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Most people associate franchising with large brands, but it can also be an effective way for some smaller businesses, struggling to raise finance
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Most people associate franchising with large brands, but it can also be an effective way for some smaller businesses, struggling to raise finance

As businesses focus on ‘the road to recovery’, amending their business plans to ensure their continued success in 2010, Premierline Direct, the business insurance specialist, is…

Thousands of businesses at threat from winter water damage - from inside the building as one in five business owners and managers do not know how…

Many companies are poorly prepared in the event of IT and telecoms problems. Here, Dominic List who owns IT and Telecoms solutions company Comtact, gives his…

One reoccurring topic which always seems to crop up when speaking to business owners is ‘when is the right time to bite the bullet and take…

Every year, thousands of people close up their businesses and homes for the Christmas break without fully considering the disasters that could happen in their absence.…

The UK’s leading gadget advice company, www.gadgethelpline.co.uk has had to take the unusual step of registering incorrect spellings of its brand domain to counteract the problem…

At a time when businesses need to be as lean and efficient as possible, it makes no sense to cut off the very tools that create…

Video Arts, the training company started in 1972 by John Cleese and Sir Anthony Jay, who wrote the Yes, Minister TV series and is renowned for…

As December approaches, I’m sure you’re already sick and tired of getting the ‘call me back after Christmas’ line only to find that come January, you…

Building on their nomination last year, recruitment specialist GCS has gone one step further and won the Best Small Employer’s Website award at Alljobsuk.com’s National Online…

Anyone with a good idea and adequate common sense can start a business, but establishing and growing it is another matter. In the current climate, where…

Utilities companies are showing few signs of embracing sustainable policies, as far as many of their small business customers are concerned.

If talk is cheap, genuinely practical advice and support is invaluable for business owners struggling to access finance and left numb by the politicians’ promises. The…

Most people associate franchising with large brands, but it can also be an effective way for some smaller businesses, struggling to raise finance in order to…