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Small Biz Owners “Trapped” Using Email Addresses Belonging to Internet Service Providers

Published: September 25, 2020; Updated: August 20, 2021 Filed Under: Internet, Miscellaneous

Photo of a person typing on a laptop keyboard

Don’t build your personal and professional life around the complimentary “free” email addresses supplied by your broadband provider. It shouldn’t need to be said, but apparently it does.

UK Contractors Operating Ltd Companies Should Be Mad as Hell with HMRC and IR35

Published: March 10, 2020; Updated: August 30, 2021 Filed Under: Filing, Legal, Miscellaneous, Operations

Howard Beale from the film "Network" gets mad

HMRC are to squeeze private sector contractors in what has been described as “carpet bombing” taxation measures. The targets are individuals providing their services via a type of Limited Company called a PSC. Are you in or out of the IR35 legislation?

Childhood Business Ventures: What Was Yours?

Published: January 10, 2019; Updated: January 10, 2019 Filed Under: Miscellaneous, Operations, Sales

Car wash

What did you do to earn pocket money as a child? Oh, how times have changed, and yet it is still fun to remember the excitement of young entrepreneurship…

Magazine Advertising Scam: Rogues Impersonate Crime Prevention Officers

Published: June 12, 2018; Updated: January 23, 2020 Filed Under: Marketing, Miscellaneous, Scams

Crime Prevention Magazine Fraudsters Impersonate Police and Telephoning Biz Owners to Sell Advertising

Fraudsters are impersonating the police and telephoning self-employed people to sell advertising in a fake crime prevention magazine. They claim to be partnered with Trading Standards.

Magazine Advertising Scam: Bogus Children’s Cancer Charity Misleading Small Businesses

Published: March 13, 2018; Updated: February 28, 2019 Filed Under: Marketing, Miscellaneous, Scams

Kids for Life Bogus Charity Magazine Cover

Don’t be misled by this classic magazine advertising scam in which small businesses seeking exposure are hoodwinked by ruthless rogues claiming to be running a real charity. This particular operation is called “Kids for Life”. It was heavily criticised on an edition of BBC Radio 4’s “You and Yours”.

Stolen Credit Card Email Scam Targets Small Businesses and Service Providers

Published: January 30, 2018; Updated: January 10, 2019 Filed Under: Internet, Legal, Miscellaneous, Scams, Security

Hand holding a credit card in front of a laptop computer

Get wise to this socially-engineered credit card fraud operation relying on the greed and opportunism of the recipient. Email, social media and instant messaging are the communication channels used in this scam.

Return of The Apprentice: Lord Sugar Still Milking BBC & Flogging SEO

Published: October 4, 2016; Updated: September 12, 2017 Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Alan Sugar

Popular BBC business soap opera The Apprentice returns as series 12 and Alan Sugar treat us to more tedious TV. It’s Big Brother in pinstripe and enough is enough…

5 Big Benefits of Using a Virtual Office Address for Your Home Business

Published: December 8, 2015; Updated: February 24, 2021 Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Benefits of Virtual Office Address

Are you running your small business from home? Would you like to project a better outward image? Try using a virtual office address to save money and look good…

Need a Break? My Technology Burn Out & Reset

Published: October 6, 2015; Updated: October 22, 2016 Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Tech Reset

As of October 2015, I am recovering from general fatigue and a dead PC motherboard. Technology burnout is real and it’s coming to get you…

What I Learned as a Google Search Engine “Rater”

Published: July 26, 2015; Updated: February 28, 2019 Filed Under: Internet, Miscellaneous

My Experience as a Search Engine Quality Rater-Blog-Post

In 2008 I worked for LionBridge Technologies in Ireland who are contracted by Google to perform search engine testing. Did I learn anything important about SEO?

Make Money as an Internet Day Trader? Think Again…

Published: October 6, 2014; Updated: August 23, 2021 Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Internet Online Day Trading

Can you earn money online as a day trader in the financial markets? I watched the BBC series “Million Dollar Traders” and have noted my thoughts…

Peter Parker, Marketer

Published: February 4, 2014; Updated: April 12, 2015 Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Spider-Man balloon

How could Peter Parker use his superhero alter ego for legal profit? Modern technology, cool design and genius marketing could keep Spider-Man minted…

Is Business Reality TV Responsible for Business Failure?

Published: May 5, 2013; Updated: May 13, 2015 Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Alan Sugar On TV Set

Reality business TV seems preoccupied with wacky characters, ego, ratings and entertainment. Is there anything useful to be learned from business on television?

Are People Serious About Starting Businesses?

Published: September 18, 2012; Updated: March 20, 2016 Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Emotional Rollercoater

According to the StartUp Britain website, 2012 had the most business start ups in the UK. But what about the wind-downs and unsuccessful ventures?

Be Your Own Boss – Another BBC Business Candidate

Published: September 16, 2012; Updated: March 6, 2015 Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Be Your Own Boss

Is there a business reality show where “real” is the operative word? A country struggling with a debt crisis needs small business start ups but apparently it is happening against a backdrop of life-changing “jeopardy” and the sounds of dubstep. “Be Your Own Boss”, the new contender of televised entrepreneurship, squeezes in between Junior and […]

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