The Small Business Blog’s favourite author Tony Robinson OBE appeared in The Guardian yesterday calling for the state to help kickstart a micro-enterprise revolution. He even gave a shout-out to Stefan Töpfer, the owner of this blog and founder of the WinWeb Hub initiative.
(via The Guardian)
We could finally be moving closer to an interest rate increase in the UK, as the number of people out of work fell by 167,000 in the three months to November to 2.32 million. This is the largest drop since 1997 as ONS figures suggested that 280,000 found employment to take the total number of…
Latest OFCOM figures have shown that online spending for the UK in 2012 increased on average by 16% per person compared to 2011. This meant an increased average spend of £1,175 compared to £1,017 the previous year, more than double the average spend per head of other countries in the survey. This is, according to…
My company WinWeb is always committed to educating as many people as possible about the benefits of cloud computing, particularly in terms of what I see as being the essential elements of cloud software: Integration: Can it be used in conjunction with other software to improve your experience of using it? Customization: Can it be…
Have you ever wondered how much of the Mobile Working craze is simply hype? Or could it be that the climate of work is genuinely shifting to a more fluid, on-the-go style to reflect the technology that we use in our personal lives? The folks at iPass must have been wondering the same thing, because…
My Dad I reckon my first business mentor was my Dad. He started his own business, working from home, because, like many people I know, it was the best way of earning a living. His health was very poor so he had to pack in his job. In the five years between me being 13…
Election 2010, with all the live debates, bickering and electioneering, has resulted in a ‘Hung Parliament’. The press has been warning us of the dangers of a Hung Parliament, and the Politicians have been telling us to tactically vote in order to prevent it from happening. It seems, however, that the General Public have been…
The results from the first quarter of 2009 are now in and it appears that the main problem affecting UK small businesses is the fall in consumer demand, experienced by 64% of SMEs. Surprisingly, only 25% of them felt that their access to finance has been affected by the downturn. The other main effects of…
Here are some of my favourite small business blog posts from around the world by some of my favourite small business blogs: Web Worker Daily writes about finding work on the web, could not be more topical if you tried in these times. Samuel talks about ‘sideline jobs’, or what I call a business ‘on…
I read some good articles last week and want to share them with you here: Web Worker Daily has a business example of a 100% Online We Consulting Firm, as I hope a growing trend.Jason Holden follows one of my favorite themes in Online accountant and online accounting?.Shama Hyder, apart from getting me onto twitter, has a great interview with TheFreeLanceNation.com.Wendy Piersall is telling all us bloggers how to monetize your blog, in nine different ways.The Digerati Life blog will let you know How To Safely Borrow For A House Purchase, as the US House votes to license mortgage brokers.John Jantsch has two pieces I liked - How to SCORE some seriously good start-up help AND NYC doing small business right.That is my little round-up for this week and your weekend. I hope you will enjoy some of these links, and undoubtedly you will find more great stuff while following these links.
