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Worsening Access To Finance For UK Small Business

The Small Business Blog

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. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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All we are saying is give lease a chance

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A quick Google search will reveal that there are a number of specialist businesses out there that can provide such a service, but it’s far more difficult to find any mention of the names and brands we know and love. After all, this isn’t something brand new in terms of concept. I haven’t seen or heard anything out there.

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Are companies’ climate pledges for real — or just hot air? Here’s how you can tell

Ideas.Ted

High-quality offsets include financing climate-friendly projects or committing to buying power exclusively from local renewable energy producers, or going a step further and installing renewable energy facilities onsite at factories. “If they have to rely on offsets — where are those offsets coming from? Make some noise.

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Cost Cutting for Small Business – Payment Terms | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

Cost Cutting for Small Business – Payment Terms by Stefan Töpfer on Aug 24, 2007 There are two ways to get better payment terms from your suppliers – make sure you know what the pricing is and negotiate the payment terms last, without warning. This is like a 24% p.a. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Cost Cutting for Small Business – Payment Terms | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

Cost Cutting for Small Business – Payment Terms by Stefan Töpfer on Aug 24, 2007 There are two ways to get better payment terms from your suppliers – make sure you know what the pricing is and negotiate the payment terms last, without warning. This is like a 24% p.a. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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How To Make This Recession Work For Your Small Home Business.

The Small Business Blog

If the supplier knows you are ready to buy for the right price they will cut you a deal. Promise to buy from one supplier for better payment terms, like 60 or 90 days. Getting a better price is especially easy to do right now, since suppliers are tripping over themselves to get business. Get better payment terms by negotiation.

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SEO Tips That the Experts Don't Always Tell You!

The Small Business Blog

Leverage Social Bookmarking – Google trusts sites more if visitors bookmark them. Keep Google in the loop – consider sending Google an XML sitemap which shows your site’s coding each time you make an update. So many leave these tags blank, but Google indexes them and rewards pages on which a search term appears more often.

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