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Worsening Access To Finance For UK Small Business

The Small Business Blog

Build your own network! Worsening Access To Finance For UK Small Business by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 16, 2009 Following on from my interview on CNBC, I came under fire with some criticism for suggesting the banks and the government is failing small business with access to affordable finance. What is Small Business Infrastructure?

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Is Your Networking Fishy Enough?

The Small Business Blog

Build your own network! Is Your Networking Fishy Enough? by adrianswinscoe on Jul 02, 2010 Networking is an essential growth strategy for any small (even large) business. However, there is an essential difference between having a strategy and how you implement it and many small businesses try networking with little success.

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During a Recession, Entrepreneurs Are in the Driver’s Seat

Success

was in a recession from December 2007 to June 2009—the longest since World War II, exceeding the recessions of 1973-1975, 1981-1982 and 1990-1991. Social media sites provide endless opportunities for marketing, networking and support from other professionals in your industry. Today, it’s completely the other way around.”.

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Sophia Bush and Nia Batts are Used to Being Underestimated

Success

Because it’s tough to be a woman in the entertainment business, and it’s tough, too, to be a woman in finance. They’ve been so successful in networking in those untapped markets, Batts says, investors are approaching them to learn more about them, asking who they need to know in the flyover states. So go ahead. Underestimate them.

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Tim Rowe – Founder and CEO of CIC | Flexible Workspaces: Competing Globally

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It actually started showing up around, I think, 2006, 2007, somewhere like that. There was a group called Ten, the enterprise network in San Jose. Beyond shared spaces within a company where you have that network of relationships, you’ve got the same sorts of challenges. That was one of the great early ones.

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An Open Letter To Our Prime Minister, David Cameron

The Small Business Blog

Build your own network! Thanks to the sacrifices made by many these banks now enjoy plentiful profits and bonuses – a stark contrast to those whom have financed their survival. Project and Order Financing: Banks need to be made to provide the needed finance for SME’s in order to fulfill contracts and orders.

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16 Productivity-Enhancing Websites

Stephanie LH Calahan

Archive Network with Steph Is This You?   They share tools that help you keep your tasks and notes in order, streamline your personal finances, track lost gadgets and more. .    They share tools that help you keep your tasks and notes in order, streamline your personal finances, track lost gadgets and more.

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