Venture Navigator

The Daily Telegraph has teamed up with the Venture Navigator consortium of leading universities to allow you to test your business ideas online and improve your chances of success.
“We tackle ten different elements of the test below with Sir James Dyson, founder of eponymous home appliances group, and Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson among the [...]

Look ahead, not back when investing

Many investors are drawn to buy funds that sit at or near the top of the performance league tables. But as the small print of adverts warns, performance can be a poor guide to prospects.
Investors who flocked to buy technology funds in 1999 and 2000 suffered badly as the bubble burst.
More recently, savers pumped billions [...]

Android Phones Waiting In The Wings

Georgina Prodhan and John Bowker writing for Reuters state that “British chip designer ARM will demonstrate a prototype of Google Inc’s Android mobile phone platform in action next week at the world’s biggest wireless fair, a source close to the company said.
It was not immediately clear on Thursday what the working model that ARM plans [...]

7 Ways to Get Green and Save Money

7 Ways to Get Green and Save Money is an excellent set of seven suggestions by Robert Mitchell at Computerworld that will help and enable any struggling business or individual in doing their bit to reduce their carbon print. Of course these suggestions are primarily for businesses in U.S, but can also be applied to [...]

City Business Library

The City Business Library is a free resource with reference libraries, library catalogues, a lending library and a research service. Although there is a small fee to pay, you can tailor your package according to your needs.
A vast Aladdin’s cave, the City Business Library  provides collections, company information, country information, market research to name a few.
The [...]

British Chamber of Commerce Advice for Businesses

In many ways, the British Chamber of Commerce is a voice that flags problems on behalf of businesses to the government.
Recognising that the British business sector is flailing behind the global phenomenon of business success stories such as in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, India and so on, the BCC looks to support new and established [...]

Increase Traffic to Your Website

New or established businesses are always on the lookout for ways to increase traffic to their site. In our view Google Webmaster delivers on every score.
The aim of Google Webmaster Central is to increase traffic to your site. With the Webmaster, you can improve traffic and easily determine your statistics, diagnostics and management of Google’s [...]

Apple to cut prices for iTunes downloads

Writing for the Financial Times, Laura Dixon reveals that “the European Commission won another antitrust battle against a US technology company this week. Apple Computer agreed to charge UK customers the same as their European counterparts for music downloads on its iTunes website.
In the second victory for consumers in the past three months, the European [...]

Which Bank Would You Like To Be in Bed With?

Finding a Bank for your Business in the UK can be a defining moment for you and your business. In our selection of banks, we have attempted to outline for you a number of High Street and Private Banks offering business accounts.
One of the golden rules of approaching a bank is that at the onset [...]

Google Maps to Find New Customers

Google Maps is an effective and highly efficient way for you to find customers for your business. A free listing’s facility, Google Maps could help your business to target and hone into your market potential. 
They state that “Millions of people search Google Maps every day. A free listing on Google Maps makes it easy for them to [...]