Author: Stephen

Keeping the wolf from the door when you are running a small company can be very time and energy sapping.  From the word go! there is an overwhelming need to keep all the books in perfect order – a might easier these days with online banking and instant answers available.  However, there are still headaches

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We all know someone who has the gift of the gab or is just excellent at getting a group of pals interested in their latest project.  This can be quite an asset when wanting to start up a business.  To do that in the hard trading situation we currently see ourselves in, you need supreme

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How to run a business with the enthusiasm of a youngster, the knowledge of an old sage, the bank balance of a top banker and the energy of a teenager . . . .  It is possible to run a business these days with less of everything but if you’re trying to compete for orders

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There has been interest in the news lately with respect to a number of employment tribunal decisions handed down that don’t go the way of the claimant.  Having had dealings with that side of legal life, it was very much thought of as the little man’s chance to take their case to the higher authority

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What do you do if your normal business services are interrupted by a massive event that is unexpected and therefore cannot be planned for – such as floods, storms or heaven forbid, a fire occur.  This will result in the temporary stoppage of your operation or the use of your premises.  Business interruption cover will

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The need for business owners to take the lead and ensure their company runs a decent customer service department has never been more vital than in today’s difficult trading conditions.  Take airlines.  They are trying to run on very limited air fare capacity, passengers are getting heavier every year and they are carrying much more

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How to run a business, well that is the 64000 dollar question these days.  There is a brilliant tv show in which a panel of seriously good business magnates are sat together to decide if any of them wish to invest in start up type companies that are paraded before them.  The hopeful applicaants generally

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Running a small business from home in the UK may need some permissions to be granted.  For example mortgage lenders always stipulate that you have to notify them before carrying out any kind of trade or business.  There are also licences required for running any business involving financial loans and financial services.    There is also

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