Raef lands speaker slot

Launch an indeciferable business, come sixth on a business talent show, get a job giving business advice to others.
How Raef Bjayou fast tracked himself onto the speaker circuit. Read it here.

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Pressure mounts for small business tax cut

A group of MPs and small businesses are tearing into Alistair Darling over an upcoming increase in corporation tax for small businesses.
The tax was announced by Gordon Brown in the 2007 Budget, and was controversial then, but now it is seen as cruel and unusual.
MPs, including Labour ones, have signed a petition to get the [...]

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It’s official, entrepreneurs ARE risk takers

Scientists at Cambridge University have found that entrepreneurs’ brains work differently to those of hired managers.
Research published in Nature Magazine found business owners’ brains are more active in the region responsible for making snappy decisions.
Sixteen entrepreneurs from the tech sector were recruited for the challenge and matched with 17 senior managers from the public and [...]

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Cookery schools

Bernice Hurst loves writing about the food business. She’s a columnist on LaunchLab.co.uk and has covered topics including jam, farmers markets and meade.
She’s authored cook books focused on cheesecake,  and as founder of the Fine Food Club, she pioneered online food retailing in the UK when the Fine Food Club became the first shop in [...]

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