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.
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.
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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.
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