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Investing in Growth: Strategies for Business Expansion and Brand Development
Business growth and brand development are critical components of long-term success and sustainability in today's dynamic market. The right strategies can help you expand your customer base, increase your market share, and create a strong and recognizable brand.
5 start-up trends to ignore in 2023
When starting a business, it can feel like you’re suddenly placing the weight of the world upon your shoulders. There are so many things that require consideration – start-up costs, location, staff size, and so much more in between and beyond.
How to make your e-commerce business stand out from the crowd
The internet is a vast but crowded place. Every business wants a slice of online spend. However, despite the UK having the most active e-commerce marketplace, it is dominated mainly by relatively few gigantic names.
How to succeed as a small business owner in 2023
Are you looking to make big career changes or achieve career goals? New year? With 2023 upon us, now is the perfect time to put big plans into action, such as opening up your own small businesses.
Recycled plastic wood products business set for growth
Recycled plastic wood products firm Plastecowood, whose carbon-negative products collectively remove some 40m unwanted plastic items annually from the UK’s waste stream, is set for significant expansion.
Luxury jeweller opens new Plymouth showroom with funding support from Santander UK
South West luxury jewellery business Michael Spiers is opening a new showroom in Plymouth on Saturday.
Data Science: 4 valuable applications in finance
Long before data science came into use, data was still a mainstay in finance. However, data collection and processing in the traditional setting involved complex, lengthy, and inaccurate processes that are nothing close to today's standards.
Why accountancy is so important when starting a new business
Accounting is an essential part of a business’s routine operations, no matter how big or small the organisation might be. Accountancy is a reliable way of tracking, viewing, analysing, and evaluating how your business is performing, and provides priceless insight that can assist all decision-making processes.
Want the most successful small business?
Are you interested in being your own boss? First, it’s essential to select a business where you have the most opportunity to thrive and be profitable.
Why your business needs financial business advice
There is no question that the UK is a major national success story when it comes to the track record of its entrepreneurs – not only in terms of starting their businesses in the first place, but also keeping them on the ‘straight and narrow’.
How to increase cashflow for your business
The pandemic has had serious consequences on the operations of businesses in the UK, both short- and long-term. One of the major affected components to businesses whose trade was affected by coronavirus is cashflow, which can have serious ramifications if unchecked and unaddressed.
What economic factors could affect your business?
The aftermath of Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic has many businesses re-evaluating their place in the economy, as industries reel from the specific impacts successive lockdowns and barriers to trade have created.
Choosing the right accounting software for your small business
With so many types of accountancy software available, it can be difficult to know which one is right for you. But feeling overwhelmed and confused isn’t a good enough reason to put off streamlining your business processes, which is where this blog comes in.
Why it's important that you keep track of your business
If you're the owner of a business, whether big or small, it's important that you keep track of your business finances. Keeping up with your business's financial health can be difficult because oftentimes, no matter how much money you make, there always seems to be expenses that are greater than income.
Things to consider if you want to run a business at home
Starting a business is a common goal for many people, but knowing what to start and how to get going is a challenging and complicated feat for the majority. Besides an original and/or clever idea, an entrepreneur needs to have the available funds to invest, adequate time to commit and a place to start-up.