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What Positive Action SMEs Can Take in Battle For Survival During Global and UK Recession
[Business:Small-Business] So what positive action can SMEs take in the battle for survival during the Global recession? The answer is always to reduce costs (but really it is to be more effective); however the focus should surely be on a focus on new customer acquisition - this is the 'name of the game' in a recession (and ANYTIME). Today it is a battle for market share (but not at any cost) and the fight for survival is gathering momentum.

SME Managerial Incompetence and the Pitfalls to Avoid
[Business:Management] What action can you take as a business owner when sales plummet, or profits crumble, and the pressure is on? A common consensus amongst management consultants, business mentors and business coaches is that the temptation to bury the head in the sand is so strong in many SMEs cannot make that shift. So what can we do to avoid these management pitfalls?

Does Macro Economics Really Affect Small and Medium Sized Businesses, Say the Size of National Debt?
[News-and-Society:Economics] Small and Medium Sized businesses (SMEs) make up 99% of all UK businesses get very little support in Darling's new budget. Consumers may have more spare change in their pockets with VAT reduction, but this reduction is soon to end (31 Dec 09). SMEs act as a low cost tax collector for the Treasury, so new businesses must think carefully about VAT registration.

How Outsourcing Can Help SME's Achieve Competitive Advantage
[Business:Outsourcing] Outsourcing can prove to be very effective. Inviting a marketing or business support professional with industry or sector experience and expertise to give advice and assistance can significantly improve the performance of any new acquisition programme. How easy is it to find the right help?

Why Recession Can Be Good For Business
[Business:Management] Business today is so often won at the expense of a competitor. In a recession many small and medium sized enterprises (SME) 'batten down the hatches', indulge in an extensive cost cutting exercise. Large corporate business has learnt to invest in continual customer acquisition programmes, in an attempt to avoid the feast and famine / boom and bust cycle that is typical of the global economy - ten year cycles?

3 Steps to Better Results From Your Website
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] Why do you need a website? If your prospective customers use the internet, you need to be 'there', but the good news is that the internet is a gateway to valuable business leads for your business, generated by your website, and technology available to do this today is inexpensive.

E-Marketing Ideas For Small Specialist Book Publishers
[Writing-and-Speaking:Publishing] It is good having your books being sold by Amazon, Blackwell's, ASDA and other small booksellers as a distribution channel. However success in business lies is the ability to get customers to buy from you (Robert Craven).