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Course aids over 50s entrepreneurs

Friday, March 30th, 2012

Mature entrepreneurs are getting expert advice on setting up their own business through a new course in Merseyside.

“Portas Plus” plan to boost shops

Friday, March 30th, 2012

The Government has accepted “virtually all” of the recommendations from retail expert Mary Portas with a multimillion- pound funding package to breathe new life into Britain’s ailing high streets, it said today.

A wardrobe blitz has worked wonders for me

Monday, March 19th, 2012

A wardrobe detox has left my wardrobe much emptier but I now know I have actually got plenty to wear..

Richard Branson backs budding tycoons

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

Sir Richard Branson vowed to help budding entrepreneurs “create lots of jobs and lots of great companies” for Britain today as he launched the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Liverpool.

Government contracts double

Sunday, March 11th, 2012

A new report shows that smaller firms are successfully securing a greater number of Government business contracts

Dame Kelly fires the gun for First Women awards

Sunday, March 11th, 2012

The First Women awards are for those females who lead the way in opening doors for other women in the workplace

Sara Murray: Making the most of e-commerce

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Sara Murray, serial entrepreneur and founder of Confused.com and personal emergency response service Buddi, gives her advice on how micro-businesses can get the most out of their e-commerce strategy