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Infographic: Contact Forms

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Most businesses have some type of contact form on their website as an alternative to posting their email address publicly. This form will have been designed to collate all the information that is required to deal with a customer query or follow up on a potential lead.

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Benefits of corporate hospitality for small businesses.

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Friendships form: Taken out of the work environment and given the space and time to bond, your workforce can find common ground and develop new friendships. No phone call or meeting can offer the same information and connection that can be achieved between you and your clients at an interpersonal setting like a corporate event.

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WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Lighting Sensations

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Lighting Sensations carry out varied and extensive work in many different environments, ranging form installing lighting in a retail environment, through to planning the lighting on a climbing wall to make it look outstanding. This week’s winner of the WinWeb Pitch of the Week competition is John Steven, from Lighting Sensations.

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Nice Website, Has Anyone Seen It?

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The World Wide Web provides an inexpensive advertising and information board for businesses worldwide. The internet has long since replaced the phonebook as the go-to information source for homes and businesses alike. Websites are a form of marketing, so like any marketing exercise it is imperative to understand your audience.

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Credit Card Merchants Make Accepting Payments Simple

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Chances are that the “register” being used by that business is an iPad with some form of mobile card swiper plugged in to the earphone jack. Choose a company that records and reports on all of the analytical information that matters the most to you. What kind of reputation does the company have?

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Registering your business – Start Up Guides – Part 5 | THE SMALL.

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HM Revenue & Customs ‘HMRC’ If you are self employed as a sole trader or partnership you will need to inform HMRC of this fact, this is done by completing form CWF1. If you are operating through a limited company the form you use is CT41G. To register you need to complete form VAT1.

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Q & A: What protection does a limited liability company offer to.

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Sooner or later you will think about doing a little more business, protecting yourself more, and that will bring you to the question of changing business and trading environment All small business, micro business, sole traders, freelancers and home businesses can be run in the form of limited liability companies. Great post!

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