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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/17

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Concerned about the obstacles that places in the way of economic recovery, President Obama recently proposed a new federal effort to give community banks access to ultra-cheap government loans, which they can then use to expand their local business lending. The small business owner was at a clear disadvantage – until now!

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

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The proposed agency is called the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, which is intended to protect consumers from making risky financial decisions. Private Lender :Where can entrepreneurs go when the bank says, “No&# ? This interview with one private lender tells what private lenders look for before investing and one way to find one.

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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/03

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Big trouble in small business : SMALL business advocates are worried that access to research and development tax incentives will be blocked rather than advanced under proposed changes designed to foster innovation. The small business owner was at a clear disadvantage – until now! — ST. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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

The Small Business Blog

Darling pledges help for SMEs : The Chancellor announced proposals to help small businesses in his pre-Budget report.Alistair Darling committed £500 million for a capital growth fund to support small businesses and an extension to the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme. per cent in April 2011 has angered small business owners.

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Small Business Failure – Reason: Funding | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

Unless you propose to only allow start-ups who can demonstrate that they have enough resources and reserves? Anyway here are the small business health check questions you need to ask yourself: What do I need the money for? But you are right of course that funding can also be a problem because of poor planning. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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What legal entity is right for your business? | THE SMALL BUSINESS.

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A limited company must obtain approval from Companies House to use its proposed name. This gives you protection, it is the company that contacts with third parties and therefore if anyone is sued it will usually be the company and not you as the individual. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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An Open Letter To Our Prime Minister, David Cameron

The Small Business Blog

I would like to draw your attention to proposals made by HMRC, which could see accountants being forbidden to give even basic financial advice to their clients. The proposed changes in legislation are divisive and give small businesses little chance of success. This is, however, removed from our current reality.

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