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Top Tips for Starting a Small Business in the UK

If you are a young entrepreneur or a seasoned business professional, you may have already considered starting a new small business. For millions of business-minded people, this can be a key way to shape your financial destiny and escape the routine of conventional 9-5, Monday to Friday employment. However, when starting a new small business in the UK, you must have a clear and relevant business plan, together with a keen understanding of your target market, predicted demand for your products or services, and a knowledge of business legislation.

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The benefits of using packaging robots

Material handling robots make packaging applications easy. The Universal Robots are fitted with collaborative technology for automated bin picking ana packaging. The collaborative arms can perform different tasks in a production plant with precision.

Packaging, palletizing, bin picking and kitting applications make the processes easy to handle. The following are the benefits of using packaging robots .

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Some tasks in an industrial plant involve a lot of repetition, which can reduce the workers' motivation. Packaging robots perform these tasks instead...

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Employers urged to consider mental health as employees return to the workplace

Managing employees experiencing mental ill-health is one of the biggest challenges employers face and never more so than during the current pandemic which has produced for some employees a perfect storm of isolation from colleagues, family and friends, the pressures of managing home working and worries about the future.

Even before the pandemic, research in 2016 and 2017 found that 1 in 6 employees in the UK reported mental ill-health each week and a third of fit notes with a known diagnosis note mental or behavioural disorders as the reason for absence.

Employers will be...

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A Guide to Your First Marketing Campaign

A good marketing campaign could decide if the product or service you’re advertising is successful or not, so it’s useful to put the time in to ensure that you’re doing it correctly. Online marketing can be difficult and overwhelming for first timers, as there’s a lot of specialist terminology and jargon you have to navigate through and embarking on a campaign can perhaps be the most challenging. There’s a lot of things to consider, but with this guide to break it all down, there’ll be no reason why you can’t create a killer marketing campaign to boost your business.

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Is this a good time to invest in oil shares?

Authored by Sam Richards
Posted: Tue, 07/21/2020 - 11:34am

The oil market shows signs of recovery

Following a few challenging months, the oil market is showing signs of recovery. Will it last or will the aftermath of the coronavirus and Saudi Arabia-Russia oil war lead to another drop?

This question is not only important for Brent or WTI crude traders. The oil industry involves numerous companies and affects indices, oil ETF futures and many other financial instruments. In this article, we’ll take a quick look at what’s been happening in this volatile market, discuss what could happen next and then explain how it relates to oil...

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10 benefits of using free live chat software on your website

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Fri, 07/17/2020 - 6:10pm

Running a business online is all about being visible in the best possible way. Now, when we say the best possible way, it means that you are always available to engage with not only the existing but also the prospective clients . When you have a free live chat software on your website, you will be able to do just that. There are a number of reasons why your business needs the best free live chat software. Before we go deeper into the reasons, let us understand what free live chat actually is. This is a communication tool that is automated and your can use it to keep in touch with our...

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New online property auction service launched in Exeter

Authored by SBS
Posted: Fri, 07/17/2020 - 2:21pm

A new virtual property auction facility has been launched in Exeter offering Westcountry based clients an exclusively online approach to buying and selling land and property.

247 Property Auctions is a RICS regulated firm of auctioneers and offers users a convenient and flexible approach to buying and selling land and property through its easy to use online auction platform. The 247 Property Auctions’ team also works directly in partnership with estate agents and commercial agents, enabling these businesses the opportunity to offer online auctions as an expansion of their...

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Future of Bitcoin in the UK and innovative blockchains startups

Bitcoin is a game-changer with its new innovative and kind of money. The concept started way back in 2009 and is still going strong. An anonymous person released it through the alias, Satoshi Nakamoto.

Bitcoin works like money but without the involvement of middlemen, or more specifically, banks. You can do almost anything with bitcoins that you can do with money. You can book hotels on Expedia or buy Xbox games with bitcoins. You can even purchase a property by a company called bitcoin real estate.

According to statistics , more than 100,000 merchants worldwide accept...

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Coinepro Review: The Investment Brokerage Platform

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Thu, 07/16/2020 - 11:29am

Prior to settling for an investment decision, a lot of factors must be considered to get the best profitable return on such investment opportunity. No investor goes into business to make a loss, but the challenge with investment is that once you don’t get your priorities right, it is inevitable to experience the opposite of profit. Before engaging in any investment or business, it is vital to have a prior and basic knowledge of the business and its profitability rate.

Every business venture is a risk, and any investor that cannot take or handle risk is not prepared for the...

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South Western Railway on the hunt for the UK’s favourite local businesses for the chance to win a business recovery package worth £12,000 

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 07/16/2020 - 11:26am

Local businesses have been some of the hardest hit by COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown, and as restrictions begin to ease it is important now more than ever that we all support them. South Western Railway has today launched a campaign to celebrate local businesses across the region, with three tailored business recovery packages up for grabs.

South Western Railway is asking locals to nominate their favourite local business across the South West, to be given the chance to win one of these packages up to the value of £12,000. Whether it’s the village butcher’s, the local...

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10 Reasons to Have Custom Company T-Shirts

Authored by Sam Richards
Posted: Tue, 07/14/2020 - 11:16am

There are so many different ways to market your company or brand. One tried and true method is through merchandise and apparel. In particular, t-shirts have always been a surefire way to increase your bottom line. Thus, it's highly recommended that you incorporate this effective tool into your overall marketing strategy if you haven't already. That said, you shouldn't just set out to create or design any old tee with your logo on it. Instead, make the most out of this affordable marketing opportunity by customizing t-shirts. A custom shirt, when done right, will absolutely do more than...

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