The smallest companies in Britain look like the firmest believers in marketing. A study made by Chartered Institute of Marketing has revealed this startling finding. Based on the study, small firms are more likely to see marketing as an essential part of their business, invest in marketing, and quickly recognise why it is important to put a marketer at senior level. In … [Read more...]
Good business practices for dealing with foreign companies
In order to further spur growth and achieve next-level expansion, some business interests and companies will have to start trading with foreign companies. There are inherent difficulties in dealing with foreign companies especially when it comes to the matter of money. Business solutions experts encourage businessmen to follow some of these good business practice tips on how … [Read more...]
Naming a business – a few tips from experts
In an earlier post, we reported that most UK small businesses are no longer seeing the need to name their companies based on their family names. In the survey conducted by British Gas Business , 74 per cent of business owners now prefer more memorable names that are not related to any kind of family ties in forming their business . According to British Gas Business’ c … [Read more...]
52 million pounds funding for business-focused universities
This piece of news will be welcomed by students all over the country. The DTI has recently awarded �52 million to a number of universities under the third round of the Higher Education Innovation Fund or HEIF. The goal of the awards is to aid in building closer ties between business and institutions that offer higher education. One of the projects that will share in the 52 mi … [Read more...]
Small businesses to be hit hardest by new compulsory pension
Small businesses seem to be taking a lot of unnecessary hits of late, and they are already feeling the effects of this “injustice.” It seems the government is not yet content with just hitting businesses with an endless list of legislation and then tying them up with red tape. Now it looks like small business employers will be forced to make contributions to a new National Pen … [Read more...]