Thursday, August 16, 2007

BizHelp24 News 197 - 16th August

Free Guide - How Can Your Business Benefit from Search Engine Advertising?

More businesses than ever before are using search engine advertising (also known as Pay Per Click) to promote their businesses. Pay per click (PPC) provides a quick way to target people who are looking at topics associated with your business; as well as giving you an instant presence on search engines.To help, BizHelp24 has produced a free beginner’s guide to search engine advertising; demonstrating what it is, how it works, and what it can do for your business.


Don’t Forget - Annual Leave and Holiday Entitlement Changes

If you have not yet found out whether you need to act ready for the forthcoming changes in employee annual leave; you need to act quickly or you could face fines as well as unhappy employees! From 1st October, the minimum holiday entitlement for full time employees will be 24 (up from 20); rising again to 28 days from 1st April 2009.


SME Issues - Five Problems That Hold Small Businesses Back

As someone with an interest in small business, you are probably aware of just how many issues there are that can affect it. A new report from the Institute of Directors (IoD) has identified the key issues that cause businesses the most trouble.

The top five SME concerns were: ...


Small Businesses Still Threatened by Late Paying Big Businesses

Almost three quarters (74.7%) of smaller businesses say that late payments severely affect cash flow and pose a ‘considerable threat' to the viability of the firm, according to a survey carried out by the Forum of Private Business (FPB). In particular, respondents blame big business for delays.


Fraud – Businesses Continue to Suffer

Fraud affects hundreds of businesses every year, and can be financially damaging, stressful, time wasting, and even damage your image. Yet sadly the amount of fraud against both the government (Vat fraud) and businesses is still increasing.New research from BDO Stoy Hayward shows that not only is fraud against businesses increasing; but that the larger the amount stolen, the less likely the fraudster is to be caught...

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