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MARCH 20, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Thinking Outside the Job Description Box By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, March 20, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Patricia Robb of Laughing All The Way to Work: The Ultimate Secretarial Survival Blog. Having Trouble Planning A "Non-Religious" Office Party?

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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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MARCH 23, 2010

« Top 5 Tips for Learning More About Your Customers Budget 2010 – The Saviour for Small Businesses? » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 at 2:30 am and is filed under Customer Service , SME-Blog. So why shouldn’t I strive to give my customers the same?

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JANUARY 14, 2008

by Stefan Töpfer on Jan 14, 2008 In a report, due to be published next month, from the European School of Management – ESM , it is reported that there has been a marked decline in small business activity in the the UK under Gordon Brown. Decline of Small Business Sector in the UK! « Value Co-Production For Small Business.

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MARCH 16, 2010

« Top 5 Basic Advertising Tips Top 5 Tips for Learning More About Your Customers » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 7:30 am and is filed under SME-Blog , do a SWOT plan. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Great post! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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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 Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JANUARY 21, 2008

by Stefan Töpfer on Jan 21, 2008 I believe that many factors contribute to small business failure. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, January 21st, 2008 at 11:14 am and is filed under Question & Answer. Q&A: What do you think the key factors are for small business failure in the UK?

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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 result was immediate, looking thru my log files today, I stopped at the search term listings and saw many references to “ recession &# in it. Kind rgds, Henry Baker. – ST.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2008

by Stefan Töpfer on Feb 02, 2008 Starting from home and using bootstrapping techniques will save you money and help your small business to stay afloat. They should focus on spending their limited budgets only on things that will generate them business. How much money do you really need to start your micro business?

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JANUARY 22, 2008

by Stefan Töpfer on Jan 23, 2008 The last couple of days you could follow what can only be described as a panic on the world stock markets. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 at 8:37 am and is filed under Exporting. Micro Business, Recession and Exporting.

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AUGUST 15, 2007

Budget – create a budget and put it in your cash-flow. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 at 6:46 pm and is filed under Business Checklists , Finance , plan cash-flow. Keep up to date – update your cost sheet on a regular basis. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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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. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

It doesn’t have to be fancy or high-budget. « Top 5 Tips for Hiring New Employees Top 5 Tips for Giving a New Business a Kick Start » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at 2:30 am and is filed under SME-Blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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Loosely Speaking

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs When a client’s site cries out for help Monday, October 6, 2008 at 3:39 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Web/Tech Like many small developers, I built a number of websites between 1998 and 2002 using the then standard approach of hand-coded HTML and, later, a web editing program.

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

South By South West Midlands Said on February 28th, 2008 at 4:51 pm [.] low cost business ideas Said on April 10th, 2008 at 11:10 pm the internet has allow the bootstrapper to go to a whole new level. – Stefan Carlos Weil Said on May 27th, 2008 at 11:38 pm STEFAN: I fully agree with bootstrapping. But you will need some [.]

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MAY 31, 2006

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 31st, 2006 at 5:47 pm and is filed under Development , Infrastructure , Marketing/PR , Office - IT , Open Source Software , SME-Blog , Sales , Software as a Service , Web Technology , WinWeb. SMBs to Spend $2.2 Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MAY 8, 2006

Members of the major accountancy bodies, such as ACCA, ICAEW, ICAS, CPA, ICAI and others are also subject periodic reviews of their files by their professional body and are required to keep up to date by engaging in Continuing Professional Development. Unqualified “accountants” are not subject to any of the above. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Allwork

MAY 28, 2024

Understanding the FLSA threshold In 2008, Family Dollar was on the opposing end of a multi-million dollar class action lawsuit related to their liberal use of the “Store Manager” title for hourly employees. If you’re being asked to do several more hours per week of work but your compensation isn’t changing, there’s something wrong.

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JUNE 6, 2010

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, June 7th, 2010 at 7:00 am and is filed under Business Checklists. 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.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2013

If the fit isn’t close enough, they toss or file your resume. And we didn’t have an outlandish budget where I could just go find any ol’ nice place that had availability. They are looking for a job history with the exact same job they are looking to fill. Use the same buzz words, job descriptions, and skills they used in their job ad.

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The Small Business Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2009

All in all this was not a Pre-Budget Report, the was a Pre-Election Manifesto. « Small Business News World Round-up – 2009/12/08 Winners – Small Business Quote of the Week » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 at 5:09 pm and is filed under Comments.

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

Senate bill won’t change small biz premiums: The Congressional Budget Office predicts the Senate health care reform bill would provide better, but more expensive, coverage in the individual insurance market, while having little impact on premiums for employer-based coverage. — ST. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

“The important thing in life is not the victory but the contest; the essential thing is not to have won, but to have fought well. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 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. « WinWeb.com Launches a New Website Have You Got A Business Thought?

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AUGUST 14, 2023

As you know, we have another company, alliance virtual offices, and we spend, as you’re talking and I think, of budgeting and personnel. And we’ve seen this happen in 2008. Frank Cottle [00:15:35] Well, you know, it’s interesting. And so that’s the purpose. That’s the reason they increase interest rates.

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