Wednesday, November 3

Trade credit insurance for small businesses launched

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Cut price trade credit insurance designed specially for small businesses has been launched by a leading insurance broker.

The product costs almost half the typical annual premium and covers up to £350,000 of turnover from the risk that a customer becomes insolvent and cannot pay.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/8102185/Trade-credit-insurance-for-small-businesses-launched.html

Does Your Business Hand Out the Good Candy?

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Online marketing can be like Halloween in my old neighbourhood. For entrepreneurs looking to combine e-mail and social media marketing, it can be a little scary, especially if you don't know how to begin. The good news is that if you know your business and you know your customers, you already have "the good candy." Valuable content based on your customers' wants and needs is the good candy of your business.

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http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/217478

Weird Companies That Work

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Starting and running a typical small venture is challenging under the best of circumstances. If you're starting a mainstream company, there are plenty of support mechanisms and resources you can rely on for help. But what do entrepreneurs do when they are in unusual or niche businesses?

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http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/217476

How to keep your best people happy in the saddle

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Good people are often attracted to work for small businesses because they love the passion of the founders. As these businesses grow, however, this camaraderie can easily break down, as the processes needed to run a bigger operation leave workers feeling removed from their bosses.

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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d5affee-daa7-11df-81b0-00144feabdc0.html

The Machine That Makes Pound Coins

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Two brothers from the Isle Of Wight who started their own clothing company with just £400 of savings want other young people to have a “quarter life crisis” so that they too can become entrepreneurs.

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http://www.entrepreneur.co.uk/2010/10/03/the-machine-that-makes-pound-coins.html

Bye bye baby: cash-strapped mums take part-time jobs

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According to the Office for National Statistics, the number of full-time mothers has dropped to just 2.07m – the lowest figure since records began in 1994. It’s perhaps no surprise, given that many of those who have lost their jobs in the recession are presumably the husbands/partners of the aforementioned stay-at-home mums. That said, while it may not be ideal for some of the mothers concerned, having more women in the workforce may turn out to be a good thing for all concerned.....

Read more here
http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/bulletin/mtdailybulletin/article/1035131/bye-bye-baby-cash-strapped-mums-part-time-jobs/

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