Leading clothing management software company, i.level software, has announced the launch of FashionTradeWeb to allow clothing retailers to quickly order more stock for their stores by simply putting their orders into the stock system of major fashion brands. The webstore is a medium for business to business operations to take place and allows fashion brands to […]
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I AM WOMAN expansion creates a dozen new franchise opportunities
I AM WOMAN, a largely successful business club network that was created just for women has announced that they have reached a milestone moment. The network recently opened up 12 new franchise opportunities. Interest in the business clubs is very high across the UK and overseas with potential destinations announced for Jamaica, Spain, and in […]
Why not reward your staff with a touch of luxury?
TicketsToSee are a London specialist who supplying VIP packages and those ‘gold dust tickets’ for events that are sold out. They are now encouraging businesses to give their employees a reward by treating them to a corporate hospitality package. These most reliable of ticket suppliers are continuing to raise the bar in terms of quality, […]
Business confidence grows with small firms
According to The Small Firms Association director, Avine McNally, the Association has seen an improvement in business confidence in the last quarter of 2013, which is the strongest sentiment data that has been seen by the Association in a few years. McNally indicated that the economy had stabilised and the greatest challenge was the time […]
Scottish SMEs hoping to make an impact on the economy
According to the Business Gateway’s operations director for Tayside, the small businesses in Scotland have said that they can make an impact on how the economy will be next year. Andrew Burnett said that the conditions for trading were challenging during the year 2013 but have now shown a sign of improvement with the new […]
Popularity of apprenticeships continues to rise
Figures released earlier this year have shown that apprenticeships continue to be hugely popular among school leavers. Some 370,000 applications for these types of positions were handed in between February and April 2013. This represents growth of 32 per cent year-on-year and with the huge financial incentives on offer for people looking to earn while […]
UK businesses warned: ‘Don’t bank on traditional forms of finance’
UK businesses need to follow the lead of the construction industry by relinquishing their reliance on banks and seeking out other forms of finance if they are to overcome barriers to growth. That’s the message from specialist funding provider Cranfield Business Finance, which is citing alternative means of funding such as invoice financing as the […]
SME Funding for Lending Scheme proving to be a bit of a flop
The Funding for Lending Scheme, which is an initiative by the Bank of England to ease credit woes, has so far been performing poorly among small businesses in UK despite this segment being the target people. Based on data from the Bank of England, the net lending for the 33 banks involved in the FLS […]
First Small Business Saturday to be held in the UK
The UK will host is very first Small Business Saturday this December on the seventh offering small businesses around the nation the chance to promiote their offerings, potentially find new business, nad of course increase their trade. The Small Business Saturday UK movement is a new campaign that is designed to help encourage people to […]
Building a Business Empire… Literally
Finally, the 2008 economic recession seems to be over and the country is frantically trying to repair the damage that was done to the economy. Employment levels are now rising, the housing market is returning to its former glory and the business sector is once again reaching its pre-recession peak. This is obviously good news […]