Category Archives: Business Startup

4 factors that need to be reflected in your business plan

By Barbara | Published: 28/09/2012
Judging by all the hoopla surrounding business plans, you'd think the only things standing between would-be entrepreneurs and success are glossy charts, meticulous-looking spreadsheets, and decades of month-by-month financial projections.
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Variable outgoings for commercial tenants

By Barbara | Published: 31/08/2012
Last year, commercial tenants were up in arms about rent increases. This year it’s variable outgoings (VO).
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The mommy economy

By Barbara | Published: 22/06/2012
One of the newest markets to pop up recently is what’s called the ‘mommy economy’.
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Flying solo takes passion and time

By Barbara | Published: 30/03/2012
Cropping up all around are fashionable and funky incubators and co-working spaces where shiny laptops whirr alongside takeaway lattes, smartphones and single speed bicycles. Is flying solo all its cracked up to be?
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Entrepreneur mini test

By Barbara | Published: 23/12/2011
Take this mini test of the test to see how well suited you are to running your own business. Are you an entrepreneur?
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