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Hiscox Business Insurance

With our knowledge of specific sectors, get professional indemnity, office or liability insurance from Hiscox suited to the requirements of your industry. Get a quote and buy online in minutes.

Win a top-of-the-range HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless All-in-One printer!   

To celebrate the launch of its new HP Officejet Pro printer range - designed specifically to help small businesses get professional results - HP is giving away an HP Officejet Pro 8500 All-in-One, worth £299. To enter click here

Take control of your sales

You don’t need to buy an expensive computer system to understand your customers’ needs better. To find an easy way of understanding your business better and improve your sales in the process by downloading this free guide to contact management today

Value for money on office supplies

Euroffice guarantee the lowest UK prices on over 35,000 products and free next day delivery. Click here for an introductory 15% discount

Loans that change lives

Kiva lets you lend a loan to a specific entrepeneur in the developing world - empowering them to lift themselves out of poverty. Change a life today.

Get funding advice

This guide from BusinessLink provides in-depth information on raising and managing finance for your start-up.

How to raise start up finance

Starting a business is a very exciting time for budding entrepreneurs , but it can also be the most stressful. The following guide from Tiscali is a quick overview of how you could raise start-up cash for your business.

Financing your start-up

An overview of options for financing your start-up, from the London Life channel of the Greater London Authority website.

Business loans and finance from Lloyds TSB

From enhancing your day-to-day cashflow to growing your business long term, find a financial solution that meets your requirements.

Seeking growth capital?

Need funding? London Business Angels facilitates investment into early stage businesses within the UK that are seeking growth capital.

Raising Start-Up Capital

This definitive guide from Inc.com provides detailed information on how to fund your start-up.

More Start-up funding Resources

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BT Tradespace

Hear more about BT Tradespace, an online platform for small businesses provided by BT.

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Easy and effective email marketing

Parker Trewin, Director of Marketing and Communications at Genius.com, demonstrates how Genius Pro can help you manage your email marketing campaigns more effectively.

 

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Marketing an SME online

No matter what kind of business you are in, an online presence has become a vital tool for promoting your company and selling your products and services.

 

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Competitive advantages from home working

Research shows that 69% of UK employees would like to work from home, with a further 20% saying they would take a pay cut for this type of flexibility. 

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Will Alan Sugar sweeten business prospects?

Marc Barber, editors blog

Marc Barber  10/06/2009

While any help singled out for small businesses should be welcomed, the appointment of Sir Alan Sugar as ‘Enterprise Tsar’ smacks of gimmicky desperation. Have your say »

Credit crunch: What does it mean for you?

Penny Profit blog

Penny Proffit  25/01/2008

In the current global economic climate, small business owners are likely to be concerned about the consequences of the credit crunch. Penny Proffit has teamed up with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants to bring you ten quick tips for survival. Have your say »

Quality content is the foundation of Search Engine Marketing

Small business Guest blogger

Guest Blogger  21/07/2008

Search Engine Marketing (SEM) is in essence the theory and practice of getting a website onto the first page of 'natural' (sometimes called 'organic') search results on the important search engines for important keywords. Have your say »

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Enter our Small Business competition and win a laptop!

Are you an entrepreneurial legend in your local community? Has your business savvy seen you blossom during the boom times and bootstrap during the bad? If the answer is "yes", then you'll be intrigued to hear that Smallbusiness.co.uk has teamed up with Insurantz.com to discover 30 of the UK's best run small businesses. Click here to enter

Flexible funding solutions whatever the forecast

It can be difficult to know what lies ahead for business in a changing economic climate. We can help.

 
Bibby Financial Services is an independent specialist provider of business finance solutions, releasing cash tied up in your outstanding invoices while dealing with late paying customers. Call 0800 91 95 92.
 

Barclays Business Start Up Account 

Everything you need in one place from help with planning to getting more customers, to FREE seminars and a credit checking service to help you get paid quicker. Plus, up to 2 years FREE banking (conditions apply). Apply online.

Flexible health cover for your business

Every year sickness absence costs the UK economy around £13 billion. Want to know how much sickness absence could be damaging the health of your business? Click here to find out and receive a personalised quote.Click Here

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