Whether your thinking of starting a business, or already a sole trader or a SME (Small to Medium sized Enterprise) you'll find a wealth of resources providing business information, advice, support, issues, articles, events and business news.
Comment: "Without a doubt, deciding to pursue an MBA changes your life - it did mine" (George Yip, Associate Dean). Your opportunities will broaden, your knowledge will expand, and your personal qualities will be enhanced. The question now is: how much? The London Business School MBA is a highly international programme with over 50 nationalities represented on the programme.
Comment: Privacy Laws & Business has been successfully advising organisations on integrating data protection and privacy laws into good business practice since 1987. Fulfilling this need for specialist help by concentrating on providing an independent, comprehensive and international data protection laws information and consulting service.
Comment: Business Focus at Loughborough University welcomes contact with industry, other educational establishments and the professions locally, nationally and internationally.
Offering many services which can help support your business and improve performance and competitiveness. The Business Focus team are available to act as an additional 'corporate' point of contact.
Comment: A one-stop source for export and international business information on the Internet! Exportall.com aims to offer you information on every country in the world, as well as resources for export and international business in a number of categories. Categories include business and industry, country, export and financial information, news and media, and research and intelligence.
Comment: A unique movement of member companies across the UK committed to continually improving their positive impact on society. Their work in the community focuses on different social issues and is delivered through a range of initiatives, working with various different brokers through their Partnership. Find out more about BITC and how to become a member online.
Comment: Their aim is to help charities obtain more support from business. Business support ranges from cash donations and sponsorship to employee volunteering and gifts-in-kind. Use the site to find information on community involvement, social responsibility, search for a community partner or broker and read up on recent research.
Comment: An industry standard accreditation for those providing integrated business and information and communications technology (ICT) advice to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Find out about the features and benefits of TMB and use the site to locate an advisor by postcode, specialism or region.
Comment: A growing network for the economic advancement of corporate and entrepreneurial women. The products and services they deliver are aimed to make a difference to women and their organisations and companies. They work internationally with corporate organisations, small to medium sized businesses, professional associations and non-profit organisations, individuals, students and women returning to work.
Comment: Access the UK Activity Report, a sales lead service providing information on UK company activity. Subscribers receive an up-to-date report every week by email plus access to the subscribers only website, which includes a fully searchable database of back issues of the report since 1995. You can also subscribe online.
Comment: IT outsourcing and IT support services as part of a fully outsourced IT infrastructure solution, ideal for small and medium-sized businesses. IT outsourcing solution includes monitoring, help desk, managed firewall and anti-spam measures, off-site backup, disaster recovery plans and more. Take a 'solution tour' of their services for more information.