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Tech start-up company, Wattl, has won £15,000 of business support after being announced as the winner of this year’s Pioneer 10 competition, organised by Stockport Business & Innovation Centre (SBIC). The brain child of Emma and Matthew Ryan, Wattl’s unique video sharing platform is an innovative way in which videos are brought together in one […]

When starting a business, the excitement of creating something from scratch, the often painful process of learning the ropes as you go and the worries about how to pay for everything, rarely leaves time for considering whether the business you just created will result in a comfortable future for you and your family or a […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]