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Five fresh ideas for growing your business

Five fresh ideas for growing your business

Profiling customers to target your marketing

Profiling customers to target your marketing

Using social media to grow your business

Using social media to grow your business

Achieve growth by buying another business

Achieve growth by buying another business

Finding new business verticals

Finding new business verticals

Identity theft and reputational fraud

Identity theft and reputational fraud

The difference between cash flow and profit

The difference between cash flow and profit

Choosing a business model

Choosing a business model

Start-up FAQ’s

Trading in a rising interest rate environment

Trading in a rising interest rate environment

Alternatives to a business loan

Alternatives to a business loan

Pricing and costing accurately

Pricing and costing accurately

Key steps to increase your profit

Key steps to increase your profit

Finding ways to save money

Finding ways to save money

Liquidizing assets to raise cash quickly

Liquidizing assets to raise cash quickly

DIY marketing tactics

DIY marketing tactics

How to sell more to current customers

How to sell more to current customers

Four signs your business is set to expand

Four signs your business is set to expand

Cyber Security FAQ’s

Cyber Security FAQ’s

Assessing a new market for viability

Assessing a new market for viability

Building credibility and authenticity to compete

Building credibility and authenticity to compete

Organizing your business for sale

Organizing your business for sale

Revisiting your marketing strategy

Revisiting your marketing strategy

Creating Nondisclosure Agreements

Creating Nondisclosure Agreements

Four strategies to build business resilience

Four strategies to build business resilience

Low-cost marketing strategies

Low-cost marketing strategies

Building competitive advantage

Building competitive advantage

Budgeting for expansion

Budgeting for expansion

Automating new lead generation

Automating new lead generation

Structuring an earn-out

Structuring an earn-out

Funding growth: friends, family and bootstrapping

Funding growth: friends, family and bootstrapping

What to put in a confidentiality agreement when selling your business

What to put in a confidentiality agreement when selling your business

When to hire your first (or next) employee

When to hire your first (or next) employee

Protecting your competitive advantage

Protecting your competitive advantage

Managing a cash crunch

Managing a cash crunch

Preparing your business for sale

Preparing your business for sale

Setting up cash flow warning triggers

Setting up cash flow warning triggers

Tactics to increase profit

Tactics to increase profit

Determining your exit strategy

Determining your exit strategy

What you should know about angel investors

What you should know about angel investors

Easy and effective market research

Easy and effective market research

How to protect your business idea

How to protect your business idea

Leasing or buying assets – the pros and cons

Leasing or buying assets – the pros and cons

Defend and justify your pricing

Defend and justify your pricing

Examine your offshore competitors

Examine your offshore competitors

Lower the risk of payment fraud

Lower the risk of payment fraud

Defending competitive advantage

Defending competitive advantage

Cashflow forecasting

Cashflow forecasting

Managing and mitigating the major risks of climate change on your business

Managing and mitigating the major risks of climate change on your business

Why you should consider contractors before you hire a new employee

Why you should consider contractors before you hire a new employee

What to put in a confidentiality agreement when selling your business

What to put in a confidentiality agreement when selling your business

Why cash flow and profit differ

Why cash flow and profit differ

Asset finance guide

Asset finance guide

Improve your spending efficiency

Improve your spending efficiency

Dealing with a cash crisis

Dealing with a cash crisis

Sources of small business funding

Sources of small business funding

Reducing your overheads

Reducing your overheads

Tips for generating a cash surplus

Tips for generating a cash surplus

Why separate business and personal accounts

Why separate business and personal accounts

Outsourcing to build capability

Outsourcing to build capability

Buying a business - how much should you invest?

Buying a business – how much should you invest?

Check your business can scale

Check your business can scale

Four systems to put in place to increase profits

Four systems to put in place to increase profits

Bootstrapping to start up

Bootstrapping to start up

Four strategies to strengthen your start-up after launch

Four strategies to strengthen your start-up after launch

Preparing your business for outside investment

Preparing your business for outside investment

Working with cash flows and budgets

Working with cash flows and budgets

Preparing for due diligence by a prospective purchaser

Preparing for due diligence by a prospective purchaser

Understanding financial ratios

Understanding financial ratios

Decide if a venture capitalist is right for your business

Decide if a venture capitalist is right for your business

Creating a cash reserve

Creating a cash reserve

Developing an early warning system

Developing an early warning system

Assessing a new growth market

Assessing a new growth market

Extending your cash burn rate

Extending your cash burn rate

Ways to identify new markets and customers

Ways to identify new markets and customers

Working out an effective marketing budget

Working out an effective marketing budget

Improve your chances of getting a loan

Improve your chances of getting a loan

Raising cash quickly in a crisis

Raising cash quickly in a crisis

The seven most important things buyers want

The seven most important things buyers want

Increasing prices without losing sales

Increasing prices without losing sales

SEO tips to improve your ranking

SEO tips to improve your ranking

Guide to closing your small business

Guide to closing your small business

Building and improving capacity

Building and improving capacity

Gaining inspiration for new ideas

Gaining inspiration for new ideas

Building an online distribution channel

Building an online distribution channel

Protecting your intellectual property

Protecting your intellectual property

Decrease the chance of running out of money

Decrease the chance of running out of money

Six tips to stay afloat in a crisis

Six tips to stay afloat in a crisis

Making your dollar go further

Making your dollar go further

Create a smart promotion plan

Create a smart promotion plan

How to reduce business costs

How to reduce business costs

Finding hidden cash to start up your business

Finding hidden cash to start up your business

Improving your profit margin

Improving your profit margin

Develop a pricing strategy

Develop a pricing strategy

Understand your key financial documents

Understand your key financial documents

Collecting debts effectively

Collecting debts effectively

Raising capital for your business

Raising capital for your business

Due diligence when buying a business

Due diligence when buying a business

Complete a cash flow template accurately

Complete a cash flow template accurately

Five steps if your business is operating at a loss

Five steps if your business is operating at a loss

Six steps to better cash flow

Six steps to better cash flow

Unlocking the cash in your business

Unlocking the cash in your business

Four reality checks your business will succeed

Four reality checks your business will succeed

Maximize the value of your business before selling

Maximize the value of your business before selling

Keeping employees productive while working at home

Keeping employees productive while working at home

Crowdfunding explained

Crowdfunding explained

Driving online traffic to your website

Driving online traffic to your website

Collaboration and partnering

Collaboration and partnering

Avoiding credit card fraud

Avoiding credit card fraud

Finding the right successor for your business

Finding the right successor for your business

Sure-fire marketing plan in eight easy steps

Sure-fire marketing plan in eight easy steps

Researching the viability of your new idea

Researching the viability of your new idea

Understanding and improving working capital

Understanding and improving working capital

Selling your business to your employees

Selling your business to your employees

Keeping track of your finances

Keeping track of your finances

Identify what drives your business

Identify what drives your business

Five questions to answer in a crisis

Five questions to answer in a crisis

Finding the right employee

Finding the right employee

Eight ways to build competitive advantage

Eight ways to build competitive advantage

Calculating and reducing your cash burn-rate

Calculating and reducing your cash burn-rate

Calculating the cost to start up

Calculating the cost to start up

Uncovering hidden dangers when buying another business

Uncovering hidden dangers when buying another business

Avoid running out of money

Avoid running out of money

Developing a unique selling proposition (USP)

Developing a unique selling proposition (USP)

Calculating your break-even point

Calculating your break-even point

Value your business accurately before selling

Value your business accurately before selling

Maximize the value of your business before selling

Maximize the value of your business before selling

Email marketing to get qualified leads

Email marketing to get qualified leads

Tracking the flow of money

Tracking the flow of money

First steps to selling your business

First steps to selling your business

Protecting your business from theft and fraud

Protecting your business from theft and fraud

Market research tips for busy business owners

Market research tips for busy business owners

Five ways to understand the competition

Five ways to understand the competition

Manage your debt and get paid on time

Manage your debt and get paid on time

Write a great business plan

Write a great business plan

Five tips to get started

Five tips to get started

Five strategies to increase profit

Five strategies to increase profit

Developing new products and services

Developing new products and services

How to validate your new idea

How to validate your new idea

Improve your cash flow

Improve your cash flow

Letting go and delegating control

Letting go and delegating control

Identifying what to track to better predict ahead

Identifying what to track to better predict ahead

Lowering your carbon footprint

Lowering your carbon footprint

Ten ways to retain great employees

Ten ways to retain great employees

How to value goodwill when buying or selling a business

How to value goodwill when buying or selling a business

Checklist to set up your business

Checklist to set up your business

Managing seasonal demand

Managing seasonal demand

Do you have enough money to start your business?

Do you have enough money to start your business?

Five steps to improve your marketing

Five steps to improve your marketing

How to form strategic alliances

How to form strategic alliances