You have a limited (or a non-existent) marketing budget. Yet, you need to get the word out about your brand, so you can expand that budget. When your SME is wrapped up in this cycle, it can seem difficult to get ahead. You need money to make money, right? Not necessarily. One of the biggest
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How to monitor diversity successfully
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For firms wanting to be seen as an employer of choice, embedding a strong equal opportunities culture is fundamental. Monitoring diversity is a crucial component of ensuring a successful strategy; not only can it can help highlight workplace inequality, it can identify the underlying causes of discrimination and ultimately help to remove unfairness and disadvantage
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The five biggest mistakes when leaving your job to start a business
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Entrepreneurship is hot. The idea of being your own boss, deciding your life and destiny and building something to make you a multi-millionaire in short order, is captivating a generation. I know how they feel. When I was 28 years old I decided I was never going to work for someone again. An end to
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Small business appetite for equity finance increases
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Demand for traditional bank debt has continued to fall, according to a study by Albion Ventures. More than two in five (44 per cent) small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) owners would consider taking equity finance, up from 34 per cent a year ago. In 2013 just 12 per cent of SMEs were willing to swap equity for support.
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Why storytelling is important for business success
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In 1992 I boarded a flight from New York to Tallinn, Estonia. I arrived in a city where I knew nobody with just my last $400 in the pocket of my jeans, so at that point I certainly didn’t have starting a business on my mind. However, over the course of the next 18 remarkable
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Increase Your Etsy Sales After the Holiday Rush
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By Dawn Berryman The holiday rush has come and gone. It was a profitable one for your Etsy business, but how do you ensure that continues? Profit is great, especially during the holidays; however, it is important to maintain that momentum all year long. It may seem like there is a big drop in sales […]
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Lack of support from high street banks puts SME growth at risk
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A lack of support from high street banks for SMEs means many are resorting to alternative funding, according to Close Brothers Group’s latest report, Banking on Growth: Closing the SME funding gap. While 38 per cent of all SMEs have used bank loans to grow their business, it is the larger, more established SMEs that are most
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Make employer brand your top priority in 2017
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We can expect 2017 to be an eventful year, and businesses need to make sure they’re prepared for a bumpy ride – especially with Article 50 set to be triggered in March. This is particularly true for smaller businesses, for whom instability can be a fatal blow. At LinkedIn, we’ve been looking into what the
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A ten-step business checklist for a profitable 2017
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Time really does fly – Christmas is on the horizon meaning 2016 will shortly be drawing to a close and providing businesses with a fantastic opportunity to reflect on the past 12 months and formulate how the organisation could develop throughout next year. 1. Identify profitability drivers through better tracking Increasing and maintaining profitability is a
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Business output rises for first time in 17 months
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UK business output has risen for the first time after 17 months of decline, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers BDO LLP. BDO’s Output Index, which indicates how businesses expect to perform in the coming three months ahead, has risen from 96.7 to 97.1 in November, suggesting that, for
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