start-ups Archive
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Why Lord Young is wrong about Sole Traders
Posted on May 13, 2013 | No CommentsLord Young of Graffam, the government’s Enterprise Advisor has published the latest in his series of reports on encouraging new businesses. This one is entitled, Growing your Business: A report on growing micro businesses. Much of the report makes interesting reading. It continues the government’s... -
Free SEO Resources for Start-ups
Posted on January 15, 2013 | 2 CommentsHaving a well designed website which is easy to find is increasingly important for new businesses. If your business is not easy to find online then it will make the job of attracting paying customers much, much harder. While there are lots of businesses out... -
What is in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement for Start-ups?
Posted on December 5, 2012 | No CommentsThere has been a lot of lobbying from the different business organisations in the run up to the Autumn Statement calling for a variety of methods to help small businesses. The government has been very keen to promote start-up business as a way of generating... -
Barclays: The First 5 Years of a Start-Up Business
Posted on November 5, 2012 | No CommentsA new infographic produced by Barclays shows what life is like for UK start-up businesses in their first five years. The infographic reflects findings in a recent survey by Hiscox, showing that entrepreneurs are generally happy and satisfied with their business life. The Barclays infographic... -
The Start-up Britain Bus Tour
Posted on November 1, 2012 | No CommentsStart-up Britain have been going from strength to strength this year. Their online marketplace is now full of offers and they have been running a shop in Kingston-on-Thames featuring a range of start-ups. They have also been heavily involved in promoting Start-up Loans through their... -
What the Hell is a CDFI?
Posted on October 4, 2012 | No CommentsIn a speech today the Business Secretary Vince Cable praised the work of CDFIs and the CDFI referral scheme currently being run by the British Bankers Association. He did, reportedly, qualify his praise somewhat by stating that “nobody knows what the hell you do”. CDFI... -
What is the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme?
Posted on September 17, 2012 | No CommentsOne of the biggest problems for new start-up companies is raising their initial seed capital, the money which they need to get going and test their ideas. For this reason the government has adapted the existing Enterprise Investment Scheme to create the Seed Enterprise Investment... -
The Expectation and the Reality of Funding a UK Start-up
Posted on August 24, 2012 | No CommentsIn a recent study published by GEM lack of funding was cited as the major stumbling block by 50.6% of people who were thinking about starting their own business. The unwillingness of banks to lend to new and small businesses has been well documented in... -
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of UK Attitudes to Start-up Businesses
Posted on August 24, 2012 | 1 CommentGEM, the world’s largest study of entrepreneurship have released a new report focused on UK attitudes to, and experiences of, starting a new business. While the report is concentrated on Britain it also compares attitudes to start-up businesses with those in France, Germany and the... -
UK Government Tries to Kickstart Bank Lending (again)
Posted on August 1, 2012 | No CommentsThe current unwillingness of the major banks to lend to start-ups and small business has been well documented. Securing funding is the biggest problem for start-ups at the moment. This has contributed to the rising popularity of crowdfunding and alternative peer to peer funding schemes....
