Top 10 Low Cost UK Business Franchise Opportunities
ShareStarting a business often means making large capital investments, especially in the very beginning. In fact, many financial advisors recommend that you plan on losing some money as you get started. However, before you dismiss yourself as not having enough money to get going, keep in mind that not all ventures are so financially draining. [...]
Why Small Businesses Fail (Or Fail To Thrive)
Share Tammy, a skilled and gifted horticulturist, called me to discuss what she needed to know to start her own florist and landscaping business. She had been in the horticulture industry for 10 years and was incredibly skilled at working with flowers and plants – one of the best. She also had great design skills, [...]
The Responsibilities Of The Entrepreneur
Share People do not go into business for themselves and become entrepreneurs because they seek security. Initially, there is very little security when you build your business. However, there is a way to achieve a measure of security in your entrepreneurial endeavors. It focuses on the core ways in which you deal with the responsibilities [...]
Fancy Being A Virtual Assistant Working From Home?
Share One of the great things about a VA business is that it’s easy to start. You really don’t need much to launch a successful business. That being said, there are some steps you’ll want to take before you hang up your “open for business” sign. Office Equipment You’re a virtual assistant which means you’ll [...]
Top 7 Start Up Business Ideas For 2011
Share The beginning of a new year can mean a new start for many of us and a great way to create a new start is to bring to life one or more new start up business ideas. There’s numerous opportunities around for new businesses at the moment so I’ve created my own top 7 [...]
6 Strategies To Ensure Start Up Business Success
Share Small Business Success doesn’t have to involve a lot of additional strategic planning, huge budgets, and loads of additional time. Let’s face it, as a small business entrepreneur you already have enough to think about without adding additional work and responsibility. In this article you will find 6 SIMPLE, yet powerful success strategies to [...]
Co-Operatives – What Are They, Why Start One And Who Benefits?
ShareCo-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 traditional [...]
Small Business Start-Up Sole Trader Or Limited Company?
ShareSetting 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. You [...]
Recession Spawns 1000 New Businesses Every Day
ShareOver 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 the [...]
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 [...]






