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When you’re running a business you may seek advice from friends, books or DVDs but it’s important to take inspiration for your own business and not ideas. Just because a certain plan or project worked for somebody else’s business, doesn’t mean that it’s necessarily going to work for you. Copying somebody else’s business plan is always a no, because the fact is no two businesses are the same. You can take inspiration from the way another person has managed their business, and that’s great but you need to create your plan, but that’s not to say that you can’t learn from other peoples mistakes and achievements. If you know somebody...

Staring up your own business can not only be an exciting time, but for many it is also very daunting. There may be a few legal sides of the business that you need to get your head around along with marketing the business and cash flow / tax issues. So where can you find advice and help on these matters? There is a lot of free information on the internet especially on the .gov website that will help you through the early stages. There are also some charities and youth schemes that may be able to offer you free business mentoring for a certain amount of time if you qualify...

Asked about the reason why they gave up, many would-be entrepreneurs in the United Kingdom said that there were too many business startup challenges for them to overcome. Indeed, there are many people with brilliant entrepreneurial minds but who end up not taking off because they do not know how to go about the initial stages. There are several things that you should be equipped with so as to successful start a business. It is unfortunate that some people do not even know about this and so, they often find themselves in a difficult situation. One of the most important things is startup capital. You need to find enough amounts...

Global digital marketing solutions business MaaS Pros is offering its first five UK franchisees a unique first mover advantage by reducing its franchise fee by 35% in order to get its British business off to a flying start. The Canadian-based company is launching a major campaign to expand the well-known brand in the UK. MaaS Pros is so committed to its UK launch, it has for the first five franchisees reduced its fee from £19,995 to £12,995. Franchisees will still receive all the benefits of the £19,995, demonstrating the partnership approach MaaS Pros is keen to adopt in the UK. International entrepreneur Anton Annestan, the founder of MaaS Pros, will...

An opinion piece by Tim Cocking, director at Bright Care. Sometimes, more often than I have the right to expect, I see a carer in my employ connect with the older person she is looking after with a spark which reminds me of Michelangelo’s wonderful image in the Sistine Chapel of God reaching out to Adam. There is a bridge between them, a generational gulf crossed, a natural understanding which the carer brings freely to the job. It is the result of a simple kindness, a goodness of heart which cannot be taught and which is not dependent on qualifications or authorisation. It is the kind of attitude to which...