When you look through the masses of small brochures that flood through the front door at home every week, it’s possible that you are so blind to the mass of information contained within. Every page is full of services, small businesses that have grown up from nothing – maybe like yours, a small outlet from […]
Once we get our hobby or past time into some sort of earning condition, we think about moving on up to starting a business. Usually this comes about by a relative or friend realising that you’re more than just besotted with the hobby, but actually damned good at what ever it is. They then tell […]
When we think of small business, we generally think of a plumber or maybe a single electrician. Those jolly useful trades where someone gets trained, works a few years in a bigger company perhaps and then branches out on their own. There are all the costs of setting up that company – getting publicity, insurance […]
Recently I joined a small local gym. I used to belong years ago before a major leg trauma halted progress. This year I decided to reacquaint my aging body with the workings of a modern circuit gym. All was going well – I proved to myself that I have more stuffing than expected. The young […]
I couldn’t help noticing that our local out of town shopping extravaganza has got more stores opened. One being a mega nationwide crafting and hobby outlet. Now, having very keep knitters, needlewomen, quilters and painters in my family, this would usually bang a gong of unparalleled enthusiasm. But as the company concerned seems to now […]
In these seriously challenging times, it seems hardly a day goes by without comment and redicule in the press about the way our brexit strategy is going. No one seems to have a hand on the negotiations – well it seems as though those who are in charge of the bus are not in the […]
When I first went out to work, back in the day, the top brass were always men – all the directors and chief operating officers. The only time a woman featured at the top of any company was if she was married to the boss or was the daughter of him. Not too many women […]
Getting funding for starting up a business or expanding an existing one. This can be an absolute minefield for most folk. Having a good idea how to market something is one thing. But for proper progress and business development to expand and make good, then moving away from the use of credit cards and setting […]
Starting up businesses at the moment can be considered one of the oddest and riskiest things to be doing. The post brexit referendum is turning somewhat chaotic and depending on which side of the divide, there is to be either such a magnificent opportunity for every company to trade world wide with no hold ups, […]
So you need to be a business person. Possibly there’s something you’re extremely educated and enthusiastic about, or maybe you think you’ve figured out how to fill a hole in the commercial center. Wherever your interests lie, it’s nearly ensured that there’s an approach to transform it into a business. Try not to be tricked […]