Jan 02 2006
Posted by Gordon as Business Enhancements, General Management, Strategies, Tricks of the Trade, UK Companies
A new website called the Grapevine is Scotland’s newest business networking website that aims to provide an effective information tool.
The website is the brainchild of Jennie Hamilton. She was aware of the fast growing number of new businesses and would-be entrepreneurs that Scotland was producing and further realised that working on their own or with a small staff, these new businesses could not have that much access to complex information that is required for a successful business development.
The Grapevine aims to remedy that problem by providing virtual networking as well as offering help on sourcing business support systems and specialist information.
This is the type of innovations that will definitely be welcomed by people who want to start up and operate their own businesses. With people like Hamilton, the inherent fears of starting a business will be lessened or completely dispelled.
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