Want to go self-employed?  This is what you need to know… Why would you want to work for someone else?  It’s not a very inviting prospect when it’s Sunday evening and you know that the following morning involves having to work your guts out all for the benefit of someone else who you don’t even [...]

What about start-ups? Lord Mandelson has been blamed for the lack of interest and support shown to small businesses in Britain.  Start-up businesses have been totally neglected despite a number of claims announcing the importance on the emphasis on growth for the industry.  Well don’t worry because we’re here to pick up where the government [...]

Coffee could be the key… As the recession strengthens its grip on the economy, more and more people are asking where the real money is.  If Costa’s success is anything to go by then coffee is the way forward – Costa is set to double its stores over the coming five years despite the economic [...]

Time to start-up your business? A recent survey has shown that more and more people are deciding to take their redundancy pay and start up their own brave new business – around half of UK professionals are looking to go it alone, but do they know which sectors will see the recession through? The survey, [...]

Mum’s the word… It’s not easy to start up a new business, especially in an economic downturn – however it is even harder for a woman with children to start a business in an economic downturn – keep the following tips in mind when starting up your business. Childcare: You won’t be able to stay [...]

Starting a Business – How to survive… Starting up a business can be a scary venture and can often not work out because the necessary advice is simply just not there.  Sometimes starting up a business can be a truly lonely, scary and very often extremely difficult experience… But there are a few steps for [...]

Cash flow issues – are you keeping one step ahead of them? You may have thought that starting up a small business might have been easier than it had actually turned out to be – one of the big obstacles for small businesses who have just started up is managing the cash flow. In order [...]