Co-Operatives – What Are They, Why Start One And Who Benefits?
Share Co-operatives are seeing resurgence in interest and offer an alternative to other business models. Essentially a co-operative is owned by all the members. Members are both the employees and employers. Each member has a share in the business. Co-operatives will often work because each member has a greater commitment to making it work than [...]
Small Business Start-Up Sole Trader Or Limited Company?
Share Setting up a new business is straightforward as a sole trader. You need to inform HMRC and complete form CWF1 to register as self employed. You also need to register for Class 2 National Insurance contributions by completing form CA5601. You must register within three months of becoming self-employed otherwise you could be fined. [...]
Recession Spawns 1000 New Businesses Every Day
Share Over the past 12 months over 395,000 new businesses have been registered at Companies House: only 2006/07 saw more company births. But that was at the height of a boom, not the depths of a recession, and there are big question marks over the level of support that these new ventures will receive as [...]
A Lesson on Domain Names From the Apprentice
Share The 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 [...]
Dragons’ Den boost to entrepreneurship wears off
Share A 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 [...]
Body Shop to rival Avon and Ann Summers?
Share The Body Shop has announced plans to double the size of its Body Shop at Home division. It wants to recruit an extra 3,500 consultants. This is a great opportunity for stay-at-home mums to earn extra cash from home through parties and the like in a similar way to Avon and Ann Summers. Home [...]
Psychology and business success
Share Over the years I have visited many entrepreneurs and business owners. Have you ever thought why it is that one business can do so well and another is so mediocre when they are both in the same line of business? Well one insight that I want to share with you as to why this [...]
HBOS And Lloyds Small Business Pledge
Share HBOS and Lloyds TSB have both today unveiled separate new packages of measures to help small businesses. The two banks, which are due to fall under partial state ownership when their merger is completed early in the new year, say that the measures are aimed at easing the financial pressures that firms are facing [...]
Free Green Advantage Workshops For Tourism Businesses
Share Your invitation – Save Money, Reduce your Carbon Footprint and Improve your Market Positioning – Complimentary ‘Green Advantage’ Workshop for Tourism businesses Business Link is pleased to be working in conjunction with Tourism South East, the region’s tourist board, in delivering a series of ‘Green Advantage’ workshops. In a period of financial uncertainty [...]
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