Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones

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From farmer to fashion retailer via a campaign to become a Tory MP... Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones enjoys challenging convention. Here the maverick entrepreneur talks about sausages, suits and sticking up for small business.

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http://www.director.co.uk/MAGAZINE/2010/11_December/wilfred-emmanuel-jones-profile_64_04.html

The Smarta Way to do Business:

. . . by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs, by Matt Thomas and Sháá Wasmund

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Heavily involved in all sorts of social media, Sháá Wasmund founded Smarta.com, an online network that aims to allow entrepreneurs to help other entrepreneurs. This book is partly an old-world, and offline, plug for the network. But it's also more than that.

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http://www.director.co.uk/MAGAZINE/2010/11_December/books-the-smarta-way_64_04.html

Starting a business is 'viable' career path

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Setting up a company in the current economic climate is a viable career path, says Duncan Bannatyne. The coalition Government’s austerity drive will lead to a huge number of redundancies in the public sector, but politicians should make no mistake that the private sector will be able to pick up this slack overnight. What we need to do is offer more support to small and medium sized enterprises and entrepreneurs so that their businesses can grow and create more jobs.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jobs/duncan-bannatyne/7910237/Starting-a-business-is-viable-career-path.html

Free business banking for startups - what to look out for

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One of the first things you will do when you set up a new business is to apply for a business bank account. Free business banking is something all business owners strive for, but what does "free" actually mean, and what should you look out for when opening a business account?

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http://www.bytestart.co.uk/content/business-banking/business-banking-guides/free-business-banking.shtml