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How to Understand Loan Guarantee Scheme
Much to the surprise of many observers of the small business finance scene, the government's often criticised Loan Guarantee Scheme was given a new lease of life in the 1986…
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How to Understand Marketing in Small Firm
Recently, the clarion call has gone out for more aggressive, more rigorous, more sustained, or simply more marketing by Britain's small firms. Improved marketing, particularly by smaller manufacturers, is central…
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How to Understand Products and Planning in Small Business
The firm's product or process lies at the centre of most small firm managers' thinking about their companies. The ability to make some item well, to offer a special service…
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How to Understand The Basics of Maternity Rights in Business
When a female employee becomes pregnant, who is left 'holdin the baby'? The small business pressure groups would no doubt say, because of the rights for expectant mothers contained in…
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How to Understand Venture Capital
Selling an equity stake in an enterprise in order to raise funds for development has always been a wrench for the independent business operator but there have been signs in…
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How to Use Distribution In Marketing for the Small Firms
In no area of marketing are the potential strengths of the small firm more clearly seen than in the use of distribution as a marketing tool. Managers of small firms…
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How to Use Cleaning Materials Properly
Make sure you get good cleaners in as a clean home or office is essential, we used this brilliant commercial cleaning company in Bristol recently who were amazing, so they are…
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How to Use Computer Security for Small Business
The first-time business computer user has a lot to learn, but getting help from data protection services is something they should consider at an early stage. Computer fraud may be…
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How to Use Hawthorn
This attractive member of the rose family has sweet-scented snow white blossoms covering hedgerows in spring as a herald to summer, and bright red berries in autumn. Almost all parts…
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How to Use Lady’s Mantle
The name Alchemilla derives from the Arabic word alkemelych meaning alchemy, for this attractive plant with its elegant foliage and lacy yellow flowers was a favourite of the medieval alchemists.…
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How to Use Oak
The oak is the most majestic of trees, and although it grows all over Europe it is regarded as being peculiarly English. The Common or British oak is intricately linked…
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How to Use Opium Poppy
The bright red corn poppy is a familiar sight in un-sprayed wheatfields and likes to grow on disturbed land, such as ploughed or battle ground. From European battles of the…
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How to Successfully Engage in the Basics of Franchising
Franchising is now a widely known, if still not always understood, business activity in Britain which has become an important part of the enterprise scene. A special day in the…
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How to Take Into Consideration The Current Market Position When Choosing Business Premises
Sooner or later, with or without 'encouragement' from the planners, most small firms need proper business premises. Working from home may be a useful launching pad but it is not…
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How to Tell if an Egg is Bad
Eggs are most often the main ingredient for delicious meals; however they can also be the cause of food poisoning if they are eaten when they have already gone bad.…
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How to Handle Business Relocation Old Industrial or Refurbished Premises
Particularly in the inner areas of our towns and cities there is a stock of Victorian and pre-First World War properties which are generally inexpensive but often uncomfortable. The building…
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How to Handle Crisis with Public Relation Skills
Crisis management is an essential PR skill. A well-managed crisis can result in an enhanced image rather than a damaged one. Identify potential crises, draw up contingency plans, and you…
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How to Handle Misconduct Dismissals In Your Business
The law on unfair dismissal specifies that misconduct is a potentially fair reason for dismissal, but gives little or no guidance on the sort of behavior that may warrant dismissal…
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How to Handle the Legal Requirements When Planning the Office
It is often said that ignorance is no excuse at law, yet the rules and regulations that control our use of office space are so numerous, so complex and so…
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How to Handle the Office Accommodation When Planning the Office
Whether you need 500 or 5000 square feet of office space, the problems remain virtually the same, and the choice of the right kind of accommodation is as important to…