The Small Business Blog

JULY 2, 2010

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? Is Your Networking Fishy Enough? E-Mail me or follow me.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 5, 2016

Choosing a supplier for your office is not easy, particularly when it comes to business travel. Assistants have to navigate their corporate travel policy while ensuring their Executives have a smooth business trip while relying on suppliers to make that happen. Our suppliers know these are the predicaments faced by assistants.

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Workplace Insight

MAY 9, 2023

The data – which comes as experts say interest rates are likely to rise further – suggests that SME owners and decision makers are feeling the crunch, with more than half (55 percent) worried about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on their business.

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 14, 2015

I would go so far as to say I felt a bit resentful when colleagues were pulling out business cards in meetings or during networking events and I wouldn’t have anything to hand over to my new contact. Well most of the time my organisation didn’t feel it was necessary to pay the small printing cost.

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 24, 2007

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? This is like a 24% p.a.

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 24, 2007

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? You ask a question, I answer! This is like a 24% p.a.

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BioTeams

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

A Virtual Enterprise Network (VEN) is a voluntary and dynamic community of SMEs that commit to working together for a period of at least six months (ideally, twelve months) to collectively seek opportunities to participate in collaborative projects of mutual business advantage. Network Ground Rules. Communities and Project Dynamic.

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 15, 2015

A lot of the apps are free or only cost a few pounds. Choosing a supplier for your office is not easy, particuarly when it comes to business travel. Assistants have to navigate their corporate travel policy while ensuring their Executives have a smooth business trip while relying on suppliers to make that happen.

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Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Conferences, training and networking events can be equally as daunting especially when you are attending on your own and have to join in group activities and network with strangers.As I’ve said in the past training, networking and meeting suppliers should be an integral part of our career.

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 23, 2007

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? How comfortable am I with the current level of costs?

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? Q & A: What are successful cost-cutting solutions in small business?

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 15, 2007

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? Keep up to date – update your cost sheet on a regular basis.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? do cost cutting. E-Mail me or follow me.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 25, 2014

PA Life magazine is published six times a year and includes a mixture of lifestyle features, updates on suppliers, industry news and articles on how to improve professional skills. The cost per year is just £79+vat. Free attendance to special networking and PA Life Club- sponsored events. Folks, let me introduce you to PA Life.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2007

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? What are “Fixed Costs&# ? E-Mail me or follow me.

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Productivity Bits

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

What can be said in blogs can also be said on social networks like Facebook and Twitter as well. Social networking sites spread news, information and reviews even faster than blogs. Cost effective ways of brand building. Some blogging platforms come free of cost, Blogger, a platform offered by Google, being a typical example.

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

At first the consultants picked their own hotels and put the cost through their expenses and as you can imagine their choice of hotels varied wildly and so did the price. Once the recession really hit home my Director’s budget was cut quite drastically and she asked all of us to think of ways to cut back on costs.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? What is Small Business Infrastructure?

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? « Top 5 Serious Start-Up Mistakes Is Your Networking Fishy Enough?

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 16, 2012

A commercial organisation can be found guilty of this offence if the bribery is carried out by an employee or a third person, this could include a contractor, a supplier, an agent or a subsidiary. Due diligence procedures should be in place for all new third-party suppliers. So how does this affect Business?

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BioTeams

MARCH 4, 2009

Alex Lin (CEO of ChinaValue Business New Media) has just conducted a major interview with me ( Ken Thompson) where we explore in detail the concept of The Networked Enterprise for Chinavalue.net. Link to the book - The Networked Enterprise - on Amazon.com. Here are the full interviews in both English and Chinese. Interview (English).

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? You ask a question, I answer! Starting a Small Business? Hit the plastic.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

I was the only EA on the course but it was so helpful and didn’t cost my company a penny. You can meet with potential suppliers but also attend free training sessions. Networking Groups. There are PA networking groups springing up all over the place these days, which is absolutely brilliant! Exhibition and trade shows.

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The Small Business Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? How to be successful and eco-friendly. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 22, 2010

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? E-Mail me or follow me. Starting a Small Business?

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’?

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 24, 2010

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? Develop a network of mentors you can rely on for good advice.

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 30, 2010

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? Keep stakeholders (customers, staff, suppliers etc.)

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 14, 2010

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? Benefits of Online Software for Small Business. thanks for your advice.

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BioTeams

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Simulate Basic costs $479 per year and allows you private and bigger models (up to 2000 equations) but only 1 simulation. Note that both Simulate and Crystal currently generate flash (SWF files) which means they won't run on ipads although I believe the suppliers both have plans for HTML5.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? Concentrate on your business, not your office.

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? Many a time these problems were outside our own network and control.

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The Small Business Blog

JULY 13, 2010

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? What is Small Business Infrastructure? You ask a question, I answer!

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 28, 2010

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? Attempt to form a training co-op with other local companies to cut costs.

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The Small Business Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? Starting a Small Business? You ask a question, I answer!

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Small Business CEO

MAY 6, 2013

While a prospective market may offer attractive rates, tariffs and low labor costs, consider how easy it will actually be to get your goods to and from destinations. Global Network of People Photo via Shutterstock. Entrepreneurs Marketing global business networking'

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The Small Business Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2009

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player.

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