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Keep your e-business secure
Small businesses are not paying enough attention to internet security, says the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), which has launched a security campaign, including nationwide events to increase awareness of the issue.
How to use your website to win customers
With 34 million internet users in the UK, small businesses are being urged to be more clever with their websites to give themselves a competitive edge.
Benefit from broadband access
The Government is expanding broadband technologies to help small businesses in rural areas and business people on the move.
Develop your e-business skills
A project being launched by the University of Central England (UCE) aims to provide an e-based network for local companies to stimulate learning and innovation and encourage collaboration between sectors in different parts of Europe.
How to set up your own website
Have a clear idea of what it is you want the site to do, as you will need to justify the cost of building and hosting it.
Boost to help small businesses trade online
The Government has launched a major campaign to persuade more small- and medium-sized businesses to start trading over the internet with local authorities.
Are you getting quality IT services?
Small businesses can now take advantage of a service that judges the standards of organisations that provide IT advice and facilities.
Bringing broadband to small businesses
On the back of news that the UK now has 1 million broadband users, e-commerce advisory group UK online for business is launching a campaign to “demystify and drive home the benefits of broadband” to small businesses.
Use the net to grow your business
More than a third of small businesses are using the internet to attract customers outside their local area, according to a survey by government e-commerce advice group UK online for business.
Government help for SMEs to get IT right
Advanced advice on information technology is now available to small- and medium-sized businesses following the launch of new programme by government-backed scheme Technology Means Business (TMB).
Make search engines work for you
Each fortnight, our newsletter ‘businessGO’ answers one of your questions about small business.
Government helping SMEs to get IT
A website set up by the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) aims to help UK small companies gain a share of a €3.
Reap rewards from your website
Small businesses that invest in websites and e-commerce should be aware that it is not a guaranteed way of boosting sales, according to the British Chamber of Commerce.
ICT support for SMEs and start-ups
SMEs and start-ups are being targeted by an initiative from BT, which aims to offer technology support and advice.
Rural broadband promised by the autumn
Small businesses in rural areas will have better access to affordable broadband services from the autumn thanks to a proposed network of regional broadband advisers announced by e-commerce minister Stephen Timms.