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Examine your offshore competitors

Examine your offshore competitors

Four reality checks your business will succeed

Four reality checks your business will succeed

Eight ways to build competitive advantage

Eight ways to build competitive advantage

Preparing your business for sale

Preparing your business for sale

Dealing with a cash crisis

Dealing with a cash crisis

Working out an effective marketing budget

Working out an effective marketing budget

Assessing a new growth market

Assessing a new growth market

Raising cash quickly in a crisis

Raising cash quickly in a crisis

Developing a unique selling proposition (USP)

Developing a unique selling proposition (USP)

Managing seasonal demand

Managing seasonal demand

Working with cash flows and budgets

Working with cash flows and budgets

Decrease the chance of running out of money

Decrease the chance of running out of money

The difference between cash flow and profit

The difference between cash flow and profit

Building credibility and authenticity to compete

Building credibility and authenticity to compete

Making your dollar go further

Making your dollar go further

Cyber Security FAQ’s

Cyber Security FAQ’s

Why separate business and personal accounts

Why separate business and personal accounts

Budgeting for expansion

Budgeting for expansion

Choosing a business model

Choosing a business model

Value your business accurately before selling

Value your business accurately before selling

Five questions to answer in a crisis

Five questions to answer in a crisis

Create a smart promotion plan

Create a smart promotion plan

Crowdfunding explained

Crowdfunding explained

Market research tips for busy business owners

Market research tips for busy business owners

Improve your cash flow

Improve your cash flow

Calculating your break-even point

Calculating your break-even point

Building and improving capacity

Building and improving capacity

Five steps to improve your marketing

Five steps to improve your marketing

Easy and effective market research

Easy and effective market research

Five tips to get started

Five tips to get started

First steps to selling your business

First steps to selling your business

Calculating the cost to start up

Calculating the cost to start up

Structuring an earn-out

Structuring an earn-out

Decide if a venture capitalist is right for your business

Decide if a venture capitalist is right for your business

Automating new lead generation

Automating new lead generation

Tactics to increase profit

Tactics to increase profit

Protecting your business from theft and fraud

Protecting your business from theft and fraud

Finding the right employee

Finding the right employee

Low-cost marketing strategies

Low-cost marketing strategies

Buying a business - how much should you invest?

Buying a business - how much should you invest?

Researching the viability of your new idea

Researching the viability of your new idea

Preparing your business for outside investment

Preparing your business for outside investment

Writing your business plan in 5 easy steps

Writing your business plan in 5 easy steps

What to put in a confidentiality agreement when selling your business

What to put in a confidentiality agreement when selling your business

When to hire your first (or next) employee

When to hire your first (or next) employee

Write a great business plan

Write a great business plan

How to protect your business idea

How to protect your business idea

Raising capital for your business

Raising capital for your business

Managing and mitigating the major risks of climate change on your business

Managing and mitigating the major risks of climate change on your business

Preparing for due diligence by a prospective purchaser

Preparing for due diligence by a prospective purchaser

Identify what drives your business

Identify what drives your business

Selling your business to your employees

Selling your business to your employees

Do you have enough money to start your business?

Do you have enough money to start your business?

Collaboration and partnering

Collaboration and partnering

Avoiding credit card fraud

Avoiding credit card fraud

Asset finance guide

Asset finance guide

Collecting debts effectively

Collecting debts effectively

Finding the right successor for your business

Finding the right successor for your business

Tracking the flow of money

Tracking the flow of money

Key steps to increase your profit

Key steps to increase your profit

Determining your exit strategy

Determining your exit strategy

How to value goodwill when buying or selling a business

How to value goodwill when buying or selling a business

Finding ways to save money

Finding ways to save money

SEO tips to improve your ranking

SEO tips to improve your ranking

DIY marketing tactics

DIY marketing tactics

Identity theft and reputational fraud

Identity theft and reputational fraud

Manage your debt and get paid on time

Manage your debt and get paid on time

Identifying what to track to better predict ahead

Identifying what to track to better predict ahead

Finding hidden cash to start up your business

Finding hidden cash to start up your business

Leasing or buying assets – the pros and cons

Leasing or buying assets – the pros and cons

Four systems to put in place to increase profits

Four systems to put in place to increase profits

How to form strategic alliances

How to form strategic alliances

Understanding and improving working capital

Understanding and improving working capital

Pricing and costing accurately

Pricing and costing accurately

Tips for generating a cash surplus

Tips for generating a cash surplus

Five fresh ideas for growing your business

Five fresh ideas for growing your business

Lower the risk of payment fraud

Lower the risk of payment fraud

Driving online traffic to your website

Driving online traffic to your website

Develop a pricing strategy

Develop a pricing strategy

Due diligence when buying a business

Due diligence when buying a business

Profiling customers to target your marketing

Profiling customers to target your marketing

Checklist to set up your business

Checklist to set up your business

Developing an early warning system

Developing an early warning system

Improve your spending efficiency

Improve your spending efficiency

Protecting your intellectual property

Protecting your intellectual property

Trading in a rising interest rate environment

Trading in a rising interest rate environment

Finding new business verticals

Finding new business verticals

Calculating and reducing your cash burn-rate

Calculating and reducing your cash burn-rate

Four signs your business is set to expand

Four signs your business is set to expand

Four strategies to strengthen your start-up after launch

Four strategies to strengthen your start-up after launch

Uncovering hidden dangers when buying another business

Uncovering hidden dangers when buying another business

Alternatives to a business loan

Alternatives to a business loan

Six tips to stay afloat in a crisis

Six tips to stay afloat in a crisis

Protecting your competitive advantage

Protecting your competitive advantage

Why you should consider contractors before you hire a new employee

Why you should consider contractors before you hire a new employee

Improving your profit margin

Improving your profit margin

Assessing a new market for viability

Assessing a new market for viability

Improve your chances of getting a loan

Improve your chances of getting a loan

Understanding financial ratios

Understanding financial ratios

How to validate your new idea

How to validate your new idea

Building competitive advantage

Building competitive advantage

Five strategies to increase profit

Five strategies to increase profit

Avoid running out of money

Avoid running out of money

Understand your key financial documents

Understand your key financial documents

Extending your cash burn rate

Extending your cash burn rate

Complete a cash flow template accurately

Complete a cash flow template accurately

Unlocking the cash in your business

Unlocking the cash in your business

Check your business can scale

Check your business can scale

How to reduce business costs

How to reduce business costs

Outsourcing to build capability

Outsourcing to build capability

Creating a cash reserve

Creating a cash reserve

Sure-fire marketing plan in eight easy steps

Sure-fire marketing plan in eight easy steps

Setting up cash flow warning triggers

Setting up cash flow warning triggers

How to sell more to current customers

How to sell more to current customers

Defending competitive advantage

Defending competitive advantage

Start-up FAQ’s

Revisiting your marketing strategy

Revisiting your marketing strategy

Keeping track of your finances

Keeping track of your finances

Defend and justify your pricing

Defend and justify your pricing

What you should know about angel investors

What you should know about angel investors

Five steps if your business is operating at a loss

Five steps if your business is operating at a loss

Gaining inspiration for new ideas

Gaining inspiration for new ideas

Building an online distribution channel

Building an online distribution channel

Achieve growth by buying another business

Achieve growth by buying another business

Lowering your carbon footprint

Lowering your carbon footprint

Four strategies to build business resilience

Four strategies to build business resilience

Email marketing to get qualified leads

Email marketing to get qualified leads

Keeping employees productive while working at home

Keeping employees productive while working at home

Reducing your overheads

Reducing your overheads

Letting go and delegating control

Letting go and delegating control

Ways to identify new markets and customers

Ways to identify new markets and customers

Managing a cash crunch

Managing a cash crunch

Five ways to understand the competition

Five ways to understand the competition

Bootstrapping to start up

Bootstrapping to start up

Sources of small business funding

Sources of small business funding

Funding growth: friends, family and bootstrapping

Funding growth: friends, family and bootstrapping

Developing new products and services

Developing new products and services

Six steps to better cash flow

Six steps to better cash flow

Using social media to grow your business

Using social media to grow your business

Ten ways to retain great employees

Ten ways to retain great employees

Cashflow forecasting

Cashflow forecasting