Hiring for a start-up business

If you are looking to get staff on board your growing start up, where do you start? Here are some ways you can play the recruitment game on a budget (well, a budget of varying sizes).

Start-ups: How to write a business plan

Most people starting a business have a business plan in mind, yet are daunted by actually writing one. But all your business plan is really doing is outlining what you want to do and where you want to take it.

DIARY OF A START UP: Episode 1 – marketing

Louise Knowler started Distinctive Wash Ltd, the UK’s first designer fragrance washing powder for men. Louise started the business after a brain wave and has it up and running, but there is still much to learn… And she is kindly letting us follow her journey through getting her SME off the ground.

Creating online marketing places: Loubilou

Online marketplaces are a phenomenon which has taken hold for online retailers. For a long time the sector has been dominated by a number of big players like Amazon and eBay but as the model proves itself, smaller businesses and start-ups, like Loubilou, are entering the scene.

The price of fast growth

It is the dream of almost every company to achieve rocket-fast growth. The idea of sitting watching revenue graphs go through the roof fills most online retailers with hopeful joy. But fast growth is a powerful thing and it takes careful preparation for it to work.