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UK Small Business Confidence Drops For Third Month: CBI
NASDAQ
(RTTNews.com) - Confidence among British small-scale manufacturers declined for a third consecutive quarter during the three months to January, reports said Monday citing a survey by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
Small and medium-sized companies in gloomy moodFinancial Times
Small UK Manufacturers' Confidence Falls On Euro-Zone Worries-SurveyWall Street Journal

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Metrowny.com
Small business offers a large variety
Metrowny.com
Well-known around the city today as a business owner - he began his entrepreneurial endeavors more than three decades ago. Among the many establishments owned by Wachowicz is Miris Cash and Carry, an establishment that sells a variety of building ...

Team helps grow small businesses
The Augusta Chronicle
By Gracie Shepherd From event planning to bookkeeping, there isn't much that Augusta Virtual Assistants can't do for small businesses. Virtual assistants sit for a portrait at the Keller Williams offices off Wheeler Road in Augusta.

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Is Facebook advertising right for your small business?
MiamiHerald.com
By Tasha Cunningham Why pay to advertise on Facebook when you can create a page for your small business at no cost? That's the question that a small business owner and avid BizBytes 101 reader asked recently. To find the answer, BizBytes turned to ...

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Mother-daughter team helps small businesses grow with Augusta Virtual Assistants
The Augusta Chronicle
From event planning to bookkeeping, there isn't much that Augusta Virtual Assistants can't do for small businesses. In early 2011, Lisa Kolb and her daughter April Green started thinking about the concept of a business that offered professional ...

The Guardian
Second recession fears grow as small business confidence plummets
The Guardian
The beleaguered state of the UK economy has been underlined by three separate reports revealing that Britain's one million small and medium-sized businesses were facing their most difficult year since the recession of 2009.

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Take a small business health check
Herald Sun
IS YOUR business up and coming, going from strength to strength, faltering or failing? Your Business editor Russell Emmerson looks at where you are and how to move on. IS YOUR BUSINESS UP AND COMING? A NEW business needs a proper financial, ...

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Technorati
SBA lending returns to pre-boom levels
Washington Post
A steady flow of new loans backed by the Small Business Administration in the Washington area is helping some institutions return to the pace of lending that was common in the pre-boom years. Through the three months ended Dec.
A Simple Solution that may save Many Small BusinessesTechnorati
Q&A: Equity usually is in cashHouston Chronicle

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Small Business Trends
Are You Ready to Make the Jump into Small Business Ownership?
Small Business Trends
In Making the Jump into Small Business Ownership (@MakingtheJump), authors David Nilssen (@DavidNilssen) and Jeff Levy (@JeffLTheESource) guide readers into the water, so to speak. They dissect what it takes to become a business owner into ...

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In business on his own, with help nearby
The News Journal
More than nine of every 10 Delaware businesses are small, based on the federal definition of a small business having fewer than 500 workers. More than seven of every 10 have no employees at all. Small business is the backbone of commerce statewide.

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Small business: How to tackle volatility
Worcester Telegram
But despite the volatility and the inability to understand why it's happening, small investors still need a return on their investment. •The expected future performance of available investment options. This suggests a range of possible scenarios of ...

PR Web (press release)
Laszlo Corporation, a Small Business Manufacture Solicitor, Pours Out a New ...
PR Web (press release)
A small business that discovered a niche in the alcohol industry and addressed that need with their cold refreshing wine slushie that turned out to be a refreshing way to beat the heat. A product served at the World Series has gained momentum and is ...

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Take a small business health check
Adelaide Now
IS YOUR business up and coming, going from strength to strength, faltering or failing? Your Business editor Russell Emmerson looks at where you are and how to move on. A NEW business needs a proper financial, operational and legal structure to chart ...

Small business resources
Houston Chronicle
The Power of E-mail Marketing for Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs: Hosted by SCORE. 10 am-noon, Leisure Learning, 2990 Richmond, 6th floor. Cost: Free. Registration: www.scorehouston.org Making Your Accounting System Compliant with Government ...

Small business notes: Harley to offer leasing program
The News-Press
Chrome Capital, a new, Naples-based finance firm, has struck a deal with Scott Fischer Enterprises to offer Chrome's TestRide-brand leasing program at Fischer's Naples and Fort Myers Harley-Davidson dealerships. This allows qualified customers to lease ...

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Technorati
A Simple Solution that may save Many Small Businesses
Technorati
How the SBA excludes the US Small Business Manufacturers from badly needed Assistance of Loan Guarantees. This morning I enjoyed a short video of SBA head Mills describing the program for supporting America's Start-up companies.

Sen. Jay Rockefeller: Small business needs help
Charleston Gazette
I also plan to prioritize the needs of small businesses that fuel so much of our economy and make up the backbone of our communities. In January, I invited small-business leaders from across the state to my office in Charleston so we could really zero ...

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Cash Mobs Helping Local Small Businesses
WIFR
ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- Some people are taking an idea and using it to help local small businesses. It's called a cash mob, similar to a dance mob, only participants aren't breaking out a boom box, but $20 bills. The group spends money at small businesses.

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Small business lending on the rise
Washington Post
This raises the question: Is access to credit still one of the biggest issues facing entrepreneurs and small business owners? The answer is that the picture appears to be improving. Citibank recently reported a 30 percent jump in lending to small ...

Government action needs to target microbusinesses
Washington Post
Everyone says they want to help small businesses. President Obama took a major step toward that goal last month by adding the Small Business Administration (SBA) chief to his cabinet, and he also proposed merging the SBA with other agencies.

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