Reaching millions at once…
Radio is a great medium to reach millions of potential customers around either your area or the nation – what better way could there be to get your message across to so many people without worry about the bank-breaking costs of television advertising?  And your potential customers aren’t watching televisions on the [...]

eBay – larger customer base, tiny overheads…

This is one of those topics that can have a book written about it, and guess what – you can probably find one on eBay!  However, it’s worth pointing out the most important aspects of setting up businesses on the popular auctioneering site as more and more spenders are [...]

What is a recession?

We are well and truly deep into a recession now and so one of the first things we should all be aware of is the intricacies’ of what a recession is.  We all have our ideas about what a recession involves, but not everyone shares the same definition of the economic downturn [...]

Abbey – Plans for SMEs looking good.

The United Kingdom’s second largest lender of mortgages, whilst gaining a firm grasp on the mortgage market, also has new plans for the small and medium sized business customers.
Due to the recent acquisition of AL&L, Abbey are claiming that they will be able to grow throughout the small and [...]

Government plans could cost small firms £800m a year.

After blaming the Government for not doing enough to aid the floundering economy, the Federation of Small Businesses has now called for the Government to hold back on their plans to implement new legislation that could eventually cost the industry around £800 million a year.
The new plans [...]

BRC survey gives a glimmer of hope.
It would seem as though a little light is being seen at the end of the economical tunnel as the  British Retail Consortium has found that sales of retail goods saw a much needed rise through January.
Compared to the same time a year before, retail sales saw the slight [...]

It’s just not working…

The Federation of Small Businesses has hit out at the Government’s response to the economic crisis by saying that they view the measures that have been taken as a failure.
Through the economic downturn the Government has fallen back on their interest rate blanket as well as provided funding for firms around the [...]

SME funding.
As the news filters around the country that the interest rates are at historic lows, the Royal Bank of Scotland has announced that they are preparing to begin a £3 billion fund aimed at small and medium sized business lending.
It would seem as though the Federation of Small Businesses’ pleads for help are paying [...]