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A great British renaissance has been taking place. From Aberdeen to the West Country, the zing is back in manufacturing. It’s about time this spectacular story was told.

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UK's 30 top businesses run from home: 6 to 10
By Charles Orton-Jones
Attract and retain the best workers by running your business from home. Real Business and Brother reveal how five of the best do it.

March 11, 2008 10:51am
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Homeworking, the future of business in Britain
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If you want the best employees for your business, you may have no choice but to allow homeworking.

March 11, 2008 9:50am
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Entrepreneurs working from home: the pioneers
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The UK's best businesses run from home. New research out today from Real Business and Brother.

March 10, 2008 4:23pm
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UK’s 30 top businesses run from home: 1 to 5
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The office is dead! Long live homeworking! Real Business and Brother reveal the 30 firms spearheading Britain’s homeworking revolution.

March 10, 2008 4:02pm
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AwayPhone: Using VoIP to beat the big boys
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Sherry Madera set up AwayPhone in 2005 on the premise that mobile users should have a local number and be charged a local rate when abroad.

March 07, 2008 1:26pm
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Business travel = outrageous phone bills?
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Sick of being exploited by "outrageous" mobile phone charges while abroad, entrepreneur Sherry Madera set up VoIP-based AwayPhone to cut business travellers' bills by 90 per cent.

March 03, 2008 5:24pm
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Affinity marketing: tips for success
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John Darlington, founder of Best Pet Pharmacy, on effective affinity programmes and shoestring marketing.

February 19, 2008 11:08am
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Sage 50 Accounts 2008 - update
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It's the biggest software launch for small businesses and SMEs this year. How is it for you...?

February 06, 2008 2:31pm
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Sage 50 Accounts 2008: review
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The new Sage 50 2008 accounting package (formerly Line 50) is good, but is it flexible enough to grow with your business?

February 05, 2008 10:42am
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Social networking: dishing the dirt on CEOs
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Recruiters today are shelling out to get the low-down on senior recruits from blogs and social networking sites. No wonder reputation management company Reputica’s new CEO search service is taking off.

February 05, 2008 9:14am

BUSINESS NEWS >>

Senior care franchise fills gap in market

By Catherine Woods - October 10, 2008 3:21pm GMT

Trevor Brocklebank and his wife, Sam, bought the UK franchise for alternative care business Home Instead Senior Care after struggling to find appropriate services for his ailing grandfather.

Stop press: Sir Alan Sugar's bought into Woolies

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - October 10, 2008 2:36pm GMT

Amstrad founder and Apprentice star Sir Alan Sugar today acquired a four per cent stake in the ailing Woolworths chain.

Testing is crucial for new social networking site

By Catherine Woods - October 10, 2008 12:34pm GMT

Social networking site Wigadoo.com wants to make it easier for friends to organise social events when there’s money involved – from holidays to hen parties.

Does the Lightning car have electric appeal?

By Kate Pritchard - October 10, 2008 11:46am GMT

It scorches from 0-60mph in less than four seconds, its batteries can be charged in ten minutes and you can imagine James Bond sitting behind the wheel. But will the über-stylish electric Lightning car ever make money?

The financial market today

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - October 10, 2008 10:47am GMT

Share prices tumble further. Brown calls for global support for failing banks. And Pesto thinks its only going to get worse.


BUSINESS COMMENT >>

Playing monopoly with Alistair Darling

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - October 10, 2008 5:11pm GMT

It's Friday afternoon and RB's eyes are bleeding from frantically watching the rise and tumble of the financial markets today. To give our peepers, and yours, a well deserved break from doom and gloom, check out today's funnies from NewsBiscuit.

Market crisis: the Real Business bargepole ten

By Stuart Rock - October 10, 2008 1:53pm GMT

The market crisis has some big losers.

Global financial crisis: what next?

By Catherine Woods - October 09, 2008 11:31am GMT

I received a text from an investment banker friend this morning who, it has to be said, is master of the understatement.

Interest rates: the reaction

By Catherine Woods - October 08, 2008 4:03pm GMT

Was today’s global interest rates cut “one of the big, pivotal moments for the economy”?

Why I love being British...

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - October 08, 2008 2:01pm GMT

The financial markets are in turmoil. It's the worst banking crisis since the 1930's. A cloud of doom hangs over our fair nation. But some people still have the balls to have a little joke about it all.



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