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How to Name Your Business

Success

Is it legally available? Trademark Database at USPTO.gov to see if the name is legally trademarked. When we launched in 2007, we immediately looked at the keywords customers were using to search for what we offer—affordable wall art, finished by hand and sold exclusively online. Is it easy to say? It should roll off the tongue.

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An Open Letter To Our Prime Minister, David Cameron

The Small Business Blog

Legal Security and Fairness : The United Kingdom is a place where any person – whether in business or not- should be able to live in a situation of legal security and fairness. This penalises small businesses, which can ill-afford to pay out for expensive legal advice. It is a basic human right to live in legal certainty.

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

Some assistants regularly manage small budgets when planning functions or have bookkeeping responsibilities and work regularly on spreadsheets. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 This can be a rewarding career change for those suited to this type of work.

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Major Meltdown in Time Management - Tips to Avoid it Happening To You

Stephanie LH Calahan

afreshspace   @ StephCalahan I just use a legal pad for daily to-do's but keep bigger or future projects in my outlook task list declutterlady   @ StephCalahan Hey, Stephanie, it's iPEP for me; 1 workspace/project w/ability to keep all in 1 place!     C 3. 

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Not all accountants are created equal (how do you choose an.

The Small Business Blog

Jason Holden Said on May 13th, 2006 at 11:42 am An update, some time ago, well March 2005 the ACCA called for the term accountant to be legally defined. Maybe I am wrong, maybe there will be enough pressure in the UK for the term accountants to be legally defined? Hopefully not! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Sticks and stones will break my bones.but names will never hurt me

Laughing all the Way to Work

Imagine, if we had assistants at home to pay the bills, do the budget, organize dinners, answer our calls and follow up with reminders -- it is starting to sound pretty good. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. That is a good time to recognize assistants for all that they do.