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Use Community Notice Boards to Promote Local Business
When preparing advertising to promote their businesses, many people overlook the most obvious way to reach local customers - through local community notice b...
Testing New Technology
In order to keep up in business, it's always important to keep up to date with technological advances, and to incorporate impressive new technologies into yo...
Working With Local Students to Access Information
If you want to base your strategic and marketing decisions on high quality research but you don't want to spend a fortune on commissioning new studies, there...
The Benefits of Sharing Business Premises
Most people starting up in business assume that they'll need premises of their own, but this can be expensive and difficult to organise. If you're working al...
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My Local Business: Interview With Cafe Owner
"We've become a bit of a destination, which I didn't expect," says Lou, taking a moment to relax towards the end of a busy day. "One guy came over from the s...
Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Customers and Neighbours?
Developing good relationships within your local community is often the key to success as a small business. But how well do you really know the customers who...
Publicise Your Business Without Polluting the Environment
Traditional ways of getting publicity for your business can produce a lot of waste and can potentially be bad for the environment. What should you be aware o...
When a Neighbour's Business Damages Yours
It's great to be part of a friendly local business community but, with the best will in the world, sometimes things just don't work out that way. What can yo...
Collaborate With Local Creative Talent to Generate Publicity
If you want to draw attention to your business without spending too much money, one of the best ways to do it is to team up with other people who are looking...
Get Involved in Local Publications to Raise Your Profile
Getting stories about your business into local magazines and newspapers can be great for publicity, but it can be hard work coming up with a succession of ac...
How Local Businesses Survive Recession
In tough economic times, it can seem as if the odds are always in favour of big business, which is likely to have more capital and more room for manoeuvre. B...
Your Business and Local Cyclists
As everybody grows more concerned about global warming, cycling is becoming an increasingly popular way to travel. Not only is cycling non-polluting, it can...
Business Research Training Partnerships
Would you like to create opportunities and enhance the learning experience for students in your area, enable research and boost your business at the same tim...
Testing New Technology
In order to keep up in business, it's always important to keep up to date with technological advances, and to incorporate impressive new technologies into yo...
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