Richard Parker writes: "First, let me get something off my chest. PR is not a luxury. It is a vital business tool. Even if you have only just set up your company. Even if you don't ever want...
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I've adapted the title of this blog from a quote contained in a fascinating report released this week by the CBI and QinetiQ. Revealing how the world's most profitable service sector firms drive...
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By now you probably know about my issues with Business Link, the government's flagship business advisory service - lack of consistency, too much box ticking etc, etc. In my seven years writing...
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UKBF user name: DuaneJackson Real name: Duane Jackson Company name: KashFlow Software Ltd Website: www.kashflow.co.uk Contact: 0800 848 8301 1. How did you start your organisation? I started...
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I'm sure I wasn't the only viewer who gasped at the moment Lee McQueen, the world's best reverse pterodactyl impersonator, was named Sir Alan Sugar's latest apprentice this week. And my...
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Regular readers of my blog will know I'm a big fan of social enterprises - businesses which plough all or a large part of their profits into social, community or environmental causes. I believe...
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Please indulge me for a moment because it's my birthday today! I was born on the 3 June 1976 in west London but it wasn't until 2001 I discovered the wonderful world of entrepreneurship when I...
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UKBF user name: creacom Real name: Jacqui MacDougall Company name: CreaCom Design Website: www.creacomdesign.com Contact: [email protected] 1. How did you start your business? At the...
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The government's decision to extend the right to flexible working to millions of more parents is fundamentally wrong and once again it's entrepreneurs running small businesses who will suffer...
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UKBF user name: Alpha Real name: Alan Moore Company name: Alpha Business Services Website: www.alphalimited.co.uk Contact: Alan Moore/Sharon Haywood 1. How did you start your organisation? I...
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Digg, Facebook, del.icio.us, Zimbio....the lists goes on. Every day it seems that some new quirky way of sharing content, networking and engaging with an audience enters the brave new world of...
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It's not often that one is in the presence of a billionaire but I was this week when entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter, ranked 68th in 2008's Sunday Times Rich List, delivered the keynote address at...
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If the current results of our latest poll are anything to go by, David Cameron and friends will be celebrating big time on Thursday night. In the survey asking members who they plan on voting...
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It's all about simplification, Alistair Darling declared as he announced his budget last month. Simpler capital gains tax, simpler corporation tax etc, etc. Why then was I not surprised when I...
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UKBF user name: Oliver Sidwell Company name: R M P Enterprise Ltd Company website: www.ratemyplacement.co.uk Company contact: [email protected] How did you start your business...
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Back To The Floor is my favourite of the business television reality shows. The BBC2 series from the late 1990s and early 2000s featured the CEOs of large companies mixing with the workers on the...
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Real name: Chris Kaday UKBF user name: Chris Kaday Company name: Chris Kaday Company website: www.chriskaday.co.uk Company contact: [email protected] 07717 411382 1.How did you start...
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I spoke to an employment law journalist this morning about our campaign to force the government to delay Sunday's implementation of new sexual harassment rules. She told me she has been speaking...
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You will have probably spotted our current campaign to force the government to delay sexual harassment rules coming into force on Sunday. We've even started a petition on the Downing Street...
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During a debate in the House of Commons this week, the issue of the stigma of business failure in the UK was raised. Reference was made to an interesting European Commission report from last...
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