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    Promoting my affiliate program

    You could try investing in some off the shelf software such as dynolead or click bank which will help the affiliates validate the offer. Depends what the offer is but I'd be very surprised if yell would be interested in affiliate deal unless you were Ftse 100 and also financially contributing...
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    Will Scottish independence help or hinder Scottish business?

    When Tony Blair was in office he effectively created a series of bear traps that we are now experiencing. It is plainly obvious that devolution would lead to the desire to run ones own affairs. Blair did this not because it was in the nations interests but because it achieved a short term goal...
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    business name ideas

    Straight off the bat.. First Eden Cultiv8 Eden one when coming up with a new business name try and get abstract and don't use the word solutions under any circumstances lol. You could try crowdsourcing a new logo using www.designcrowd.co.uk will cost you less than £200 Do a brain...
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    How to choose an accountant

    Interest comments, I can also recommend a top accountant and bookkeeper called Alpha Limited. They also helped advice the Kashflow team on its development so if you are using that software also then they are worth a shout.
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    Shareholder Dispute

    Good point. Being a shareholder in a small business and not being employed by that business so unable to control any of the decisions is not a position I'd like to be in. Plus the current MD seems to be offering £250 per month as the most they can afford. £3k per year? No way is that worth there...
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    Shareholder Dispute

    This is a toxic relationship by the sounds of it for all parties. You need to focus on your personal health and that of your baby, not stress over work. Just politely tell him you need time to spend on achieving optimum health and only check your emails once a week. My personal belief is that...
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    Owed money by dead guy, help.

    Speak to the businesses accountant, again this information is very easy to get hold of simply goto companies house and download last accounts. I think sending winding up orders ect when the families estate are possibly still in shock is very insensitive and there are smarter ways to tackle the...
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    Do you like my business idea... or am I a nutcase?

    I like the idea, website is terrible however and you won't sell them online unless you have pictures of what it looks like. Also you could make a DIY YouTube video of it flying. Agree with earlier comment, corporates may be interested with bespoke branding ect. You could even have competitions...
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    Google draining the British economy

    Interesting comment. Google claim to be for the entrepreneur but are only in it for themselves. I used to run a print publication and I regularly read articles from google directors saying how they were helping the publishing industry and how the two worked hand in hand. Fast forward to their...
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    Choosing Key words

    Try using a tool called seo scribe
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    Family business directors running it down without shareholders permission

    It is illegal to unfairly marginalise minority shareholders. The directors have an obligation to act In the best interests of all its shareholders not just themselves. It seems like they thought to themselves we do all the work why should we give money to someone who hasn't worked for those...
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    Are you missing Business Link?

    Business Link just filled in happy forms. I do think however an organisation for micro business would be useful but it needs to be people who are passionate about business and are also successful. Having advisors who themselves have failed at their own business and then jumped into public...
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    Accounts software

    Kashflow, its an amazing web based tool, especially if you also sync it with gocardless.
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    Changing CMS based website: what should we ask?

    If you have a half descent development budge I can recommend Kalexiko in Birmingham. They will build a CMS panel you control but they are not cheap.
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    What chains will be gone by the end of 2012

    I would also add that this question is a bit negative and I'd rather hear entrepreneurs asking the question who are going to be the rising stars in retail next year. You can learn a lot more from market leaders than retail dinosaurs