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The 2011 bfa HSBC Franchisee of the Year Awards are now open for entries, with top franchisors urged to nominate their most enterprising franchisees. The Awards highlight the outstanding efforts and achievements of the franchisees in the UK who ‘set the standard’ for the industry.
Lord Heseltine has kicked off a series of road shows today to promote the second round of the Regional Growth Fund and encourage bidders to compete for a share of £950m.
Organisations looking to take on new staff in the lead up to the London 2012 Games can now access a central pool of enthusiastic and available talent, all seeking roles related to the Games.
This year’s successful Apprentice will no longer win a six figured salary job working in one of Lord Sugar’s businesses, but instead the winner and their business idea will found the basis of an equity partnership with Lord Sugar making an investment to the value of £250,000.
Office supplies company Staples has put its full weight behind a new StartUp Britain campaign in an effort to create a 500,000-strong army of entrepreneurs to help get the economy moving.
A shortlist of 13 franchisors has been announced in the 2011 bfa HSBC Franchisor of the Year Awards, supported by Express Newspapers. The finalists were selected from entries spanning multiple sectors, business size and locations across the UK to reveal this year’s potential Award winners.
The quest to find the UK’s most inspirational entrepreneurs has commenced – the prestigious NatWest everywoman Awards are now open for entries.
A new international study has found that, while young people in the UK are more ambitious than many of their European counterparts, they need a boost to their self-belief and determination to turn that ambition into success.
A business angel, economist and innovator of the year launched the entry campaign for the National Business Awards in partnership with Orange with the backing of the Chancellor, George Osborne.
Research of small business owners found that over a fifth employ a family member and of these 43% cited the downturn as a reason for recruiting a relative. This was a positive, as nearly all of the 1,000 businesses who took part in the survey move as 94% believe that a family hire benefits their businesses.
The bosses of over one in twenty employees in Small and medium sized companies have had office romances banned, according to a recent survey.
DHL Express, have announced a new partnership with Nectar Business, the UK’s leading business-to-business loyalty programme. The partnership will provide better value for small and medium sized customers who send international parcels and documents. DHL Express is the only courier and logistics company to reward its customers with Nectar points.
It’s plain sailing for a young entrepreneur who is hoping to persuade the Royal Navy to allow him to transform the Ark Royal into £3m of charity cash.
Female entrepreneurs could give a much needed boost to the UK economy, a survey published today has found, but no where near as many as their American nieces.
An impressive increase in turnover to more than £1-million, a massive increase in sales, the opening up of new markets and a rise in net profit – it’s every start-up company’s dream, and one which James Caan helped realise for a determined couple.
