When is the right time to leave your job for your business?

Wednesday, 26 May 2021 Martin Warner

Proudly handing in your notice to work full time in the business you have built on the side is a vision many entrepreneurs share. Why shouldn’t you be proud of that?

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Concept to Reality: Just a good idea isn’t enough

Tuesday, 04 May 2021 Ashwin Ahuja

Ideas and opinions – fortunately are not a luxury. We all have them, get passionate about them but often they get relegated to the side as we get on with what matters to us in the present.

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Man proposes, Covid disposes

Friday, 16 April 2021 Ashwin Ahuja

February 2020, I was on a flight to a food trade show in Vancouver and I was finalising my work travel plans for the summer. 4 continents in the space of 4 weeks – for a business that had started just a few months prior

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Start Up Loans reflects on the inspirational small business successes of 2020

Thursday, 04 February 2021 Richard Bearman

Richard Bearman is Managing Director of Start Up Loans, a government-backed programme launched in 2012 to provide loans to early stage businesses throughout the UK who might otherwise have struggled to secure backing from high street lenders.

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From dream to reality; how to take your side hustle full time

Wednesday, 06 January 2021 Michelle Bisset

2020 has been a turbulent year for business. For some it’s forced tricky career re-evaluation, but for others it’s been the spark they needed, motivating spirited entrepreneurs to start a new business, or take their side hustles full time.

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Start Up Loans reflects on the way businesses have responded to shifts in consumer spending in a post pandemic world

Thursday, 20 May 2021 Richard Bearman

Over a year after businesses across the country had to close their doors, lockdown restrictions continue to ease and small business owners across the UK are returning to a sense of ‘normality’.

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Start Up Loans celebrates the re-opening of small businesses across the UK

Monday, 19 April 2021 Richard Bearman

After a year of risk and unprecedented challenges, the easing of restrictions through March and April 2021 has provided small business owners across the UK with a light at the end of the tunnel.

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Start Up Loans celebrates female entrepreneurs

Monday, 01 March 2021 Richard Bearman

The driving force behind the Start Up Loans programme has always been to support budding entrepreneurs from all walks of life to make their business dreams a reality.

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Start Up Loans partners with The Open University to offer a range of free business learning courses

Friday, 08 January 2021 Richard Bearman

Richard Bearman is the Managing Director of Start Up Loans, a government-backed programme that launched in 2012 to provide loans to people who would traditionally find it difficult to secure finance.

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‘Considering starting a new business in 2021? Here’s what to do next

Monday, 07 December 2020 Julia Shalet

Let me sock it to you right up front - the biggest mistake that new businesses make is that they start investing time and money progressing their idea without properly understanding what the customer really wants and needs.

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When is the right time to leave your job for your business?

Concept to Reality: Just a good idea isn’t enough

Man proposes, Covid disposes

Start Up Loans reflects on the inspirational small business successes of 2020

From dream to reality; how to take your side hustle full time

Start Up Loans reflects on the way businesses have responded to shifts in consumer spending in a post pandemic world

Start Up Loans celebrates the re-opening of small businesses across the UK

Start Up Loans celebrates female entrepreneurs

Start Up Loans partners with The Open University to offer a range of free business learning courses

‘Considering starting a new business in 2021? Here’s what to do next

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