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Customer service critical for success
Competition around customer service is set to intensity, according to the new Sage Business Index survey.
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Events to help businesses with CE marking
The CE marking is required for many products and attests the verification by a manufacturer that these products meet European Union safety, health or environmental requirements.
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Student loan-style funding for young entrepreneurs pilot to start in May
A pilot for the government’s scheme for providing funding to young entrepreneurs based on the student loan system will begin next month, it has been revealed.
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‘Cautious sense of optimism’
THERE is “a sense of cautious optimism” emerging for companies in Northern Ireland, a business leader insisted last night.
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Effective invoicing for businesses
Until you raise an invoice, you won’t get paid, so the sooner you invoice the better. Yet some smaller businesses still dispatch invoices on a weekly or even monthly basis, leaving money tied up in other people’s businesses.
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4 Ways to Outdo Your Competitors
Here are four easy ways to set yourself apart from the din of voices in your industry. Do you have any tips for making it in a crowded market?
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Doing Business in China
The University of Ulster will host a Business Breakfast entitled “Doing Business in China” on Wednesday 18 April in the Great Hall, Magee Campus starting with registration and breakfast at 8am and concluding at 10am.
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Cross-border sales programme to get micro-businesses export ready
It’s designed to help so-called ‘micro businesses’ become export ready by providing financial funding to increase cross-border sales.
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Northern Ireland is the Place for New Business
But it’s not just the counties that are breaking records. The towns of Enniskillen, Omagh and Strabane also broke their records for new company formations in March 2012, showing a huge rise in entrepreneurship across Northern Ireland.
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Is hot-desking an option for your business?
IF you run your own business and often find yourself working in crowded coffee shops, cafes, buses or any open space you can find then maybe it’s time to think about hot-desking!
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Getting your product to market
Omagh Enterprise Company to host ‘Getting your product to market’ seminar on Thursday 19th April at 12pm.
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Invest NI Best Practice Club
The April and May sessions of the Best Practice Club will focus on generating new business opportunities through networking.
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Hanging on the phone
Omagh Enterprise Company to host ‘Hanging on the phone’ seminar delivered by Monica McGeary of Intergraded Marketing Management.
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Omagh Enterprise Company extends the hand of friendship
The Chairman of Omagh District Council, Cllr Frankie Donnelly, hosted a reception this week for 19 students from the “Monts du Lyonnais” Vocational High School in Chazelles sur Lyon, France; the group spent the past four weeks on work experience in Omagh.
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Eye for Business
Omagh designer Terry Mc-Clean admits that opening a new business during a recession was always a worry. However despite those worries in 2009 he recalls “the time felt right”. With the support and belief of his girlfriend, family, friends and clients, he opened creative design agency iDesign on the Brookmount Road in Omagh.
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Optimisitc teenagers attended jobs seminar
Optimistic teenagers attended a careers event in Omagh last Wednesday (28) where they heard at first hand from local employers about the opportunities for jobs that await them when they leave school.The event took place at St Joseph’s Hall in Omagh.
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Northern Ireland Small Business Marketing Conference
The Northern Ireland Small Business Conference is bringing together a selection of experts in small business marketing for one day to provide practical marketing advice for 200+ small Northern Ireland based companies.
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Free hospitality and catering exhibition
IFEX 2012 is a chance to meet key suppliers who have solutions to help improve your business. The IFEX 2012 exhibition aims to bring together the very best in food and drink products, catering equipment and retail systems. Supporting local producers across Ireland is the overall theme for the exhibition.
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All VAT-registered businesses must now submit their VAT Returns online
All VAT-registered businesses in the UK will now have to submit their VAT Returns online, and pay electronically, for periods starting on or after 1 April 2012.
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SMEs get £1 million exporting boost
SMEs get £1 million exporting boost – InterTradeIreland has made funding available to help local SMEs grow their business in the Republic of Ireland
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