Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA’s) and Start-up Businesses: Do you need one?
So what is an NDA? It is contract (also known as a “Confidentiality Agreement”) entered into between two or more parties to protect any confidential information that they give to the other(s) about their business. An NDA might be particularly important if your business is developing new products and sensitive or technical information is being […]
Get Business Structure Set Up Right From The Start
Paul Mellor is a partner at Clarke Nicklin Chartered Accountants specialising in owner managed businesses, from start-ups to medium sized limited companies. He heads up Clarke Nicklin’s business advisory team and ensures clients receive the right advice on business structure from the start so they can maximise tax savings. He also helps businesses with advice […]
How PR can help get your new business idea noticed
Sue Souter, Director of Souter PR, talks about making the most of ‘start-up’ news The key is in the word ‘new’. When you are starting out in business the very fact that you are doing so is of interest to journalists. And that’s from the business reporter on the local paper to the specialist writer […]
5 Must Haves to Start-Up Your Own Business
Christian Mancier, a Corporate – Commercial Solicitor at Gorvins Solicitors shares his top 5 must haves when it comes to starting up a business. We’ve all had a thought at least once in our lives along the lines of: ‘I could do that’, ‘if this business did this, it would be so much better’ or […]
4 Quick ways to add ‘proof’ to your start up website
Nigel Lamb, Managing Director of Xposure Creative and proud sponsor of the Pioneer10 programme shares 4 Quick ways to add ‘proof’ to your start up website. When you first start out in business, you don’t have the testimonials and history to prove to potential clients you are the best person for their project. This makes […]
Looking for Funding
by Leo Dunne, SME Funding Specialist When starting a new business you will never have enough money to do it exactly the way you’d like to. You can focus on spending on business critical items and making sure that the income you’re generating covers costs; but what happens when you need to pay for something […]
How to drive people to your website: SEO, Social Media and Digital Marketing for beginners
By Andrew Moon, Marketing Project Coordinator at Oxford Innovation When you create a new website for your existing company or for your new business, you automatically expect people will visit it. However unfortunately this is not the reality and it’s not as simple as pressing a button. Companies regularly compete for the same customers and […]