StartupBritain – a rescue package for entrepreneurs?
StartupBritain.org is a new campaign by leading entrepreneurs with full backing from the Prime Minister David Cameron to help inspire and accelerate the starting and growing businesses of other entrepreneurs in Britain. It is fair to say that the campaign has its supporters and its haters – many of whom have called the initiative nothing [...]
It’s not all bad news for the economy
If you’re tired of the recent doom and gloom in the news about how the economy is in tatters and all small business owners may as well give up then we have some good news. eBay have just reported a record breaking week for trade on the site with sales on the UK site’s busiest [...]
Survey finds record numbers of entrepreneurs in UK universities
It turns out that students aren’t just a mob that descend on London to cause chaos and destruction. All sensible human beings realised this but unfortunately the media of late has sought to destroy the little remaining credibility that higher education students had. The recent protests against the rise in tuition fees turned sour after [...]
Alton Towers to recruit lookalike business legends
A recent poll by the Alton Towers Resort revealed that a staggering 90% of people think Apprentice star Lord Alan Sugar is the most inspirational business figure in the UK, distantly followed by entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson and Acadia Group founder Sir Philip Green (with 5% of the votes each). Inspired by the results, the [...]
Debt recovery using Twitter – what’s that all about?
Yesterday saw the news that SMEs will now be able to collect their outstanding debts using Twitter. It is a well known fact that business owners here in the UK have to fight tooth and nail to get invoices paid on time. This slow paying culture (particularly prevalent in situations where a smaller business is [...]
Global Entrepreneurship Week kicks off today
Make a job, don’t take a job. As you may be aware, Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) gets started today with 40,000 events in 100 different countries taking place between 15th and 21st November. Make a job, don’t take a job is the message behind the global event, which is being part funded in the UK [...]
Bosses banning Blackberries over wasted time
According to research conducted by employment law experts British bosses are increasingly banning Blackberry devices and other smart-phones such as the iPhone over fears that they cost more in lost productivity than they gain. In recent years, many businesses have rushed to dispense smart-phones to all their staff to allow them to send and receive [...]
Under 24s lead surge in formation of limited companies
A recent report by Experian found that there was a 62% increase in the number of under 24s starting private limited companies. The business information giant also found that the number of entrepreneurs setting up a limited company in general had risen by over 100% in the past five years. Incredibly there has been a [...]
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