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Budget 2010 – The Saviour for Small Businesses?

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Budget 2010 – The Saviour for Small Businesses? by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 24, 2010 Today, Alistair Darling revealed the budget for the coming year. In truth, there is little new money in this budget for SME’s, and little of real substance to help those that are struggling. billion one-off growth package”. Not policy.

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Good Customer Service Can Go A Long Way | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

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Good Customer Service Can Go A Long Way by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 24, 2010 For a small business, customer retention can prove as profitable as sourcing new customers. In fact, retaining current customers can be more cost-effective as no outgoings are necessary to market and sell to them. So, listen to them.

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Top 5 Tips for Training Employees on a Budget

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Top 5 Tips for Training Employees on a Budget by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 29, 2010 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. « Budget 2010 – The Saviour for Small Businesses? If you have additional tips, please share them in the comments section.

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Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/12/15

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Buying the best insurance for your Business : It’s important to pay close attention to the kind of insurance you buy for your small business; otherwise you could face a shock when you file a claim. As always this list is not exhaustive, but I hope it will give you a little overview. — ST.

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Small Business World News Round-up – 209/11/24

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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. One small business financing alternative is the private lender. 2010 may be no better.

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Good Business: A Reputation of Integrity

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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.

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Small Business Checklist: Business Costing | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

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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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