Lifestyle businesses are fine – you have permission to start one
I have never understood the antipathy and dislike that otherwise rational people have for lifestyle business. The heart of the issue is this question: what constitutes business success? I guess for some it’s size; others have other measures. In an age of growing awareness of carbon footprint, in a time when the fastest growing businesses are [...]
Incapacity claimant cheats to end; whoever they are..
The government has signalled its intention to intensify the assessment of incapacity benefit and encourage those who are fit for work back into employment. George Osborne said it was important to protect those with “genuine needs”, while cutting the welfare bill in order to reduce the budget deficit. Last year £12.5 billion was spent on [...]
Find solid businesses in recession
What types of franchises traditionally are more solid during a recession? Let’s face it, the mere word “recession” strikes fear into many people, because it implies hardship, job loss, and therefore, loss of income. So, in times of recession, those without jobs, but with the economic means, will seek to replace routine employment with self-employment. [...]
Business Link goes – thank god for that.
Mark Prisk said the network, subject to speculation about its future for several weeks, is to be shut down due to the amount of money spent on telling entrepreneurs where to get advice. “The regional Business Links have spent too much time signposting and not enough time actually advising,” the MP told Real Business. “We’re going [...]
The Chasm
It is fairly common for people who are considering business or franchise ownership to look at a directory of business or franchises; magazine lists of “top” franchises and businesses. Many in business are severely skeptical about these lists. I am one of them. Is that really a smart way to find a business or franchise that is [...]
Business – do you start one in 2010 or not?
The courage to begin separates dreamers from achievers. Your difficulty and the difficulty of everyone who ever desires to achieve anything worthwhile comes in the movement. Don’t always be intending to live a new life but never find a time to begin living it. Most people fail because they never get started. They don’t go [...]
Industry report on the Domiciliary Care Market
With the growth in UK population and our increasing lifespans, the UK has an ever increasing number of older people. 247 Professional Health’s Director Roz Armitage reflects on the sweeping changes that the care services industry has undergone over the last 20 years and the creation of the domiciliary care market. Up to the early 1980s, the [...]
