0800 Repair, one of the UK’s largest professional appliance repair companies, has been given the seal of approval by the franchise industry’s governing body.
The Chester-le-Street-based firm, which specialises in carrying out repairs on a wide range of domestic appliances from washing machine repairs to Dishwasher repair, has had its business model endorsed by ...
Given the current economic climate and the fact that good business news appears to be thin on the ground, expanding a franchise business beyond its current operating areas could be regarded as an enormous leap of faith and a real challenge. That’s exactly the journey Glasgow based entrepreneur Graeme Sim ...
On Thursday July 29 th @ 5:00 PM, Jack London Aquatic Center, the Bay Area Business Roundtable will present “Spotlight Awards” to two of its members for outstanding contributions to the quality of life and business development. The awards will be presented during the annual Jazz Business Mixer and Fish ...
The Bay Area Business RoundTable (BABRT) recently announced a new location for its monthly meetings. The new meeting place is the Jack London Aquatic Center (JLAC) at 115 Embarcadero in Oakland. The JLAC is located on the Oakland Estuary, just seven tenths of a mile west of the old meeting ...
TVE Magazine has been threatened by Entrepreneur Media, Inc., owners of Entrepreneur.com with legal action unless we change our name.
“…We hereby demand that you immediately cease and desist from any and all uses of the ENTREPRENEUR® mark or any similar mark in your online publication of “The Virtual Entrepreneur Magazine” ...
On Thursday, April 30th, California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer will speak before the Bay Area Business RoundTable (BABRT) on the future of green business in California's strained economy. The BABRT meets monthly at the Homewood Suites Hotel in Oakland, California. Elected as State Treasurer in 2006, Lockyer has served as ...
On Thursday, April 30th, the Bay Area Business RoundTable (BABRT) will present a Spotlight Award to author, attorney and activist Christine Pelosi for her partnership in teaching the Public Service Leadership Boot Camp course at UC Berkeley. The award will be presented during the BABRT's monthly meeting held at Homewood ...
TrainingforEntrepreneurs.com, an on-line business skills training and virtual resource center for aspiring, beginning, and experienced entrepreneurs, announced today that membership enrollment is now open for the GO SAMMY Strategy System Program™. The GO SAMMY Program™ is a strategy development and implementation system created especially for entrepreneurs of small-to-medium size businesses. ...
On Thursday March 25th, the Bay Area Business RoundTable (BABRT) will present a Spotlight Award to Omar Benjamin, Port of Oakland Executive Director. The award will be presented during the BABRT’s monthly meeting held at the Homewood Suites Hotel in Oakland. Responsible for the administration and operations of the Port ...
The main advantage to small business owners who use check writing software is that it saves them money in a variety of ways - and that is especially true during these economic times. halfpricesoft.com and TrialPay have teamed up to give small businesses and families a new way to get ...
his month's Small Business Sentiment Survey (SBSS), conducted by Angrisani Turnarounds, LLC, with data provided by Toluna, Inc., demonstrated a small—but fragile—improvement in small business owners' attitude toward the economy.
Fifty-nine percent of small business owners surveyed said they had no plans to open their wallets anytime soon for capital expenditures, ...
On Thursday February 18, the Bay Area Business Roundtable (BABRT) will host a welcome reception for Lady Janet Boateng, the wife of Paul Boateng, former British High Commissioner to South Africa and British Labor Politician. The reception will be at the Joyce Gordon Gallery – 406 14th Street in downtown ...
Business Link in London has launched a women's networking group on the global business networking site LinkedIn. This is in response to their survey of the London businesswomen who attended the "We Mean Business" conferences, where it was discovered that women wanted a place to network online.
The LinkedIn group is ...
London’s small to medium-sized businesses (SMEs) are not reaching their full online potential – and many have no web presence at all, according to a recent poll by Business Link in London.
Almost half (45.4%) of the 500 London entrepreneurs polled admit that they do not have a business website, with ...
A recent Business Link in London poll found that many small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in London do not have clear processes in place to manage their financial health. Smaller SMEs in particular are putting themselves at risk by failing to adopt adequate financial management systems. Business Link in London ...
Destination Graphix (www.destinationgraphix.com), the award-winning marketing communications firm, has launched a new marketing program to help local entrepreneurs and small business embrace marketing as an essential part of their business structure. The Morning Marketing Mix is an informative and interactive program allowing participants to gain a better understanding of how ...
The run up to Christmas is one of the busiest times of the year with tens of thousands of seasonal jobs created to cope with the Christmas rush. This doesn’t just impact retailers, as many small businesses are also affected. The rush to meet increase in customer demands doesn’t always ...
With an estimated one in three people in Britain suffering from allergies at some point in their lives and a recent House of Lords report stating that 1 in 5 school children suffer from asthma, indoor air quality is very much a hot topic. It is also estimated that 80% ...
There have been more than 7.4 million more people unemployed since the economic recession began in December of 2007. Although the declines are beginning to moderate, there are still job losses reported in major industries (U.S. Bureau of Labor). As the leaves change colors and summer breezes turn cool, this ...
Snip-its (www.snipits.com), the fastest growing franchise of children’s hair salons in the U.S., is pleased to assist families through one of the most important events of the new school year — picture day. By offering a professional, cost friendly haircut at Snip-its, provides a great, stress-free haircut for kids while ...