Max Firth, Managing Director of Experian’s Business Information Services division, offers advice to firms looking to maximise their chances of finding and securing the right finance for their needs.
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Advice on growing your small and medium sized business, SME, in the UK. Hiring and managing staff and finance plus marketing all on one website
Prospering in the ‘more for less’ economy…
Many of us in business surely will have long recognised that increasingly, clients and the market in general, are demanding further reductions in charges and better terms – in return for…………enhanced services and even more added value. Let’s call this what it is; ‘The more for less new reality.’
How lessons from Skyfall can prevent businesses plunging into IT freefall
The new James Bond film Skyfall parachutes 007 into a chilling cyberspace of computer hacking and cyber terrorism in which malicious software – known as malware which infects and damages computers – is more dangerous than exploding pens.
How to achieve marketing and PR standout in a crowded marketplace
“If you keep on doing what you’ve always done you’ll keep on getting what you’ve always got.”
Success Stories: FreeAgent
There are some famous companies out there that make it hard to write about ‘growth strategy’. Ironically it’s the ones that are experiencing extraordinary, global and stratospheric growth right now, companies like Facebook and Twitter.
How to manage your online reputation
As leaders of ambitious SMEs you and your brand will be searched for online by potential customers, so it is vital that what they find helps secure a sale. Whether you are targeting a global or local audience, customers need to find the right information as easily as possible, and get a positive impression from what they find.
4 Leadership Lessons from One of England Rugby’s Darkest Decades
Like most of the rugby loving public, the seemingly endless saga surrounding the mismanagement of England’s Rugby Football Union has lead me to conclude that if an entrepreneur ran their business the way the RFU runs it’s boardroom then they’d have gone bust a long time ago!
What Does Your Company Really Do?
Are you providing a product or service, or are you providing a benefit to a customer? A new way to think about value–and get the most for your company.
Global Entrepreneurship Week UK Event Highlights
As Global Entrepreneurship Week UK, hosted by Youth Business International in partnership with Barclays, kicks off we look at some of the highlights of the events running across the whole of the country to help, inspire and nurture you and your business.
Government minister backs youth business competition during Global Entrepreneurship Week
Youth mentoring initiative Mosaic is set to launch a national business competition for school pupils this month with the support of the Nick Boles MP, Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
How to get and handle press for your business
Public relations is one of the most attractive marketing strands to fuel awareness of your business, and as entrepreneurial business leaders you are perfectly positioned to drive this utilizing your network and business story.
5 Great Tips for Selling
If you can’t sell, your business will die. Whatever line of work you’re in, at some stage you’re going to have to stand in front of someone and convince them that your product is worth buying or your proposition worth investing in.
National Sales Awards Winners Announced
The UK’s leading sales professionals have been revealed at the 16th National Sales Awards in partnership with Huthwaite International.
Tips to make sure your business is not overcome by the Fear of Failure
Entrepreneurs, by their very nature, are expected to be courageous risk-takers. Each day a new problem poses itself and, in order to survive, a small business owner must make tough business choices.
Spike in failed businesses hidden by recent ‘feel good’ reports
Despite the recent good news that insolvencies are continuing to decrease and the UK economy is officially coming out of a double-dip recession, there is still cause for concern as it appears that the spike in company dissolutions is masking the true picture, warns insolvency experts, Cranfield Business Recovery.