I obviously had my tabloid hack hat on when I wrote the headline for the story 'Entrepreneurs on the brink of giving up, warns FSB' on Monday. It caused some controversy over on social network with business journalist Matt Thomas urging me to "challenge the claim entrepreneurs are about to give...
We are all creatures of compulsion. When we find something we like, we go back for more. Once we think we can get something we want, we perform the actions to get it. Slightly disturbingly, this pursuit of rewards isn't that different to our pets.
There have been plenty of studies conducted by...
UKBF user name: rentadateforcharity
Real name: Lisa Connell
Company name: Rent A Date For Charity
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Contact: 020 8368 0486 [email protected]
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In 2006 at the age of 27 I was diagnosed with an inoperable...
While many small businesses may be let down by their existing banks, there is in fact some good news - finance is still available!
Even though many high street banks' criteria for lending are tighter than they have been for many years, the economy still keeps turning. And even though prices of...
Happy Social Enterprise Day everyone!
If you're a regular reader of BusinessZone.co.uk you'll know I'm a big fan of social enterprises, businesses driven by social or environmental aims. With that in mind I was delighted to be present this week at the prestigious National Business Awards, a...
It's not often I get angry but I certainly did recently while waiting for the company which manages my rented house to fix a broken boiler. In the end, I endured eight days of cold showers before the problem was sorted.
Throughout the whole process I experienced amazingly poor levels of...
Chris Barling writes:
"When I worked for a large corporate in middle management, I found the decisions that did and didn't get handed down a real irritation. My philosophy was simple: when I ran the world, it would be different.
"Now I'm a CEO and the majority shareholder in my company, so...
UKBF user name: atlascs
Real name: Simon Swords
Company name: Atlas Computer Systems
Website: www.atlascs.co.uk
Contact: 0845 867 2845 [email protected]
1. How did you start your business?
I was working as an IT manager for a large law firm in the city. They instructed a colleague and...
UKBF user name: Rob Holmes
Real name: Rob Holmes
Company name: Into The Blue
Company website: www.intotheblue.co.uk
Company contact: [email protected] / 01959 578100
1. How did you start your business?
Into The Blue started 10 years ago by selling flying lessons to visitors at the...
You can't escape tales of economic woe at the moment. A year on from the start of the so-called credit crunch, Britain's businesses are bracing themselves for what's predicted to be the worse downturn since the 1990s.
With that in mind, I was amused by an advert I spotted in a listings...
Duane Jackson writes: "Although we all like to have a moan about how Dragons' Den dumbs down business and plays to the mass audience, there are lots of valuable business lessons to be learnt from watching it. Some are obvious, but for others you have to dig a little deeper. There were four...
Helen Cammack writes: "Dragons' Den brought us another vanity investment proposition this week, following the first week's pitch by the band Hamfatter. This week it was Robert Hall who pitched for investment in himself – a promising young racing driver with the hope of making it big in Formula 1...
Chris Barling writes: "Apple is one of the most innovative companies on the planet, yet it only spends 3-4% of its sales on R&D – way less than competitors like Microsoft. So, how come it seems to glide over the water, while others splash around while making little headway?"
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Episode three in the latest series of Dragons' Den was in my view the most interesting so far. As I've previously argued, the programme is rapidly becoming X-Factor-like in its approach as entertainment becomes more important than business. But happily this week's edition had some real business...
UKBF user name: 4little1s
Real name: Christianne James
Company name: 4little1s.com
Company website: www.4little1s.com
Company contact: [email protected] or 01883 626 011
1. How did you start your business?
I set up 4little1s.com to juggle a busy home life with children and pay school fees...
Duane Jackson writes: "I'm sure I wasn't the only techie shouting at my TV screen on Monday night. Whilst Peter Hopton from Very PC had obviously overvalued his business, the treatment he got from the Peter Jones was uncalled for. Peter Jones may think he's made himself look clever by throwing...
Late payment is the scourge of many an entrepreneur. An invoice not settled promptly can be the difference between life and death for a small business. With limited cashflow, many simply can't afford to leave bills outstanding. The money has to come in on time so the business can continue to...
I'm a huge fan of Dragons' Den and like millions of others settled down to watch the first episode of the new series this week. Jones, Meaden, Caan, Bannatyne and Paphitis were on form berating the wannabe entrepreneurs and fighting amongst themselves to invest in what they believe will be the...
Lesa Snider King says: "The Design Council has found that over a third of the UK's fastest-growing businesses see design as integral or significant to their businesses. Key to any design is the appropriate use of images. However, it's vitally important that the right sort of image is used to...
Small business owners are so completely and utterly peeved off with the UK's tax system, many may soon refuse to hand over what they should to the taxman!
An outrageous statement you may think but it's a claim made today by the Professional Contractors Group.
In a stinging attack, the PCG...
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