SME's
Roger Trapp: Start-ups should not be reluctant to invest in ICT
Published: 28 January 2007
A report has revealed that SMEs are missing out on the opportunities that technology presents
Introducing a pocket-sized calling card
Published: 28 January 2007
Kyp Systems' hardest challenge as a start-up was describing its product to potential clients. Now it's been snapped up, it speaks for itself
The mums who fight nits on the net
Published: 28 January 2007
Three entrepreneurs who created their own head lice treatment were able to market it despite the absence of a distribution deal - all thanks to the power of their website (and a plug from Jonathan Ross)
Me And My Partner: 'We met over a relay baton'
Published: 28 January 2007
Grant Campbell and Phil Rowley set up Bournemouth-based photographic agency Campbell Rowley in 2003. The company employs five people and has a turnover of around £500,000
Profile: Italyabroad.com
Published: 28 January 2007
Dr Andrea D'Ercole launched Italyabroad.com in Newcastle upon Tyne in early 2005 (www.italyabroad.com; 0191 226 8524).
Adventures In Micro-Business: How much should web-designers charge?
Published: 28 January 2007
Q. Before I start my own business, could you explain how to calculate a "day-rate" for my services as a web-designer please?
Book Review: Business Upgrade: 21 Days To Reignite The Entrepreneurial Spirit In You And Your Team, by Richard Parkes Cordock (£9.99, J. WILEY)
Published: 28 January 2007
'Every employee has the ability to inspire change and innovation in their organisation'
Freedom to work and roam
Published: 28 January 2007
Small businesses can operate from anywhere by embracing internet telephony, wi-fi and mobile technologies
Blog your way to success
Published: 28 January 2007
British companies seem reluctant to create their own web logs, but are they missing out on free exposure?
Harnessing better applications to avoid the agony of growing
Published: 26 January 2007
Small and medium-sized businesses are increasingly likely to use the best software available as they plan further into the future in an attempt to compete with larger companies and reach ambitious growth targets
Oracle Business First: Your SME questions answered
Published: 17 January 2007
Our business expert Roger Trapp responds to selection of your questions
Safe as houses?
Published: 17 January 2007
Last year, 18 per cent of businesses suffered IT security breaches. That figure could be dramatically reduced with the right software
Keeping the spirit alive
Published: 11 January 2007
Small businesses are entrepreneurial by nature. But as they grow they must retain their dynamism and be careful not to stifle the creativity of employees
Roger Trapp: At last, a guide to business that tells it like it is
Published: 26 November 2006
Chris Lilly's survival book will give starry-eyed would-be entrepreneurs a rude awakening
Me And My Partner: 'We work hard to ensure all the staff care, too'
Published: 26 November 2006
Ex-Masterfoods executives Paul Newberry and Ian Ding set up Stream Foods in 2001 to make fruit-based snacks. The Cambridgeshire-based firm has a turnover of £10m and employs 80 people
Adventures in Micro-Business: Imports, exports and staff training budgets
Published: 26 November 2006
Q. I am keen for my business to get into importing raw materials and exporting finished products but am very nervous about the whole import/export process. Where can I find out about the basics?
Dead ringers? - Giving old mobiles a second life in the developing world
Published: 26 November 2006
Eazyfone buys and recycles old mobile phones collected by charities, hospitals and schools, and sells them on cheaply in the developing world. Pete Petrondas explains how he developed a successful strategy
Amba Student Of The Year Award: Finalists show why 'the nerds don't win'
Published: 26 November 2006
'I'm looking for the chance to start my own business'
Adventures In Micro-Business: Age discrimination and carbon footprints
Published: 22 October 2006
Professor Russell Smith answers your queries
Student entrepreneurs: an eye for the bigger picture
Published: 22 October 2006
How two students launched a successful company on the back of a final-year art project
A genuine rags to riches tale
Published: 22 October 2006
Raj Loomba built a successful clothing business from a market stall in Widnes. It now supplies the House of Fraser
Me And My Partner: 'The job split suits both our abilities'
Published: 22 October 2006
Tim Hill and Kate Skeritt launched healthy fast-food outlet POD in London in October 2005. Turnover is now approaching £800,000. They plan to open five more outlets from 2007
Power to your people: why small businesses should invest in staff
Published: 22 October 2006
Small businesses can tackle underperformace in the same way that many large companies do - by investing in their staff
Profile: David Armstrong and Chris Turner of RFIP Ltd
Published: 22 October 2006
Russell Smith profiles the experts in radio barcoding
