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Is Your Business Protecting its Innovations?
Small businesses are not doing enough to protect their ideas & creativity according to recent research. The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) - an executive agency of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) - is the official government body responsible for Intellectual Property rights in the UK. This covers designs, trademarks, copyright & patents. The IPO is charged with monitoring & raising the level of awareness of Intellectual Property – IP. To this purpose it carried [+]Radical New Initiative Introduced to Assist Small Businesses Win Government Contracts
After inviting comments & feedback from small businesses on the problems they’ve experienced in procuring contracts with them, the government has introduced a range of measures designed to make it easier to do so. The Government considers small businesses vital to the growth of the economy & wants to optimize their ability to tender for billions of pounds of contracts. It is determined to ensure that they are no longer excluded by ‘excessive bureaucracy & petty [+]Office Supplies
If you’re looking for good value office supplies, here are 6 of the best and most invaluable offices supplies available from www.euroffice.co.uk . Remember, Euroffice offer free next day delivery, so there's no need to leave your office!Small Business Ownership: Pros and Cons
Pros Pay: Small business owners are more likely to have high incomes. If you’re successful, all the rewards will end up with you! Personal Goals: It’s up to you how successful you want your business to be; how much money you want to make, what hours you want to work, what kind of environment you choose to work in, and who works for you, rather than who you work with. Success is completely in your own hands. Retirement [+]Small Business Accounting Software
When you decide to start a small business in today’s unstable economic climate, it can be frantic, difficult and highly expensive. Initially, you may think it’s just a case of buying or making products and selling them for a profit, right? Wrong! If you fail to keep your books properly in order, your new company may head for bankruptcy just as it’s gets up and running. For these reasons, it’s vital to organise your accounting system [+]10 Tips for Starting a Home Business
If you’re thinking about starting a home business and need some guidance, the following tips will give you some ideas and pointers on where to focus your energies. 1. Select your products/services: The first step is always the most difficult and most important. It is always best to choose a product you have good knowledge about or a service that you can offer. Equally important is to choose to do something you enjoy doing. 2. Research the competition and [+]More Post Strikes Ahead
The UK can expect “more strike action, for longer periods” according to the Communication Workers Union (CWU). Royal Mail and post union chiefs have been meeting at TUC headquarters all week and have still failed to come to an agreement. The CWU’s postal strikes are underway in their second phase and affect the whole country, with approximately 44,000 members going on strike on Thursday. More 24 hour strikes are due to be held on Friday and Saturday, with [+]More From Choose a category
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