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Protecting Intellectual Property Worldwide
If you are planning to enter new international markets, it’s important to understand how to protect your brand or original creation.
Business Banking: A Two-way Relationship
The relationship you have with your bank will be one of the most important of your business life.
Alastair Lukies, Monitise
From business start-up to the 23rd largest company listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), Monitise is, quite simply, a success story.
Exporting to India
Discover the opportunities currently available in this emerging market.
Achieving a Good Work-life Balance
Modern technology has been both a blessing and a curse for entrepreneurs: 24/7 availability leads to the temptation to work ever longer hours.
Protecting Intellectual Property Worldwide
If you are planning to enter new international markets, it’s important to understand how to protect your brand or original creation.
Business Banking: A Two-way Relationship
The relationship you have with your bank will be one of the most important of your business life.
Alastair Lukies, Monitise
From business start-up to the 23rd largest company listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), Monitise is, quite simply, a success story.
Exporting to India
Discover the opportunities currently available in this emerging market.
Achieving a Good Work-life Balance
Modern technology has been both a blessing and a curse for entrepreneurs: 24/7 availability leads to the temptation to work ever longer hours.
Protecting Intellectual Property Worldwide
If you are planning to enter new international markets, it’s important to understand how to protect your brand or original creation.
Business Banking: A Two-way Relationship
The relationship you have with your bank will be one of the most important of your business life.
Alastair Lukies, Monitise
From business start-up to the 23rd largest company listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), Monitise is, quite simply, a success story.
Exporting to India
Discover the opportunities currently available in this emerging market.
Achieving a Good Work-life Balance
Modern technology has been both a blessing and a curse for entrepreneurs: 24/7 availability leads to the temptation to work ever longer hours.
Protecting Intellectual Property Worldwide
If you are planning to enter new international markets, it’s important to understand how to protect your brand or original creation.
Business Banking: A Two-way Relationship
The relationship you have with your bank will be one of the most important of your business life.
Alastair Lukies, Monitise
From business start-up to the 23rd largest company listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), Monitise is, quite simply, a success story.
Exporting to India
Discover the opportunities currently available in this emerging market.
Achieving a Good Work-life Balance
Modern technology has been both a blessing and a curse for entrepreneurs: 24/7 availability leads to the temptation to work ever longer hours.
Protecting Intellectual Property Worldwide
If you are planning to enter new international markets, it’s important to understand how to protect your brand or original creation.
Business Banking: A Two-way Relationship
The relationship you have with your bank will be one of the most important of your business life.
Alastair Lukies, Monitise
From business start-up to the 23rd largest company listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), Monitise is, quite simply, a success story.
Exporting to India
Discover the opportunities currently available in this emerging market.
Achieving a Good Work-life Balance
Modern technology has been both a blessing and a curse for entrepreneurs: 24/7 availability leads to the temptation to work ever longer hours.
May 2012
5% of SMEs are key to UK economic growth A new Santander report reveals that Growth Champion businesses play the biggest role in boosting the UK economy... more
May 2012
Eurozone economy dodges recession

The Eurozone basket of countries has narrowly avoided recession after registering no growth, but no contraction, in the first quarter of.. more

May 2012
Firms ‘optimistic’ despite recession

Separate surveys have confirmed that businesses are still confident despite the UK entering a double-dip recession.

The CBI survey of small manufacturers.. more

May 2012
Small firms ‘losing battle’ for public sector tenders

Small businesses are calling on government to simplify the tendering process for public sector contracts after a survey revealed many think.. more

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Get the most from your relationship with the bank.
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How small businesses can break into big markets.
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