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A new agreement has recently been signed which is going to help to establish better investment links between small British companies and companies in India. The business links are going to be mostly focused on technology and the agreement was recently signed during a meeting in New Delhi last Monday. James Bevan is the British High Commissioner . . . → Read More: New agreement strengthens investment links between Britain and India  Everyone wants to be an entrepreneur, according to one of the UK’s most successful, James Caan. He also says that every day of his life people are pitching their new business ideas at him, and it was a sad fact that 90% of new businesses were failing. He feels that entrepreneurs need to ask themselves the right . . . → Read More: James Caan produces guide to being an entrepreneur Whatever size business you are running, the chances are that you use Microsoft Office at least to some extent. It is a software package that has always been popular with businesses and is by far the most dominant one in the market. There are numerous packages available for businesses of different sizes and all types of . . . → Read More: Microsoft create new office suite for SMEs If you are a large organisation that handles large funds of money for employees then one thing you may want to look into is getting an institutional trader to handle your Forex needs. While you ca experiment with brokers and hedge funds via private investors and representatives, the advantage of choosing a company with institutional specialists . . . → Read More: Institutional Forex can be a great way to go Franchise buyers could save thousands by going through Franchise Direct UK Prospective franchisees could benefit from reduced management and franchise fees, extra territory, free training, websites and laptops by applying through their portal site. Franchise Direct are the leading, and best performing, franchise directory site, and are constantly striving for quality and innovative attractions to ensure that . . . → Read More: Franchise buyers could save thousands by going through Franchise Direct UK The new Finance Bill for this year should be positive for innovative businesses that are interested in developing intellectual property and undertaking research and development within the UK. As part of the upcoming finance bill, any companies that take on R&D projects will be entitled to better tax breaks on their activities. Companies that qualify for the . . . → Read More: Innovative businesses looking forward to new Finance Bill The SME Finance Monitor is a survey that looks at how available funding is for small and medium-sized enterprises. It recently came to the conclusion that at the end of last year, the vast majority of businesses that apply for finance with banks were approved. The survey showed that around 80 percent of applications for overdrafts were approved . . . → Read More: Majority of SMEs who apply for funding from banks are approved One of London’s most iconic buildings is set to be sold on the open market for the first time in its history. Battersea Power Station, which has been lying empty since it was decommissioned in the early-1980s, is being sold by estate agents Knight Frank, who will be accepting bids on the site until autumn. Although derelict, the . . . → Read More: Battersea Power Station sold for redevelopment The announcement that Edinburgh Woollen Mill has bought struggling retail chain Peacocks has saved thousands of jobs across the UK, including many in Wales. Edinburgh Woollen Mill, one of the best known High Street brands, takes control of the Peacocks name, nearly 400 of the company’s stores and the firm’s headquarters, based in Colwyn Bay. Fifteen jobs have . . . → Read More: Edinburgh Woollen Mill buyout saves the Peacocks name The Workfare scheme organised by the government allows young people who have been unemployed for a period longer than three months to take an unpaid placement for a month while they continue to claim Jobseekers’ Allowance. Tesco have recently been criticised for abusing the scheme by asking for people to come and work in their store in . . . → Read More: Tesco accused of abusing the Workfare scheme |
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