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Entrepreneur of the Year shortlist announced

Wednesday, 25 August 2010

EN Magazine has announced the shortlist of finalists for the ninth North West Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.

Warning on unofficial trademark registers

Friday, 3 September 2010

Trade mark attorneys have warned of a growing number of unofficial trademark registers which provide no actual protection.

UK and China sign copyright agreement

Friday, 3 September 2010

British companies doing business in China will, the Government says, be helped by a new agreement between the two nations on copyright.

Investment managers say “no” to regional stock exchanges

Friday, 3 September 2010

There is little enthusiasm within the financial services sector for Government plans to revive regional stock exchanges, according to a survey by the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

Investment and consumer spending lead European growth rebound

Thursday, 2 September 2010

GDP increased by 1.0 per cent in both the 16-country euro area and the entire 27-country European Union during the second quarter of 2010, compared with the previous quarter, according to first estimates released today by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the first quarter of 2010, growth rates were +0.3 per cent in both zones.

House prices fall for second month running

Thursday, 2 September 2010

House prices fell by 0.9 per cent month-on-month (m/m) in August, following a decline of 0.5 per cent m/m in July, according the monthly house price index issued by the Nationwide building society. This is the first time since February 2009 that house prices have fallen in two consecutive months.

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SME Toolkit

Finance

Management accounts

Do you really know where all your cash is tied up and how each element of your business is performing? If not, maybe you should consider compiling management accounts. Daniel Prais, partner at Crawfords Accountants (www.crawfordsaccountants.co.uk) explains how to get started.

Legal

Copyright

Copyright provides automatic protection for many forms of intellectual property. But that doesn’t mean you can just sit back and leave it to take care of itself. In the fourth and final part of our series on IP Katie Withers, associate in the intellectual property and technology team at law firm DLA Piper (www.dlapiper.com/uk/), explains all.

General

Relocation

If you’re lucky enough to have cash in the bank there are still good deals to be done on moving to new premises. But, before you book the removal men, read EN’s guide to relocation.

General

Social networking

Entrepreneurs who neglect online social networking risk their businesses being left out in the cold. To help you avoid that fate Penny Power, founder of networking site Ecademy (www.ecademy.com), explores the world of the “networked business”.

  • Fat camps

    Turning excess lard into dough? It’s like taking candy from a baby. EN heads to the fit farm and examines a bulging bottom line.

  • Angels with dirty faces

    EN visited the British Business Angels Association’s annual conference and found a sector torn between confidence and crisis.

  • Slick moves

    Are we emerging from recession into an energy crisis? Probably not, as EN discovers.

  • The unavoidable truth

    EN and Downtown in Business hosted a wide-ranging panel debate following June’s emergency Budget. This is what happened.

  • Day nurseries

    Making money out of nurseries should be child’s play. Shouldn’t it? EN examines the real bottom line.

Five Minutes With

Frank McKenna

Frank McKenna has never exactly been shy about being the public face of the Downtown in Business brand, which he founded in Liverpool in 2004 and now boasts operations in Preston and Manchester (the latter launched earlier this year). His weekly, “Thank Frank it’s Friday” email missives, “Frankie Says” blog and Tarantino-inspired advertisements are cases in point.

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