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How to deal with the seasonal highs and lows of cash flow In an ideal world, your business would have a steady stream of cash coming in each month to allow you to pay all your bills and taxes on time. Unfortunately, in the real world your business could be subject to seasonal peaks and troughs which may well have an impact on your cash flow. Emily Coltman FCA, Chief Accountant to online accounti...
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11 Content Marketing Tips for Businesses on a shoestring Last month our friend Sophie Turton, digital and content marketing specialist at creative digital agency Bozboz shared 4 simple and effective ways to turn your customers into brand champions. This month she returns with 11 handy content marketing tips for businesses on a shoestring. Over to Sophie to explain all... Content Marketing is a...
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Startup Founders - 7 ways to enjoy your Holiday! Holiday season is almost upon us! Hooray! That of course is great if you work for an established business and you have a process and chain of command in place to deal with your absence from work. However as a Startup Founder the reality is that your management structure may be rather flat - in fact so flat that you fear you will not be able t...
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Within the heart of even the most accomplished entrepreneurs lies a threatening capacity for self-doubt; it is not a unique emotion, but rather a universal one.  There are those who fear this most natural of mental states as the potential destruction of their hard-won successes and the self-fulfilled prevention of their future endeavours.   Whilst certainly if left unchecked self-doub...
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The Startup ecosystem of the UK really is a diverse and varied place, with each of the 4 home nations sharing many of the same support networks.  However on a more local level there are certain organisations which provide help and advice specifically for people within their country.   Over the course of the next month we will be taking a look at some of the major startup support pro...
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As I am typing this article on my MacBook Pro (American), which sits nicely on my IKEA oak table (Swedish), whilst drinking my (Colombian) double-roasted, dripped-to-perfection coffee, it’s fair to say that the World right now, seems like a very small place indeed. Fifty years ago a house full of exported goods from around the World would have seemed quite exotic - now it is just seen as rat...
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If there’s one industry that is booming at the moment, and tempting ever more people to try their hand at entrepreneurship, it’s the artisan food market. The public really have developed a taste for loving crafted, and unique food products, and this has opened up a huge range of possibilities for the food-loving, enterprising individual. However it's important to remember that setting...
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Over the course of your Startup life, you will hear many startup terms which might leave you scratching your head, or nodding along with a conversation, without perhaps really even knowing what is being discussed.  A/B testing might well be one of these terms.   Like all such pieces of technical jargon, this one isn’t nearly as complicated as it first appears. A/B Testing T...
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4 Ways to make the most of a business conference Much has changed in the world of business conferences. A dramatic rise in entrepreneurship in the past decade or so, fuelled in part by an uncertain employment market, has birthed a new generation of innovative entrepreneurs and ‘wannapreneurs’ hungry for some equally energetic and inspiring business related events. Over the past few...
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The first business trip can be equal parts daunting and exciting – providing an opportunity to further your career, demonstrate your value to the business and explore new places (or maybe an industrial estate just off a motorway junction). Here we offer a few tips to help you make sure you completely ace your first business trip. Download Uber If you haven’t already downloaded the s...
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The digitalisation of businesses is perhaps one of the most significant shifts that has ever been seen in the world of enterprise.  With the emergence and subsequent normalisation of the internet over the past few decades, forward thinking innovators and entrepreneurs have been quick to exploit the technology’s growth potential.  Now the digital economy has grown so significantly t...
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How to turn your customers into brand ambassadors- Our friend Sophie Turton, digital and content marketing specialist at creative digital agency Bozboz shares 4 simple and effective ways to turn your customers into brand champions!  "You are not in control of your brand. However, by harnessing the power of your customer, you can create a strong brand identity and significantly differentiate ...
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