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Finding a Location for your Business
Some small businesses can thrive without passing trade. For example, mail order companies and entrepreneurs that sell goods and services via the Internet can operate...
Laws to Know About Before Starting a Business
In general, entrepreneurs like to roll up their sleeves and get stuck in. However, before you get too carried away with your small business idea,...
Market Research: Analysing Your Competitors
The market is the theoretical space in which you sell your goods and services. You sell into the market and your customers buy out of it. But it’s...
Self Employed or Entrepreneur: What's the Difference?
If we simply look up the Oxford English Dictionary definitions of these two words we get the following:
Self-employed: working for...
Sole Trader, Partnership or Limited Company?
There are various models you may choose to adopt for your small business. This article looks at three possibilities – sole trader, partnership and...
Starting a Business in Your Spare Time
Keeping Your Options Open
You might be tempted to quit your current job and embark on the adventure of running your own business with nothing...
Ten Business Ideas That Failed, and Why
Everyone loves a winner. As an entrepreneur, you want to see your small business succeed. You don’t have time for failure.
However, some...
Tips for the Aspiring Entrepreneur
Every year, thousands of entrepreneurs in the United Kingdom start a new business. Some of these businesses will flourish, whereas others will fall by the wayside. If...
What are Business Incubators?
A business incubator is a support facility housing several start-up businesses, particularly in high-tech fields such as IT and life sciences (in the latter case, it...
What is Your Unique Selling Point?
Whatever your small business idea, it needs to have a unique selling point (USP). Investors and other people who deal with businesses on a daily basis (such as the...
What Motivates Business Entrepreneurs?
George Bush reportedly said, The French don't even have a word for entrepreneur. This is funny, whether or not he got the joke himself (or indeed...
Writing a Business Plan
A business plan is a document that describes what a business needs to achieve, together with a suggested means of accomplishing those objectives. Such plans are often,...
Writing a Marketing Plan
A marketing plan is a special type of business plan where the goal to be achieved is increased awareness of a product, service or brand. Effective marketing plans for...
