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Richard from Simplicity Accounting, a Belfast based Accountancy firm give Startacus (and all you good folk) some handy pointers on choosing your business trading vehicle. Over to Richard to explain. Choice of trading vehicle? First of all you may ask yourself, “what on earth is a trading vehicle?” Your trading vehicle is the legal status of your business, and beyond matters of th...
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Small Business Saturday - 7th December We previously highlighted Small Business Saturday back in September on Startacus, with a promise that we would be back, closer to the time with a little more detail on how you can get involved on the day. And like the well oiled machine of quality content that we are, we return to do just that. So...lets summarize... Small Business Saturday is a US grassro...
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Rormix is an emerging music video discovery platform who are sharing their startup tale on Startacus. Last week Rormix gave us all 5 tips for finding your dream developer and it's back over Over to Agi, the PR and marketing team member of Rormix with their tips on building a killer App...#discover: Tips to build a killer app Hi everyone, I’m back and I’m about to s...
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Most companies will, at some point, be involved in an exhibition. Exhibitions provide a great platform to meet potential buyers and promote your company. When you invest time, money and resources it is important it is a success so here is a short guide to help you avoid some of the basic mistakes. This three part guide is designed for the first time exhibitor. It will take you on the exciting jou...
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Update: DEAL NO LONGER IN DATE - DEAL NOLONGER IN DATE. Update: DEAL NO LONGER IN DATE - DEAL NOLONGER IN DATE. Update: DEAL NO LONGER IN DATE - DEAL NOLONGER IN DATE. Update: DEAL NO LONGER IN DATE - DEAL NOLONGER IN DATE.  We’ve written and published quite a few articles on the importance of marketing and branding your startup and not only marketing and branding your s...
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Deciding on the right business insurance for your company can be absolutely essential for your firm’s wellbeing. Choosing the wrong package could leave your company completely unprotected against enormous threats to its finances. Business insurance is also a large and long-term commitment: you do not want to find yourself and your business bound to the wrong package. It is essential, therefo...
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Earlier this week we took a look at the amazing ‘Creative Mornings’ and the unprecedented success they have had in expanding their breakfast talk series from humble beginnings in the US to cities all over the world. Now we travel down under to take a look at a participatory art project which is attempting to improve the lives of urban dwellers on an international scale... Peace and qu...
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Let’s face it - the most inspiring self starters are the people who are just out there - doing it for themselves - creating and building new businesses from scratch. It’s these guys - people probably just like you in fact - who are really helping us all along the road to that much-feted economic recovery. For their role in that of course they truly deserve rewards and recognition. That...
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Ever fancied learning how to play blues guitar? Or would making neon art be more your thing? Well...thanks to our latest Startup of the Week, doing things just like that has become a whole lot easier. The Indytute is an online platform offering lessons in those very things plus many more besides…It’s fast becoming the perfect place to discover and book truly unique experiences - eith...
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In November 2013, online accounting software company FreeAgent was named among 2013’s fastest growing UK technology firms, securing 8th place on this year’s prestigious Deloitte Fast 50 in recognition of its impressive growth over the past five years; FreeAgent reported a 2128% rise in turnover for the period 2007-2012. Here Ed Molyneux, CEO and co-founder shares his journey from RAF p...
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Now for a food startup that takes on several social and economic challenges in one foul swoop...just the way we like them! It seems that we are never done hearing or reading about the ever rising price of food and how our society has developed a wasteful attitude towards it. What’s more, we are subject to a daily onslaught of criticism about our eating habits and a near constant plea to ditc...
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No internet access - how we discovered quite recently how that's not necessarily always a bad thing...As usual, I plodded merrily along into the Startacus office last Wednesday, cheerily planning the day’s work in my head when I was met with a scene I had been dreading for many a moon...the internet had finally stopped working... Panic ensued as questions shot across the room “How wil...
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