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The growing popularity of community based customer services

With more and more people using the internet every year, and online activity becoming a regular practice for both work and leisure, the opportunity for businesses to engage in community-based customer service options is too important to be ignored. Jobs in customer service have traditionally been thought of as requiring a person to be a [...]

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How to turn homemade perfume into a business

If you’re in the habit of making your own perfume, you might have considered trying to earn some money from it. The idea of setting up your own business can seem quite daunting, but it’s best to look at it step by step. Take a look at our guide for some useful pointers:

1) Come [...]

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5 things you should know about credit card fraud

Credit card fraud is a prevalent problem in the UK, and the number of scams used to commit this kind of crime continues to grow each year. From telephone calls and suspicious-looking emails to cash point tampering, consumers have to be vigilant with their financial information at every turn. If you’re searching for useful information [...]

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Welcome

Do you ever feel that the business guides and industry blogs you are reading don’t have information and news targeted to your type and size of business? Well hopefully that problem will be solved with blwy.co.uk, a business blog just for small to medium enterprises.

This is the blog that can help you start and [...]

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SMEs urge chancellor to scrap 50% tax rate

The leaders of many small and medium-size businesses have called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to get rid of the 50 percent tax rate that is charged for the highest earners in the UK.

An open letter has been written by these people address to George Osborne and it’s been published in The Telegraph. [...]

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Cambridge University set to support manufacturing SMEs

A scheme run by the University of Cambridge is going to support small and medium-sized businesses that are working in the manufacturing sector.

IfM Education and Consultancy Services is a part of the institute and it has been tasked with managing the project.

It is going to be responsible for informing ambitious firms how to [...]

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EIF approve loan scheme for SMEs

As small and medium-sized businesses are finding it increasingly difficult to secure financing from High Street banks, they are being forced to look for alternative methods of raising capital to fund expansions or new contracts.

Palio Capital Partners this week announced that it is planning to offer senior debt and mezzanine loans to companies [...]

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The latest insolvency figures

Booking a business trip at the last minute is something I tend to do rather a lot. Though with me, last minute really does mean last minute. On this particular occasion, the cab was on its way to whisk me to Luton airport, and there I was still browsing the web at some unearthly hour [...]

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Invest NI welcoming small business

In order to help more small businesses the Invest NI has undergone some radical changes because of recommendations on the Independent Review of Economic Policy as explained by Arlene Foster Enterprise Minister shifting the organisation to a partnership role to boost exports, from its original client based approach.

They will be able to fund more [...]

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Does not look like British retail is ready to move forward

Retail businesses in Britain may be badly prepared for the future, according to a new report. The FileMaker Insight Awareness Report found that insight into risk management and strategic business planning featured lower in retailers’ priorities – twenty-three percent and twenty-two percent respectively – than for instance customer service and sales and marketing – sixty-five [...]

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