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 [...]

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Roadmap to a Customer-Centric Strategy

Part of the appeal of customer-centricity is that it takes very little business acumen to grasp its core concept. Focus intensely on customers, align your products or services with their interests, and voila: a customer-centric culture is born. Simple, right? Not quite. Becoming a truly customer-centric organization is perhaps one of the most difficult transitions an organization can make, fraught with hidden obstacles and unanticipated challenges. Here are three potential roadblocks on the path to a customer-centric strategy, and how to get around them.

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Follow These 8 Behaviours to Ensure Success as an Entrepreneur!

I have discovered, after much research in self-development and Life Coaching, 8 similar behaviours between the successful entrepreneurs and those making all the money. If these 8 action steps are followed daily and consecutively – there is no doubt in my mind that success will come your way!

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Factoring Companies…They Are All The Same Aren’t They?!??!

Share When is factoring not factoring? Know the difference and don’t pay the price for not knowing!   I had an interesting meeting with my friendly man from HSBC yesterday and one of the things discussed was factoring (invoice financing). I asked him what was the point in paying for factoring if the factoring company [...]

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Private Investment For Your Business

Share Posted by: Paul Stanford     Private investment – making your business more attractive   Much has been written lately about the potential benefits of investment from private investors for small businesses. So I’m not going to go into these but I do want to tell you how you can potentially make your business [...]

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Raising Finance Small Business

Share Posted by: Paul Stanford Raising Finance   There comes a point in most businesses where the need arises to raise some funding. Whether that be to start a brand new venture, buy new equipment or purchase another company the chances are that it will be stressful and if you get it wrong then you [...]

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Finance For Small Businesses

Share Raising finance is a constant headache that I am told about whenever I see my clients and is for most small businesses whether that be starting off afresh or trying to grow to the next stage of development. For those of you that have ever tried to raise finance for such occasions you will [...]

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