by Connor Dean | Jan 23, 2014 | Starting a business
Funding options to get your business idea off the ground If you’re reading this, the chances are you’re already a budding entrepreneur and it seems the UK is brimming with people just like you! A whopping 520,000 business were registered with Companies House in 2013,...
by Connor Dean | Jan 23, 2014 | businessnews, Running your Business, Starting a business
Top Christmas marketing tips for your business In many areas of retail, Christmas shopping accounts for between 40-80% of annual sales. Now if you own a business that doesn’t operate in the retail arena. Does this mean you don’t have a fantastic...
by Charlotte Bowen | Jan 23, 2014 | Starting a business
Financial information for beginners in business When you come up with that amazing business idea, it can be really easy to get carried away and dive headfirst into all the fun parts of getting your business off the ground. However, if you don’t start your...
by Charlotte Bowen | Jan 23, 2014 | businessnews, Running your Business, Starting a business
A Guide to Financial Forecasting One of the main reasons new businesses fail is because of poor financial forecasting. Research from ACCA revealed that 82% of businesses failed due to poor cash flow management skills. A good financial forecast can significantly reduce...
by Connor Dean | Jan 23, 2014 | Starting a business
So you have a Crowdfunding Project – How do you grow your online community? In recent months we have published a few blogs on Crowdfunding, ranging from A Beginner’s Guide to Best Practice Guides as demonstrated by Bonnie Bling and CakeCetera who were...
by Connor Dean | Jan 23, 2014 | businessnews, Running your Business, Starting a business
Arriving in the UK at the age of 13, Surinder Arora had no English and was far away from his native Punjab. To pay his way through school his mother had a day job in a factory and a night job cleaning offices in West London. At 18, he became a junior clerk for British...