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Now the recession is apparently over, global companies are back to thinking about the future...

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Business Expansion - Quick Guides

Distribution models: an overview

When distributing your products overseas, it's important to get the model right. Here are four to choose from.

Choosing a business base in the UK

GrowthBusiness and SmallBusiness have produced a series of reports on doing business in different regions of the UK.

From private flights to business-only airlines, the offerings of the air travel industry are as wide-ranging as the destinations they can carry you. The only limit is the tolerance of your finance director.

Cut costs, save the planet

Rising energy prices and worries about the environment have made green business practices a hot topic. For small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) looking to remain competitive, going green often makes business sense.

Q&A: Expanding into the USA

We are a financial software company and are presently expanding into the USA. How do we go about finding quality resellers for our product?

Research

Creative businesses face ‘analysis gap’

From video games developers to firms of architects, creative businesses of all kinds struggle to get adequate financing due to a misconception that they cannot be analysed systematically, claims a new report. The study comes from the Centre for Creative Business (CCB), a joint venture between London Business School and University of the Arts London.

Directors' Pay AIM 2009

What should an AIM company pay its CEO or FD?
What should a non-executive director or chairman expect to be paid?
What benchmarks should AIM remuneration committee members be using when
setting pay?

VCT Special Report 2009

This reports principle aim is to provide business owners seeking funding with information about the amount of funds that VCTs have to invest.

AIM Guide 2009/2010

The 2009/2010 AIM Guide contains essential information for anyone interested in the Alternative Investment Market.

Business XL

Business XL is written by leaders for leaders. The magazine is a fountain of inside information and knowledge, which can only be delivered by people who have started, bought and grown their own business.

M&A Magazine

M&A Magazine is the leading mid-market monthly corporate finance publication in the UK.

Poll

Have your vote on current issues

Videos

Punch above your weight

Jos White, who sold his company MessageLabs for $695 million, on why it's so important to act like a bigger business than you really are.

Meeting menaces: The Waffler

More tips from John Cleese, who reveals how to stop a waffler in full flow.

Reducing energy usage

Ian Cheshire, chairman of B&Q, explains how the store has saved 10,000 tonnes of carbon emissions.

Events Calendar

The Media Magnate Awards 2009

26th March, Vinopolis, London

Save time and money with Outsourcery

Discover how streamlining and automating your sales processes can help ensure a shorter sales cycle and improved customer retention. Microsoft Dynamics CRM business software provides fast access to useful data in the office, at home or out at meetings. Download this free whitepaper to understand the business benefits

Out with the old, in with affordable.

Bring in IBM System x3650 M2 Express servers powered by Intel® Xeon® and dramatically lower IT operating expenses. Use IBM’s online evaluation tool to see ROI in as little as three months. Find out more

Google Business Apps

Google Apps lets your business save time and money by outsourcing email, calendar and office applications to Google. Just tell us a couple key stats about your business, and we'll estimate how much a basic Microsoft Exchange 2007 deployment would cost and what you could save with Google Apps.View Google Business Apps.

Hiscox Business Insurance

Life’s full of uncertainties, but you never want to be in any doubt about your business insurance. Hiscox offers broad and inclusive business insurance available online. You can tailor a policy to suit your business needs from a broad range of covers. Find out more.

Free Whitepaper - Accelerating the nerve centre of the SOA

A free white paper from Intel, discussing how SOA Expressway will continue to evolve, providing new capabilities to further support Cloud computing and other hosted delivery models. Download this free whitepaper.

Enterprise-class e-commerce for mid-sized businesses

Online shopping has become ubiquitous and has changed customers' expectations. But how can mid-sized companies tackle e-commerce?

View now the ATG webinar with Forrester Research to find out how enterprise-class e-commerce can work for you. Click here to find out more

Selecting the right IT strategy in 2010

Owner managers and CEOs of fast-growing companies want IT-applications that accelerate competitive advantage and improve operational efficiency. This free whitepaper helps you plan and choose the right IT strategy for your business in 2010. Download ‘Selecting The Right Software Vendor’.

Compare public liability and business insurance quotes now

Compare quotes in minutes from leading insurers, including Zurich, Aviva, AXA and Hiscox. Tailor your cover levels with public & employer’s liability, business premises, professional indemnity or business interruption cover among others. Find out more now

Secure early payment for your unpaid invoices with Simply Business

Simply Business works with a carefully selected panel of the UK's leading factoring and invoice discounting providers. Find out your cash flow options in minutes, you could have 90% of your invoices paid in 24 hours. To find out more click here

Business Expansion

Business expansion strategies and issues - acquisitions, relocating and moving your business, managing growth issues, distribution models and expanding overseas.

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