a £3billion fund to help boost lending to small business which will be split into 12 regional tranches of £250 million each has been widely welcomed.
Beat the weather & work from home
With parts of England covered in another thick layer of snow we talked to Simon Devonshire from O2 and got his top ten tips on being able to work remotely to ensure that business productivity doesn’t go down. That is unless you do want to go outside and make snow balls with the kids.
