A study carried out by Kingston University suggests that small businesses are not only surviving the recession, they’re positively thriving in these unsettled times. Of the 343 companies involved in the study around 48 per cent have maintained or increased their profits. Not bad when the predictions were that small businesses would suffer horrendous losses in this recession.
It is true that the very survival of...
Oct 19th, 2009 in
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Your company’s reputation is a fragile thing, especially when you’re seeking angel finance. It can take a lifetime to build and a moment to destroy – just ask Gerald Ratner! Speak to anyone about this jewellery mogul, and the first thing they’ll remember is the speech that destroyed his career. Two last-minute joke entries to his speech in front of 5,000 members of the Institute of Directors, and seven years...