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Marketing companies urged to box clever as growth expectations fall
Smaller UK marketing companies have once again lowered their planned sales growth forecasts for the year - from a spring forecast of 4.
Seminars to address issues currently facing owner-managed businesses
To raise awareness of the issues and difficulties that the owners of small businesses face, accountancy practice Grant Thornton is organising 'Owner Day 2001', a series of events and seminars to be held in no less than 30 locations nationwide.
European safety week to target workplace accidents
Research by the UK's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has shown that, on average, activities at work have caused 400 deaths per year, with more than a million people injured.
New British businesses anxious about prospect of recession
A survey of 300 British start-ups has revealed that their biggest concern for the next three years is a downturn in the economy.
Compliance deadline looms on Data Protection Act
The first transitional period to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 ends on 23 October 2001.
e-Business Week plans to enhance small businesses' fortunes
Small businesses will soon have a chance to see how modern technology can transform their operations in a week-long series of events taking place from 8th to 12th October across the country.
Postal rates shake-up could hit small businesses
Consignia, formerly known as the Royal Mail, may soon lose its monopoly on delivering letters.
On-line advertising remains on the sidelines
UK companies still view using the internet to advertise their wares with suspicion and on average are allocating just one per cent of their advertising budget to on-line campaigns.
New incubators to focus on internet start-ups
New e-businesses in the very early stages of business development will now have access to ten newly launched incubators, which will focus specifically on the internet sector.
Owner-managers cautiously optimistic on growth prospects
Economic uncertainty tops the list of concerns facing British business owners and managers according to a recent survey by financial advisers Grant Thornton.
Euro boost for SME ‘spam’ senders
British smaller companies who send unsolicited marketing e-mails, popularly known as ‘spam’, look to have escaped a blanket Euro judgement that could have restricted their practices.
Export help for small firms
Small firms with little experience of exporting are to be given a helping hand through a £2.
Marketing confidence drops to new low
Confidence among UK marketers has reached record lows, a new report is set to show.
Government gives £60 million to small manufacturers
Businesses, which need help to develop their operations further, stand to benefit from a new manufacturing initiative recently launched by the Department of Trade and Industry.
UK SMEs lukewarm on euro
Small businesses in the UK are treating the introduction of the euro in physical form on 1 January with indifference at best and dismay at worst.