According to a recent study by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants most entrepreneurs believe that a board of directors would constrain them in running their businesses.
This is not uncommon, if we look at businesses that are more than a ‘one man/woman company’, these entrepreneurs will have started their business for a reason, and to […]
Category Archives: Business development
Entrepreneurs and boards of directors
29-Oct-07What help does small business need?
23-Oct-07I am a regular panelist on the UK Business Adviser Barometer, my reasons, well it helps build a true picture of the small business community here in the UK and not one that has been modified to suit any ones political agenda.
Wales lacks entrepreneurs
19-Oct-07 Research company Gavurin recently reported that Wales had an “alarming lack of budding entrepreneurs”.
Apparently only 4% of young male and female entrepreneurs are developing original business ideas, compared to 40% in London and the South East of England.
If the rate is so low I think I know why, we have clients in Wales, and one […]
It’s all about expectations
19-Oct-07 Recent research from Vodafone UK has revealed that one-in-three businesses will take their custom elsewhere if a potential supplier fails to reply to them within just two hours, when dealing via e-mail.
I guess it started with fast food, now we have all become accustomed to everything right here, right now.
With technology such as e-mail we do […]
Innovate, Innovate ..
18-Oct-07 I read an interesting article recently in the Birmingham Post, Joanne Geary, their Enterprise Editor wrote:
Small firms must make sure they allow all staff to put forward ideas if they want to win business through innovation, the entrepreneur behind web mapping business Multimap has said.
When I first read this I thought I am sure many […]
Red tape - don’t be put off!
15-Oct-07 This article in the Times Online caught my attention, apparently research carried out by YouGov found that 45% of would be entrepreneurs are put off by the legal requirements involved.
Their worries included failure, employment law and tax.
Hey that’s easily dealt with, failure can be one of the best ways to learn, ask any ultra successful entrepreneur, most of them […]
New week, new method of communication
15-Oct-07 Today, Monday 15th October 2007 marks the day that the Holden Associates blog goes live.
We have since October 2004 had a regular monthly news page on our site, and although this proved useful it also had its limitations. So we decided it was time to move with the times and get blogging!
I have for […]
