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Tag: Bootstrapping

The pros and cons of five SME funding options

March 27, 2018

By Staff writer

Most entrepreneurs resort to fundraising for capital. However, organising and executing a successful funding project is a big deal and not many businesses can pull it off.

Plastic shopping bag levy could boost one particular SME with a social conscious

October 6, 2015

By Simon Brooke

New regulations introduced this week, requiring shoppers in England pay 5p for a plastic bag and hoping to reduce the 7.6bn bags shoppers use every year, will please some consumers while annoying others. However, the change is music to the ears of one SME.

General election 2015: Tutor Desk founder Richard Harris – I’m voting as…

April 22, 2015

By Hunter Ruthven

Happy that the last government has made education “boring”, but wanting less interference as a business owner, Richard Harris shares his thoughts with us ahead of the May general election.

How signing up Lloyds as its first big client paid off for Apptivation

March 5, 2015

By Hunter Ruthven

Mark Kanji, CEO of London-based Apptivation, has gone from an idea for an app development consultancy to a business turning over £12m inside two years. He shares his journey with us.

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