Sep 3, 2012

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News29 new results for Small Business
 
Small-business tech security can be had at lower costs
USA TODAY
Small businesses are using technology to help them operate more efficiently and cost-effectively in an increasingly competitive environment. Each week, USA TODAY looks at new ways companies are gaining an innovative edge in a tough economy.
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USA TODAY
Crackdown on small-business healthcare self-insurance faces delay
Los Angeles Times
Efforts to more closely regulate a controversial form of healthcare self-insurance being sold to small employers ran into business opposition in the final weeks of the Legislature's session and got shelved for now. But California Insurance Commissioner ...
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Los Angeles Times
Bill Cunningham And OneMorePallet Help Small Businesses Thrive By ...
Huffington Post
For years, commercial trucking carriers have dispatched trucks onto the highway at less than capacity, due to an inability to find small shipments to fill the cracks. At the same time, small business owners across the U.S. face a similar problem in ...
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Small businesses in isles get boost with federal SBA loans
LoanSafe
One was to seek out a U.S. Small Business Administration 7(a) Express Loan for $50,000. His backup plan was to take out a $125,000 home equity line of credit on his Kaimuki home — where his business is based — in case he couldn't qualify for the SBA ...
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SA to host international small business gathering
Creamer Media's Engineering News
South Africa would for the first time ever host the yearly International Small Business Congress, bringing together entrepreneurs and small business role players from around the world, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said on Monday. The congress ...
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Small business: Mergers and acquisitions - what to know
New Zealand Herald
Small business: Mergers and acquisitions - what to know. 0. comments. Add. By Gill South. 9:30 AM Tuesday Sep 4, 2012. Tweet; Email; Print. Minter Ellison Rudd Watts partner Neil Millar. Photo / Supplied. Expand ...
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City's major banks say small business, consumer lending rising steadily as ...
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
But the couple eventually did take the leap of faith, turning to Columbus Bank and Trust and, more specifically, Charlotte Quirk, a small business banker who helps connect aspiring entrepreneurs with funding for their future businesses. "We started in ...
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Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Canstar announces Small Business Banking Award
Voxy
Tough economic times mean that small business need to pay closer attention to their costs and their cashflow. In this environment business owners cannot afford to ignore even small savings in their day to day running costs. The old adage 'take care of ...
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George Osborne floats small business lending scheme
The Week UK
According to the Financial Times, similar schemes have worked well in Germany, where Osborne's team studied the German Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW) and the US, where the Small Business Administration (SBA) lent more than $30 billion to 61,000 ...
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The Week UK
The 3 common mistakes small businesses need to avoid
Lehigh Valley Business
According to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), a small business is one that employs fewer than 500 employees – that's a definition that applies to many companies nationwide. In fact, the SBA says small businesses account for 99.7 percent of ...
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Competitive Research Through Social Media for Small Business
Small Business Trends
The fact that so many small businesses are on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and elsewhere means that there are plenty examples out there of what's working – and what's not working. Let's look at four questions you can ask to guide your competitive ...
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Small Business Trends
Small business operators in Lagos complain of multiple taxes
BusinessDay
A cross-section of small- scale business operators in Lagos state are complaining of multiple taxation. They said in Lagos on Monday that the incidence of multiple taxes was affecting the growth of their businesses. They alleged that the state and ...
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Monday newspaper round-up: Small business, ECB, China
ShareCast
LONDON (SHARECAST) - George Osborne has made his latest bid to prop up the faltering economy by revealing plans to launch a small business bank to make it easier for growing companies to gain access to "multi-billion pounds" of government funding.
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3 Ways Online Reviews Help Small Businesses Gain Credibility and Succeed
Neighborhood Notes
"Roughly 30 percent of all searches have a local intent," says John McPhee, the vice president of Formic Media, a Portland firm that specializes in search and social media for small businesses. "This equates to roughly 18-20 billion searches per month ...
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Neighborhood Notes
$100M provided to California's small-business truckers for clean trucks
Commercial Carrier Journal
The funding is provided through a program that provides small businesses with financial assistance to obtain loans or lease-to-own arrangements so they can purchase newer, cleaner trucks ahead of schedule for state clean truck and bus regulations.
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Small businesses not the answer to economy
Packet Online
Another factor to consider is that many small businesses (mostly non-union) exist only because large corporations are outsourcing (subcontracting) parts of their businesses so as to save on wages. And others exist only because they supply components to ...
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Small business advice: Talk to the right people about what your business needs
Fin24 (blog)
Many small business owners often turn to their accountant with the question of what software to use. In larger companies, the IT department recommends a solution that matches their preferred technical platform and not software that might be incorrect ...
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Access to finance the biggest sore point for small firms: Study
StartupSmart
The survey found the majority of small businesses sourced financing from their own personal savings (39%), followed by banks (25%) and friends and family (18%). Giacobbe told StartupSmart he's not aware of any increase in personal savings as the ...
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Small Business Q&A: Randy Hancock, USPTA Teaching Pro
Patch.com
Q. Do you have advice for anyone who'd like to start a small business in this area? A. Do your research. Know your demographics. Know who you want to target your business to. I've learned that customer service is important. If you don't satisfy and ...
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Online Reviews Provide a Learning Experience for Small Businesses
Equities.com
Yelp is a great site for any small business. Not only can customers post directly about a business, but there are also tools in the background to monitor and view what the customers are seeing. From the business tools it is possible to contact ...
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Downtown Polson hit by recent flurry of business closures
The Missoulian
POLSON – It's an election year, which means you'll hear a lot of posturing from politicians of all persuasions about small business being the backbone of America, and how government should do a better job of helping them thrive. It'll be too late for ...
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Business forecasting is key: here's how to go about it
The Guardian (blog)
"The underlying process [of forecasting] is the same, but the communication is different depending on the audience", says Rachel Carrell, CEO of DrThom, a small business of around 20 employees. The company was founded in 2002 to help people unable to ...
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The Guardian (blog)
Claiming vehicle deductions can be tricky
Sydney Morning Herald
A common tax deduction for most businesses is motor vehicles. The sections of tax law relating to motor vehicles are some of the most complex. There are at least four different methods that can be used to claim motor vehicle expenses, and each method ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Banks offers SME financial advice
Stuff.co.nz
Small businesses in Hawke's Bay got cashflow advice from Westpac New Zealand's top dog yesterday, chief executive Peter Clare. The bank has begun a series of workshops in main centres to help small to medium-sized firms brush up on their financial ...
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Business warns on Osborne bank plan
Financial Times
George Osborne's plan for a state-backed small-business bank needs to go well beyond a "rebranding exercise" if it is to ease Britain's long-term problem of finance for growing companies, business leaders have warned. But senior bankers said it could ...
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Financing a Small UK Business in 2012
Business 2 Community
Financing a small business is becoming tougher by the month in the UK. Recent reports suggest that in July 2012, £200 million less has been made available to small businesses from high street banks than in June 2012. For one month, this is a ...
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702 Small Business Awards - nominations still open
DestinyMan
Great service is the leveler in the four-year-old competition, which rewards small business for providing stellar service. Backed by Softline Pastel, the competition urges consumers to nominate businesses that have given them excellent service. "Each ...
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Avoid a nasty case of 'Founder's Syndrome'
Stuff.co.nz
OPINION: Although most businesses plan and budget for sales, expenses, cashflow and growth, the vast majority of family-owned businesses do not have a formal succession plan in place. The value of a business can be dramatically affected by the death, ...
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Rise of the super markets
Sydney Morning Herald
Katie Falkiner, a North Melbourne resident and lover of good food, is dreaming up her perfect neighbourhood grocery shop. The City Grocer, when and if it is realised, will be stocked full of quality, local produce. Fruit and vegetables will be seasonal ...
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Sydney Morning Herald

Blogs13 new results for Small Business
 
5 Ways To Start a Small Business Without Capital
By YFS Small Business Contributors
Here are five ways to start a business with little to no money in the bank:
YFS Magazine - Startup, Small...
HoCo Connect: Should Labor Day be renamed to "small business ...
By duanestclair
Where blue collar laborers were seen as what make this Country great they have now been replaced by the "job creators" and small business owners. Union membership in the private sector has fallen to 7% the lowest percentage since 1932.
HoCo Connect
Retail Sales Training Giveaway For Small Business Owners -
By Bob Phibbs, the Retail Doctor
Retail sales training giveaway for small business owners. Example of Facebook promotion including what you can't do on Facebook business fan page contests.
yes and yes: Want free advice about blogging for your small business?
By Sarah Von
I plan to start writing once a week over on my portfolio site about small business blogging. What to write about, how to create content people read, how to promote yourself and your products in a way that's engaging, non-annoying, non-sleezy.
yes and yes
Small Businesses Best Bank Canstar Survey | Stuff.co.nz
By Jazial Crossley
Most small businesses are spending about $400 a year more than they need to on banking fees.
Stuff.co.nz - Business
Why Your Small Business Should Conduct Market Research | The ...
By Clay Wyatt
Would you open a mom-and-pop hardware store next to a Home Depot? How about a snow-removal service in Miami? Would you sell ice in an Eskimo community? If.
The Business Finance Store
Osborne plans for a state owned small business bank » Tax ...
By Richard Murphy
One Response to "Osborne plans for a state owned small business bank". ntp3 says: September 3 2012 at 10:17 am. When the rules for athletics changed from allowing every competitor to have one false start each and then be disqulaified on ...
Tax Research UK
Yelp's Computer Algorithm Hurts Small Business | Hermit Woods ...
By bobmanley
Today, being successful as a small business often means adopting the many newfangled technologies available to us in this modern world in order to reach potential customers. The newest and most powerful of these new tools fall under the ...
Hermit Woods Winery
Google's New Penguin Algorithm Means Big Changes for Small ...
Press Release issued Sep 3, 2012: Changes are upon the world of the internet and search engines, yet again. Earlier this year Google unveiled its new Penguin algorithm, which is another way to fight search engine spam. Unlike the Panda ...
SBWire - Latest Press Releases
5 Tips to Consider When Drafting your Next Small Business Press ...
By Marc Mcilhone
Many small business owners mistakenly think a press release can only contain news, such as announcing a new product, hiring a new CEO, announcing earnings results or winning an award. Those topics are traditionally the bread and butter ...
AfricanBrains
Small Business WordPress Websites | Creative Web Design 123 ...
By Creative Web Design 123
What is WordPress, and what can it do for my small business website? WordPress is a great online application, released for free by WordPress.org, that's used for millions of blogs and websites around the world. It is a dynamic web application ...
Creative Web Design 123 | WordPress...
How small businesses can use technology to compete with the big ...
By Chris Ridd
For the first time, small businesses not only have access to the same new technology as large organisations, they are also able to react to it quickly.
Dynamic Business
UK chancellor unveils plans for new bank to fund small businesses
By katarina@relocatemagazine.com (Katarina Jankovic)
UK chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne has revealed his plans to launch a small business bank, which will make it easier for growing companies to gain access to government funding, in his latest bid to kick-start the faltering ...
General Relocation News

Web3 new results for Small Business
 
The founders' divine small business dream: the cliches of GOP ...
From Yahoo! News: Virtually all politicians reside in a rhetorical world filled with rote phrases, inescapable clichés, predictable metaphors and patriotic myths.
news.yahoo.com/the-founders--divine-small-business-dream--t...
National Mortgage News - Small Business Advocate Raises ...
A federal small business advocacy office is urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to reconsider a proposal that would change the way finance ...
www.nationalmortgagenews.com/.../small-business-advocate-c...
Are Small Businesses Being Heard This Election Year ...
President Obama and Mitt Romney frequently suggest they're in touch with America's small enterprises. But often, they display a disconnect, Kelly...
www.entrepreneur.com/article/224272


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