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Budget 2010 – The Saviour for Small Businesses?

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Budget 2010 – The Saviour for Small Businesses? by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 24, 2010 Today, Alistair Darling revealed the budget for the coming year. In truth, there is little new money in this budget for SME’s, and little of real substance to help those that are struggling. You want a little more. You want the whole tree."

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Good Customer Service Can Go A Long Way | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

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Good Customer Service Can Go A Long Way by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 24, 2010 For a small business, customer retention can prove as profitable as sourcing new customers. In fact, retaining current customers can be more cost-effective as no outgoings are necessary to market and sell to them. You want a little more.

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Top 5 Tips for Training Employees on a Budget

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Top 5 Tips for Training Employees on a Budget by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 29, 2010 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. Don’t overlook the usefulness of this. « Budget 2010 – The Saviour for Small Businesses? You want a little more.

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Employee engagement is a force.

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Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. With those thoughts in mind, shouldn’t senior management work on motivating factors to help employees maintain their business loyalty and commitment? Let’s start with the negatives. Rewards are why people work.

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Good Business: A Reputation of Integrity

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In an age of corporate scandals, suspicious customers, and budgets with very little breathing room, there is simply no substitute for being an ethical company. Recognize that customers/clients want to do business with a company they can trust; when trust is at the core of a company, it is easy to recognize.

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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/03

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Halloween Business Ideas : Don’t just look at Halloween as a trick-or-treating obligation or a chance to party. Halloween presents many business opportunities that a savvy entrepreneur won’t want to overlook. [link] 1 week ago Ted Turner: "If you have an olive, you want an olive tree. You want a little more.

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Don't Underestimate The Importance Of Time Management

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Don’t Underestimate The Importance Of Time Management by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 31, 2010 I’m sure everyone has had days, weeks, months or even years of feeling snowed under with work, stressed and like they have little time for family or friends. [link] 1 week ago Ted Turner: "If you have an olive, you want an olive tree.