Jul 18
In what may come as mixed news for small businesses, the sale of small businesses with revenues of roughly $350,000 rose 8 percent in the second quarter of 2011, but this may be because owners are accepting that their businesses arent as valuable as they used to be.
An article on Inc.com, an entrepreneur and small business website, said that although the sales levels are about where they were in 2008, buyers paid a median of $25,000 below asking prices, according to numbers from BizBuySell.com.
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Jul 18
Just like us, the health of our pets can suffer if they don’t follow a balanced diet. In addition to becoming under or overweight they can also experience problems relating to a deficient diet. The best way to avoid this is to make sure they have a full and balanced diet and of course, to protect their health using pet insurance. So, after you compare Dog insurance in the UK and choose the right policy for your pooch, make sure you take a look at the food you are giving your dog to ascertain if it makes the grade.
In order to create a good nutritional regime for your dog, you should ensure their diet includes water, protein, fats and oils, minerals, vitamins and carbohydrates. W
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Jul 18
Who is going to create the new jobs America so desperately needs to get our economy back on track? This question is a subject of ongoing debate. Will small businesses create them? Big business? Well, according to a new survey by online employment platform oDesk, new jobs are already being generated by remote hiring.
oDesk found what it called “a significant shift” in how businesses are hiring and how workers are finding jobs:
“Businesses are growing by leveraging remote contractors to build distributed teams, and contractors, in turn, are earning more money and even starting their own small businesses.”
According to the oDesk Online Work Survey, employers are becoming more comfortable with the idea of remote workforces. More th
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Tags: Jobs, New Jobs
Jul 17
The recent run of bank holidays, together with plenty of sunny weather, means Kingfisher’s first-quarter results, due out on Thursday, should be encouraging.
Aurelie Caspar, of Bank of America, believes the DIY retailer’s B&Q business will have seen its like-for-like sales rise 1.5 per cent over the three months. However, she predicts there will be a divide between the performance of its seasonal products and its big ticket items, sales of which she expects to have been “subdued”.
UBS, meanwhile, is a touch more bullish, forecasting a sales growth of 2 per cent.
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Tags: Bank Holiday, Holiday
Jul 15
A stakeholder pension was introduced in the UK in 2001, the purpose of it is to ensure that people who don’t have access to a pension, other than the basic pension that everyone gets, can provide for their own retirement better. These types of pensions are set up in a similar way to other money purchase pension schemes, you pay money into your pension and your pension provider will then invest on your behalf. The actual value of your pension fund depends on how much you’ve paid into it, and how well your investments do. The
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