Is There Still Room For The Small Business

In todays modern super fast, no time for anything world, anything that saves time is seized with great gusto.  Supermarkets have now taken it upon themselves to offer such an extensive range of goods  that shoppers virtually don’t need to go anywhere else.

It is sadly the same with industry, there are the giants who corner their particular market making it very difficult for anyone else to get their foot in the door.  Being so large and powerful means that they have been there, done that, got the tie and seen off all comers along the way.

Is Your Small Business Wasting Money?

Many people dream of starting their own business. Even just the idea of it paints an idyllic picture, where you can finally choose your own career path, and follow it to success.

This isn’t unrealistic – if you make the right choices you can achieve a fantastic level of success, however you might define it. But if you imagine it’s going to be easy, you will be in for a rude awakening when you discover you’re not making money as quickly as you may have imagined.

Maybe you’re in that situation now. Looking through bills, statements and invoices, you might well be wondering where all your money is going, and how you can avoid losing money quarter after quarter.

Key Considerations For Going Global With Your Business

When opportunities for growth in your home country are, at best, scarce, then exporting to a more promising market abroad could present your business with a golden opportunity.

In recent years, Brits with lofty career aspirations have flocked in their droves to sunny España.

Now, research shows that emerging markets are expected to contribute the large part of an increase in the world’s middle classes by some 3bn by the middle of the century.

3 Ways Running A Small Business Has Changed In The Last 5 Years

Five years doesn’t seem like a particularly long time. Many of us will have retained the same hobbies, social groups and habits that we possessed formerly. Many of the modern technological innovations we now employ were similar or the same as those we used in recent years, too.

All time is relative, nevertheless. And in the world of business, five years can be the different between a company seeing a boom in profits or going bust altogether.

A perusal of The Small Businesses: Then and Now Survey from Constant Contact yields further changes – some subtle, some dramatic. Here’s our pick of three of the most striking modifications to have taken place in the way small companies now conduct business.