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Content written by Steve Bern of Southcourt Property Services Ltd. Cheers Steve!"Getting your start up off the ground takes courage, commitment and guts. You’ve already got loads to think about in your start-up activities from creative to finance to accounts to marketing.  The kids are home early, the dog’s barking and the neighbour’s having an extension done and you can&rsq...
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Good marketing could be the biggest factor when it comes to making your business successful. Without it, customers and clients will only find you in two ways: word of mouth and coincidence. Waiting for people to just happen across your website obviously isn’t a viable strategy, and as powerful as word of mouth can be, it has limits. Marketing can also be one of the hardest parts of running ...
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The number of new businesses in the world continues to increase year-on-year, with UK start-ups experiencing a 4.6% increase in 2015.   With so many in existence and new ones emerging all the time, it can seem ever more challenging for anyone to break into popular markets. However, there are many straightforward startup ideas that anyone can create, with the new year being a great opportunit...
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Christmas. A time for giving and sharing and forgiving and loving and sobbing over your bank statements. For many businesses, it could be a time to - in a very Christmas-spirited way of course - make lots of money. But if you aren’t careful about it, you could still end up crying over your books and statements. Here are some tips for preparing for the Christmas period, in the hopes of avoidi...
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Your moment has come… it’s pitching time! Here’s two minutes worth of tips to help maximise your chances of success.   Nerves won’t help you now- They serve no purpose at all, and could actually ruin your chances success, so you must get them under control.  Many an entrepreneur has been reduced to a jittering wreck by a pitching opportunity that was foiled by...
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When it comes to business, thinking everything through thoroughly and putting well-formed plans into place will help to minimise risk and increase company successes. All too often, organisations rush decision making and end up losing money in the process, so here’s how to ensure you don’t make the same mistakes. 1.     Align your objectives With plugins such as Up...
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           Image courtesy of AnatticThe skills gap is widening with each passing year in the UK, and we need to be clever if we’re going to find a way to bridge it.  Paul Haydock, CEO and co-founder of DueCourse shares his perspective on how this can be achieved. According to the Hays Global Skills Index, 2016 is the fifth year in a row that our digital sk...
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You’ll be hard-pressed to find a greater love than that of the entrepreneur and their product. That love is what makes the day worth starting, but it can be a blinding if your focus stops before its box. There’s a common trap for entrepreneurs to look at their product by itself and believe that this is all the presentation it needs. Once a customer tries your product, they’ll lo...
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Creating a cashflow forecast is integral to maintaining the financial health of your business. If you don’t keep an eye on the money coming in and going out, and keep at least one step ahead of it, you could find yourself in hot water. They can take some time to put together but, in the end, it’s worth it. So here are some tips to think about if you are creating your first cashflow for...
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Many business owners would like to give designing their own websites a try, but are at a loss for how to get started.  The task can be overwhelming for a person without much internet or technical experience, but these are some of the most important skills that a person needs in order to design a great website, recommendations of any web design company. Sketch a Design by Hand At first glanc...
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What software does my SME need? For the SME anything is possible; there are literally tens of thousands of applications and programmes available that can be downloaded instantly and put to work soon after. But does a florist need the same applications as an accountancy firm? Does a marketing agency require the same assistance as a restaurant? Surprisingly, the answer may well be yes in many case...
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Your business budget is important, it ensures you and your staff always have the means to fix problems, get your hands on the latest tools or software and ensures you can put together a fleet that works for you.  This is why you must take a look at your current business fleet finance deal and ensure this works with your business’s budget in mind. Many people are paying more than they n...
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