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Self-Assessment – A Quick Guide to Help You Meet the Deadline
If you’ve yet to file your 2009/10 self-assessment tax return online, you’re in good company. As of 17th January 2011, over three million people who’d been issued with tax returns to fill in hadn’t filed them yet: so here are a few answers to some of those burning questions you may have, to help you meet that deadline. read more
7 Secrets Behind Effective Debt Management
How do you start to implement a successful debt management programme? This article details a few ways in which you can increase the speed of payments. read more
How To Source The Financial Backing Needed To Start Your Own Business
Christian Nellemann, founding director of XLN, provides an insight into how to source the financial backing needed to start your own business. read more
How to Get Yourself Noticed
There is more to standing out from the crowd than wearing a silly hat, though that works too. The more grown up way to make an impact at work is to cultivate the skills that will get you noticed. read more
How To Manage Your Risk For Profit
Every business has to deal with risk and it’s impossible to eliminate it, despite the best efforts of the nanny state. The risk in business comes from all angles – financial, operational (including health and safety), environmental, people, knowledge retention and reputation. Employers worry about what happens if they get it wrong and also about how to get the staff to ‘do it right’. However, risk = reward – if only organisations manage it well. read more
Defying The Downturn Through International Expansion
For many successful U.K. businesses, international expansion marks the logical next step in their bid for sustained growth and competitive advantage. However, in the current economic climate, U.K. companies are understandably cautious about venturing into new territories. read more
How To… Find The Right Solution For Stress In Your Organisation
If the latest research is to be believed, employee stress is on the increase and with it, perhaps inevitably, the boundary between individuals’ work and personal lives becomes blurred as the stress and pressure in one area of an employee’s life seeps into the other. read more
How To Use Your Marketing Budget Wisely Through The Downturn
David Holt, business development manager of social media and search engine optimisation (SEO) specialist Amplify, gives practical tips for business owners and entrepreneurs on how they can squeeze the most from SEO and capitalise on social media explosion. read more
How To Create An Online Community For Your Business
With the number of hits for social networking sites surpassing even those achieved by Google, there is an increased sense of urgency amongst businesses to create Facebook pages and attempt to engage with millions of individuals now using the site. However, although there are benefits to a well-managed Facebook page, what businesses should really be thinking about is creating communities of their own around their business, products or services. read more
Building A Brand During Recession
Brand expert Simon Middleton has joined the band of millionaire mentors at James Caan’s Entrepreneurs’ Business Academy (EBA). read more
