With a shared language and a love of the same pop culture, you’d be forgiven for thinking that there’s little difference between Americans and the British. But when it comes to the workplace, it appears there’s less than unites us than you’d think. Jargon and quirky terminology abounds in offices on both sides of the
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Five steps to a thriving business
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When you’re considering starting up a business, an important point to remember is that preparation is key! If you are organised and have fully prepared before you begin, you have a good chance of creating something successful. Following in a friend or relative’s footsteps, making your dream job a reality or you’ve just seen a
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Business ownership and how management teams can impact growth
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The path to success is never straight. Some of the bends will be expected and a joy to navigate, while others will come out of nowhere. Business owners take the driving seat in the knowledge that they’re likely to see both situations, and regularly. They may even have taken the wheel partially because they wanted
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The 15 best cities in the UK to start a business in 2018
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Paymentsense have conducted an extensive research about the business climate in each city in the UK, looking into business demography, the UK labour market, and the local cost of living. By taking into consideration different factors, such as self-employment rate and average utility bills, they then ranked the best 15 cities that offer the best
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Come to a free seminar and learn from two highly successful entrepreneurs
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Readers of SmallBusiness.co.uk are being invited to a free seminar in Reading on February 27th to learn from two highly successful entrepreneurs about how to grow a business. Rob Law MBE, the founder of Trunki, who since 2006 has stacked up over 100 awards from the nursery, toy, design and business sectors from all over
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How to start a financial company
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The financial sector can be an attractive way of starting a company in a European country. The registration procedure for a financial company can differ depending on the country in which the investors will set up their operations, as well as on the business activities developed by the respective company. That’s why it is recommended
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The small business fairytale toolkit
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Running your own business can feel like a fairytale. You never know whether you’ll end up walking the plank, or if your fairy godmother will make all your dreams come true. Yet it is possible to prevent the big bad wolf from blowing your house down. Getting your business up and running can be a
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How listening to business advice can make you £2 million
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If your experience is anything like mine, then listening to good business advice should net you an extra £2 million. It’s important to say at this early point that I didn’t listen to advice, so you’re not about to hear me crowing on about anything. Indeed, if I’d realised sooner that I needed advice I
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Online on a shoestring: Read our essential advice for businesses on a budget
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Two thirds (67 per cent) of UK consumers look online for information before hitting the high street. If there was any doubt that the internet is the place to be for businesses today, recent figures from the IMRG Capgemini eRetail Sales Index have shown that some £133 billion was spent online with UK retailers in
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The main challenges and opportunities for small businesses in 2018
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Small business challenges, from late payments to business rates, hit the headlines in 2017 but what are the issues that will face the country’s small business owners for the year to come? In December, Vonage convened and co-hosted a roundtable discussion with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), convening a group of
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