Thursday, November 15, 2007

BizHelp24 News 204 - 15th November

Top Green Tips for Small Businesses - Make a Difference Whilst Saving Money!
Following on from our recent article on how much your business could be saving by reducing energy bills, we have found some top tips from BT Business to show how you can make a difference to the environment for little cost (and even potentially saving money).
On top of the environmental and financial benefits of saving energy; you can also improve the image of your business...

Improve Your Cashflow with Invoice Finance
Invoice finance is a quick and low cost way of improving the cashflow of your business. Here is a guide to what factoring and invoice discounting can do for your business.

Could Bad Web Address Choices be Damaging Your Business?
As part of a small business, you are probably aware of just how important the internet can be for promoting your products or services. Yet a surprising number of small and medium sized businesses (SME’s) are failing to get the most of the internet by failing to spend time choosing a good web domain name.

Getting The Most From Your Radio Ads - Top Tips
As part of a small business you know that big advertising and marketing budgets are rare; small companies have to come up with cost effective campaigns that give them good returns.
To help you get the most from radio advertising, Martin Sims of radio specialists Eardrum has come up with some top tips on the things you should (and should not) be doing.

18 Months Free Business Banking with HSBC
HSBC have partnered with BizHelp24 to help make opening or moving a business bank account easier. Act quickly, as for a limited time you can also get 18 months business banking with no charges.

Are You Taking Advantage of Research and Development Tax Credits?
If your business undertakes research and development (R+D), then you may be missing out on tax credits or even a small cash sum that you could be eligible to receive from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
HMRC gave out over £150 million last year to local innovative science and technology companies; helping all sorts of industries including computer games, sports cars, manufacturing, cheese making, food testing and machine safety.

Promote Your Business for Free
[Our free offer has been extended due to high demand, take advantage now before the site moves to paid listings!]As a valued BizHelp24 subscriber you have been invited to submit your business or service to our new Business Finder site. This new site will help to promote your business to thousands of potential customers.
In order for the Business Finder to become one of the most useful business directories we are asking BizHelp24 subscribers to get their products and services listed before we open to all businesses.

Are the Government Finally Taking Real Action on Red Tape?
A new announcement from the government is good news for small businesses; it appears that they are finally taking action on reducing the burden of red tape.
John Hutton Secretary of State for Business has brought forward measures to cut red tape and save business millions of pounds in the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill.

Free Small Business Tools from BizHelp24
Running a small business is never easy; keeping on top of all the different areas of importance can be a challenge for even the most energetic entrepreneur.The good news is that we can offer some help with our free BizStart24 software for PC's. BizStart24 features over 40 letters and forms to make the running of your business quicker and easier.

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Thursday, June 14, 2007

BizHelp24 News 189 - 14th June

Promote Your Business for Free

[Our free offer is still available, take advantage now before the site moves to paid listings!]

As a valued BizHelp24 reader you have been invited to submit your business or service to our new Business Finder site. This new site will help to promote your business to thousands of potential customers.
In order for the Business Finder to become one of the most useful business directories we are asking BizHelp24 readers to get their products and services listed before we open to all businesses.


Don’t Miss Out on the Skills of Disabled Employees

If your business is struggling to find employees with the skills you need; have you properly considered searching for disabled employees, many of whom are unemployed despite having the necessary skills and abilities.
Employers should make use of the wide pool of resources and skills that disabled employees have to offer according to John Hutton, Secretary of State for the Department for Work & Pensions.


Annual Leave – Be Ready for New Rules

If employees in your business receive less than 28 days holiday then you need to be aware of changes that are coming into force soon.
Six million workers in Britain will soon be entitled to up to eight extra days annual holiday with the first four coming in October this year.


Are Your Ladders Safe? - Take Part in a Ladder Exchange

Thousands of small businesses use ladders, whether as part of their work, or simply to get things from high places (e.g.: in a warehouse)! However, nearly 100 people fall off a ladder at work each month, and suffer serious injuries costing the economy £60 million each year.


The Number One Invoice Finance Company for Small Businesses
Improve Your Cashflow with Invoice Finance
Invoice finance is a quick and low cost way of improving the cashflow of your business. Here is a guide to what factoring and invoice discounting can do for your business.


Could You be Missing Out on Government Training Initiatives?

In small businesses, there is often not a lot of money to pay for formal training; but the majority of small businesses are potentially missing out on training initiatives from the government.
Almost 70% of smaller businesses were not aware of the training role of the Sector Skills Councils or the Train2Gain scheme...


Have You Acted to Meet Age Laws?

If you have not yet acted to meet the recent age discrimination laws then you need to do so quickly; however, you are by no means alone. Three quarters of Britain’s small firms have yet to put in place procedures to allow their employees to carry on working beyond 65...


Free Small Business Tools from BizHelp24

Running a small business is never easy; keeping on top of all the different areas of importance can be a challenge for even the most energetic entrepreneur.The good news is that we can offer some help with our free BizStart24 software for PC's. BizStart24 features over 40 letters and forms to make the running of your business quicker and easier.

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