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Advice goes mobile for Exeter SMEs  -  29/06/2007

Small businesses in Exeter are set to get specialist help and advice as a new start-up roadshow swings into town.


New units for SMEs  -  26/06/2007

Sixteen new industrial units designed specifically for small businesses are now under construction in Plymouth.


Cumbrian businesswomen meet Swedish counterparts  -  25/06/2007

Businesswomen from Furness swapped ideas with their Swedish counterparts recently through an international entrepreneurs programme.


Business tour hits the road in Plymouth  -  20/06/2007

A bus tour giving help and advice to start-up businesses and budding entrepreneurs will hit the road in Devon and Cornwall next month.


Free business advice for ethnic communities in Coventry  -  04/06/2007

Entrepreneurs from ethnic communities were given business advice and an opportunity to network at a free workshop held in Coventry city centre.


Breakfast meeting for budding Scottish businesses  -  29/05/2007

More than bacon and eggs was being digested at a recent business breakfast event, as firms from all over Scotland gathered to share their views on how to push onwards with their business venture.


Peterborough firms get £40k worth of business support - for free  -  22/12/2006

Volunteers in Peterborough have offered more than £40,000 worth of business support for free to help small projects get off the ground, according to reports.


Better business support and networking needed in east of England  -  11/12/2006

Business confidence levels in the east of England are slowly beginning to grow, according to a new survey by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).


Businesses to go green for LESS  -  04/12/2006

A new green business support and networking scheme has been launched to help firms in London stay more competitive.


Music website thrives through business support  -  29/11/2006

A Cardiff-based website has joined forces with a local business support agency in a bit to create a social network for unknown music artists.


Fluent Welsh given business support  -  23/11/2006

Welsh speakers are to be given business support from the National Entrepreneurship Observatory (NEO) for Wales in a bid encourage them to start up their own firms.


Liverpool start-ups get business support  -  27/11/2006

Entrepreneurs and innovators based in Liverpool can enjoy business business support and networking tailored to their needs, thanks to i-start.


Women 'forgotten' by government  -  15/11/2006

Women-led firms are not getting the business support and networking opportunities they need to succeed, according to a report by Global Entrepreneurship Monitor.


Business Link offers online support  -  16/11/2006

Emerging company advice centre Business Link has introduced a new programme of business support workshops.


Pareto Law expands to Bristol  -  16/11/2006

A graduate recruitment agency is to open a new office in Bristol as part of a UK-wide expansion plan.


Celebs give business support to local firms  -  09/11/2006

Two celebrities have agreed to be guest speakers at one of Birmingham's most prestigious business networking opportunity events of the year.


Business support for the iPod generation  -  01/11/2006

Accountants and investors can get up-to-date advice from the internet thanks to an innovative business support website.


CBI: 'Business support should be prominent in Westminster'  -  20/09/2006

The Small Business Service (SBS) should be given more power to implement effective change to business support and networking, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said.


Small businesses stuck on how to hire and fire  -  21/09/2006

A new survey by business experts Croner has revealed that small firms need to address employment practices when employing and sacking staff, it has been reported.


Business support guru goes for a hat-trick  -  26/09/2006

A business support and networking specialist is set to launch her third business, The Gazette reports.


CBI: 'Business support should be prominent in Westminster'  -  20/09/2006

The Small Business Service (SBS) should be given more power to implement effective change to business support and networking, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said.


Small businesses stuck on how to hire and fire  -  21/09/2006

A new survey by business experts Croner has revealed that small firms need to address employment practices when employing and sacking staff, it has been reported.


First Threshers franchise launched  -  14/09/2006

A manger from Hereford will no doubt be looking for some business support after signing the first ever Threshers franchise deal, it has been reported.


Dragon rips into government schemes  -  12/09/2006

Current business support and networking schemes on offer from the government are a waste of taxpayers' money, the man in charge of a review into them has said.


Business support to get overhaul  -  07/09/2006

Conservative MPs have launched a complete review of the government's business support and networking schemes in a bid to make them more efficient.


Lack of planning holding back London's entrepreneurs  -  07/09/2006

London's budding entrepreneurs would do well to get some business support after figures revealed that 68 per cent believe they do not need a business plan to raise funds.


Business support on the move from Siemens  -  30/08/2006

Small to medium-sized enterprises need not worry about keeping in touch thanks to new business support and networking software from Siemens, according to reports.


New business support serviced for north England  -  22/08/2006

The north east's development agency secured a £30 million funding deal with the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) to bring about more business support and networking to the region.


EEIDB to deliver business support to the east  -  15/08/2006

Businesses in the east of England are to get greater access to business support and networking after the East of England Industrial Development Board (EEIDB) was awarded the contract to supply new services to the region.


IT firms in cross-border strategic link-up  -  03/08/2006

Two British technology firms have formed a strategic alliance to offer world-class and bespoke business support and networking to Welsh companies and beyond.


Business support and networking event in December  -  26/07/2006


Online businesses cause 'web rage'  -  07/07/2006