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New head for Lancashire Business School

Monday, 8 February 2010

A Preston academic has been made the youngest Business School Dean in the UK after he was appointed by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan.)

UK construction industry continues to decline

Monday, 8 February 2010

The UK construction industry continued to decline during the final quarter of 2009 despite the wider economy returning to growth, according to the latest Construction Trade Survey published today.

Ethel Austin in administration

Monday, 8 February 2010

Discount retailer Ethel Austin has gone into administration for the second time in two years.

Burnley FC plans Turf Moor redevelopment

Monday, 8 February 2010

Burnley Football Club, along with several partners, including the local council - have drawn up plans to redevelop Turf Moor.

Dragons' Den creator wins damages

Monday, 8 February 2010

The creator the television show Dragons’ Den has won £70,000 in damages after news reports wrongly alleged he was guilty of downloading child pornography.

James Caan sets up entrepreneur academy

Friday, 5 February 2010

James Caan, businessman and star of BBC’s Dragons’ Den, is launching his own business academy – The James Caan Entrepreneurs’ Business Academy - which specialises in entrepreneurialism.

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SME Toolkit

General

Sales for the non-salesman

There isn’t a business on earth that isn’t based on money changing hands in exchange for goods or services in some shape or form. And in most cases that means selling. We examine the basics.

Finance

Fraud Risk Strategies for SMEs

One of the key lessons to be learnt from the recession is that few if any companies can ignore the threat of fraud. David Alexander, the president of the UK Chapter of the Association for Certified Fraud Examiners and director of Forensics at Smith & Williamson offers advice.

Finance

Securing business funding

Andrew Foyle, a member of the famous bookselling family, set up publishing company BLi Education in 2007 and has already built it into a £10 million-plus business. Here he sets out his tips for raising finance to fund business growth.

Legal

Dealing with snowed-in staff

As the mercury continues to plummet, employment lawyers are having a field day dishing out advice both to staff and their longsuffering bosses.

Greetings cards

Does making cards for grandparents’ day and budgies’ funerals provide many happy returns? Elizabeth Donevan examines the real bottom line...

Out and about

How can you get the best deal when outsourcing business processes and functions, and what effect has the recession had on the market? EN investigates.

Cards on the table

We have been hearing that venture capital is about to return to the market ever since the credit crunch began. The time has come for it to show us what it’s made of.

A man’s world?

Apparently the region’s PR scene isn’t dominated by air-kissing bimbettes, and is in fact packed with proper professional business advisors who deserve boardroom attention. EN investigates a sector that just wants to be taken seriously.

You’re nicked!

Imitating someone else’s brand can be a quick way to get noticed. But as EN discovers, it can also attract the unwelcome attention of m’learned friends.

Five Minutes With

Penny Power

Online social networking isn’t all about your gran keeping up with your kids on Facebook and Twitter. In fact, before any of these names really took off it was business that led the online social revolution.

More Five Minute Interviews

Richard Tang reveals

He set up in 1994 with £20,000 borrowed from friends and family and now turns over £38 million. Elizabeth Donevan takes up the lotus position and prepares to be enlightened as Zen Internet boss Richard Tang reveals...

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