Entrepreneurs | How To Avoid Information Overload
ShareIn an earlier article I wrote that, as a Home Based Entrepreneur, the ability to manage your time and to be as productive as possible throughout the working day is absolutely vital. The arch nemesis of high productivity and overall success in the home based business arena is without doubt information overload. How do I [...]
Three Stresses Most Home Business Owners Fall Prey To (& How To Avoid Them)
Share Owning your own home-based business is by and large a very rewarding, exciting endeavor. You can set your own schedule, and be where you want, when you want. You can oftentimes forego the commute to a “regular job” and save money on gas and other “niceties” that are expensive in the work-a-day world, such [...]
A Lesson on Domain Names From the Apprentice
ShareThe British TV show The Apprentice is a wonderful series, full of valuable lessons for business people. Many of these lessons are delivered by Sir Alan Sugar in his blunt and irascible style. But in May 2006 Sir Alan got a lesson about domain names that I’m sure he’ll never forget, and it was a [...]
Dragons’ Den boost to entrepreneurship wears off
ShareA dramatic fall in the number of would be entrepreneurs has thrown in doubt the private sector’s capacity to drive the recovery in the economy. Only 3.8pc of the population expects to start a business in the next three years, compared with 5.9pc in 2004, a survey of 30,000 people in the UK, called the [...]
Top Tips From Entrepreneur Ed Reeves
ShareEd Reeves is the founder of Moneypenny – an answering service with a difference! Based in Wrexham, North Wales, it turns over £7m per annum and has 250 staff. Says Ed “whatever business you do, make sure it is scalable. That is where everyone goes wrong. And stick to your convictions”. He also recommends recruiting [...]
Business Mileage VAT Reclaim
SharePosted by: Paul Stanford Reclaiming VAT on your business mileage You must have been living in a deep underground cave for the past year if you haven’t noticed the soaring cost of fuel. Cleary this is something that will hurt any of us that are running small businesses and need to run vehicles for [...]
Top 10 Recruitment Mistakes
Share In order to locate suitable employees, you must focus on the particular characteristics and skills you are looking for. You also need to establish a plan in order to find the most suitable candidate. Unfortunately, many companies repeat the same mistakes over and over again when it comes to recruiting. This ends up costing [...]
Small Business – Playing Music At Work – Are You Legal?
SharePosted by: Paul Stanford Playing Music At Work – Are You Legal? Many small businesses are unaware that they may be breaking the law when it comes to playing the radio at work. Did you realise that if for example you are hairdressers and you play the radio for some background music to [...]
Small Business Importing And Exporting
SharePosted by: Paul Stanford Importing and exporting In today’s business environment more and more small businesses are looking to export their products and services as well as importing goods and services typically to reach new markets and remain competitive. Perhaps you sell a product that is highly sensitive to the weather [...]
A Board Advertising – Good Or Bad?
SharePosted by: Paul Stanford A Board Advertising Many small businesses with a presence in or near the town centre need to make themselves “visible” to potential clients. One of the most cost effective ways of doing this is through the use of A Boards. They do work and that is one [...]
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