Each month we look at how you can successfully turned your hobby into your profession.This month we continue this feature with a look at beauty therapy. Here we will be discussing the most important factors and issues you may come across when setting up your own business as a beauty therapist. What you should [...]
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Get well soon Clinton Cards
May 10, 2012
There was sad news for the UK high street yesterday as Clinton Cards was put into administration by its largest supplier. The familiar card shop with over 8,000 staff and over 750 stores had recently seen its bank debt bought up by American Greetings, the second largest player in the world greeting card market [...]
The Louis CK Business Model – will it stick?
May 5, 2012
Last Decemeber, comedian Louis CK sold his self-produced special Live at the Beacon Theatre online from his own website for $5. Though this may not seem particularly revolutionary, it was. Louis has explained this endeavor as an experiment, saying: “The experiment was: if I put out a brand new standup special at a drastically [...]
eBay in the tax spotlight
May 4, 2012
The lovely people at the HRMC are turning their eye towards the internet to find to try and catch a lot of people who have been avoiding declaring their income. According to the Guardian somewhere around 32,000 people have been trading on the site without declaring their earnings. How has this been allowed to [...]
Big companies: from nothing to everything
April 26, 2012
In current times, most companies start after several years of market research and strategic investment. There are, however, some big companies that have started as an idea between some individuals with almost no money. What’s the key to their success? Is it good luck? Hard work? Take a look at the next-to-nothing origins of [...]
The pop-up shop phenomenon
April 25, 2012
If products come and go, why can’t the spaces that sell them do the same, right? What started as a trend in the early 00s has now flourished into a well known marketing strategy. They can, quite literally, “pop up” anywhere, which creates an element of surprise and provoke a sense of urgency in [...]
Mobile accounting for the self-employed
April 24, 2012
If you are self-employed then you will probably understand how difficult it can be to keep your business accounts updated. Life can get very stressful as an entrepreneur. There is always so much to do to keep the business running that accounting and record keeping gets pushed to the back of your mind! Well [...]
Volkswagen Group’s Audi buys Ducati
April 23, 2012
Volkswagen Group (VG) has just announced that their Audi arm has done a deal to buy Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. The Italian luxury motorcycle brand will further diversify Volkswagen Group’s now rather wide range of automotive products. VG didn’t reveal details of the takeover, but it has been widely reported that they paid around [...]
Safety and Health Expo 2012
April 19, 2012
The Safety and Health Expo 2012 is coming up and we thought this would be a great idea to talk about the expo, why you should go and tips for keeping your business ‘health and safety’ compliant while we’re on the topic… The Safety and Health Expo 2012 The Safety and Health Expo is [...]
Turn your hobby into your profession: Freelance Web Designer
April 18, 2012
Each month we look how people have successfully turned their hobby into their profession. This month we continue this feature with web design. Here we will be discussing the most important factors and issues you may come across when you set up your own business as a freelance web designer. Freelance Web design In [...]

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