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Small businesses to strengthen their cyber security practices now. Chris Pottrell, founder and MD of IT support services provider Nebula shares some guidelines on doing just that. As Uber becomes the latest victim in a series of high-profile cyber-attacks this year, leading IT expert Nebula is reminding startups and SMEs of the ever-growing cyber risk and the importance of increasing cyber def...
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Thinking about investing in an EIS? Here's an overview of a few of the things that you should consider before doing just that. Investing is a favoured pastime for individuals reading this and beyond. What was once something that was prevalent among those with the capital to their name has extended to provide opportunities to a wider population. Finding the right investment opportunity, however,...
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Retail can be a volatile industry to be in. Although it is, and always has been, a driving force in the world’s economy, there are always a number of challengers for retailers. Do you open an online store, or physical store, or both? How will you manage stock? What makes you a better choice than your competitors? Will people actually want to buy your stuff? Will they even know you resist, i...
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What are the risks of drone technology? Few technologies inspire as much simultaneous excitement and caution as drones. The prospect of having your own highly agile and affordable flying machine, not to mention one with such a sci-fi sounding name as ‘drone’, is simply too much temptation for many of us to resist. But through name or nature, others sound a wary note of unseen da...
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Go for it! What have you got to lose? Well, potentially quite a lot! Not that this is a pessimistic outlook on starting a business, but here at Startacus we do like to give a fair overview of the possible benefits, disadvantages and risks in starting said business. A good place to look to see the growing volume of startup / registered startup businesses in the UK is the Startup Britain Startup Tr...
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