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Audio: BusinessZone.co.uk on BBC Radio Lancashire

2010-08-06 12:51 - 966 reads
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Listen to a BBC Radio Lancashire interview with BusinessZone.co.uk editor Dan Martin on Twitter, young enterprise and business in the recession.
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How to find opportunities to fight the post-recession blues

2010-06-18 09:51 - 1006 reads
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Business expert Robert Craven offers a checklist on how to track down business niches and opportunities in post-recession Britain.

Recession? What recession?, say UK social enterprises

2010-06-11 15:23 - 1056 reads
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The UK's most socially conscious businesses have bucked the recession and achieved strong growth, new figures reveal.
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A tour of recession Britain: Is the worst over?

2010-05-05 09:17 - 924 reads
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The UK200Group of accountants and lawyers surveyed small business owners at the height of the recession. Has the situation improved two years on?

Defining small business in the recession: Blameless 'poor me' SMEs or innovative entrepreneurs?

2010-04-30 09:43 - 2034 reads - 3 comments
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Two definitions of 'entrepreneur' currently exist, says Robert Craven. Which one are you?

Exclusive video: Dell exec on business lessons from the US military

2010-04-14 11:13 - 2270 reads
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A US combat veteran turned Dell executive reveals what entrepreneurs can learn from the military.
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Back to the floor

2010-04-13 09:24 - 1392 reads
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A Dell executive recently ditched the corporate life and spent the day as a tailor for a small online suit retailer. Dan Martin reports from the 'back to floor to the floor' experience.

Mandelson on the recession: 'It could have been worse'

2010-02-12 21:31 - 983 reads
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While times have been tough for small businesses over the past 18 months it could have been much worse, Lord Mandelson has claimed.

The recession has been an entire red herring

2010-02-10 10:38 - 2731 reads - 12 comments
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All the recession has done is highlight the vulnerability of those businesses which would have gone bust anyway, argues Robert Craven.

Win a laptop: Better times ahead in 2010?

2010-02-08 12:59 - 1792 reads
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As official figures reveal that the UK has emerged from recession, will 2010 hold healthier financial times for your business? Tell us and you could win a laptop!
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