The Small Business Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Darling pledges help for SMEs : The Chancellor announced proposals to help small businesses in his pre-Budget report.Alistair Darling committed £500 million for a capital growth fund to support small businesses and an extension to the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme. — ST. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MARCH 9, 2010

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. When doing business, I think most of us would consider strong ethics and integrity to be top of the list of qualities we seek out in business partners. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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MARCH 16, 2010

VB, Stefan Chris Said on March 22nd, 2010 at 12:27 am Thank you for the great post, to Nicole, I recommend reading Reworked, a new book from the owners of 37Signals. I have a book coming out this summer, Branding Basics for Small Business: How to Create an Irresistible Brand on Any Budget that addresses this and more.

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 6, 2010

This is the best way to expect a higher return on investment on your advertising budget. Test the whole thing: Large corporations have a huge advertising budget to play and experiment. No matter how big you are if you need to succeed in this highly competitive business world you should know the basics of Advertising and practice it.

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 15, 2007

Budget – create a budget and put it in your cash-flow. Keep up to date – update your cost sheet on a regular basis. Mark-up – make sure you review your mark-up on a regular basis to protect your margins. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

« Top 5 Tips for Learning More About Your Customers Budget 2010 – The Saviour for Small Businesses? As a customer I always appreciate a smile, a thank you and personal service. So why shouldn’t I strive to give my customers the same? The answer is that I do. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

FPB warns that removing ‘green’ fuel tax incentive will further alienate small firms : The FPB is questioning the Government’s commitment to helping small firms switch to environmentally friendly fuels, following an announcement in the 2008 Budget that it is to remove a tax incentive for investing in ‘green’ biofuels.

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MARCH 30, 2010

« Top 5 Tips for Training Employees on a Budget Top 5 Tips for Small Businesses at Easter » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 at 6:30 am and is filed under SME-Blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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FEBRUARY 2, 2008

« Book Review: A Bit on the Side by Jasmine Birtles Introducing: The Small Business Bookshop » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 at 11:59 am and is filed under Finance , find funding. They should focus on spending their limited budgets only on things that will generate them business.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Rewriting bank regulations will hurt small businesses : In the typical fashion, Congress is now attempting to solve a “crisis&# by creating a new government agency with an unlimited budget and almost unlimited regulatory powers. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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OCTOBER 10, 2007

Managing A Small Business In A Recession by Stefan Töpfer on Oct 10, 2007 Here in the UK we had the “ Pre Budget Report &# yesterday. The government set out it’s plans to get small business owners to pay more tax , they increased capital gains tax by 90%. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 14, 2008

the changes to capital gains tax in the 2007 Pre-Budget Report will further undermine the attractiveness of the Uk as a place to grow a business. Professor Davide Sola, the report’s author and dean of the ESM said: “The tax system for small businesses in the UK is becoming less competitive. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 22, 2008

Most notably because of exchange rate risk which makes it hard to budget. Keep overheads to a minimum, review and change your suppliers if there not giving you the best value for money and service. I hope that helps to alleviate any money problems. Promote your value for money. Cheapest isn’t the best. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

It doesn’t have to be fancy or high-budget. Install the “Add This” button on each web page so visitors can bookmark your site easily. P ost videos that are relevant to search terms – YouTube has proven that video is a powerful attention grabber. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JANUARY 21, 2008

And no question, bad customer service will hurt you and make you lose customers… I guess the big companies can sometimes “afford&# to compensate for that with a huge marketing budget. Thanks for your good points. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MAY 12, 2010

In the interest of fairness it is necessary to end the practice of giving projects only to large multinational corporations – which often fail or run massively over budget – while better and more innovative solutions are available at a fraction of the cost. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MAY 31, 2006

Our customers welcome the opportunity to have ready access to Enterprise Level Spam Filtering engines that were heretofore beyond reach of SME IT Security budgets. We find that small to medium businesses are increasingly aware of the advantages to this model. Benefits include reduced staff time spent on non-profit generating tasks.

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG » Blog Archive » Book Review: Duct Tape Marketing by John Jantsch Said on November 4th, 2007 at 10:24 am [.] Sigang McGough Said on March 23rd, 2010 at 2:25 pm A convincing argument for starting a business even when on a budget. Said on November 1st, 2007 at 9:29 am [.] Really great ! Great post.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 11, 2010

And many online copywriters are thrilled to land a new blogging gig – so thrilled they rarely pause to wonder if writing for their client’s blog is really the best investment of that person’s marketing budget. Free information doesn’t pay for health insurance or holidays. Neat way of looking at it.

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 8, 2006

I think everybody should just make sure that their affairs are dealt with by the book from someone that is reliable. I’m sure what some people don’t understand is that you rarely find a quality accountant for a budget price. Just very glad it is now well passed. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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