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Two friends are taking a bite out of the male grooming market with their Bulldog skincare range
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Business Monthly: Jargon Buster
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
Service level agreement A form of contract between service provider and client that specifies both the work that the contractor will undertake and the standards of service that the client expects. Commonly defined service levels include frequency of progress reporting, definitions of confidentiality and availability for meetings and conference calls. For this reason, the agreement is often drafted by the client and not the service provider; many large organisations use standardised agreements for their contracts, used in conjunction with a separate work schedule that contains more specific details.
Profile: 'It was an expensive learning curve'
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
Ben Mumby-Croft launched the consultancy Oxford Marketing with Helen Higgs in 2006
Adventures in micro-business: Survive recession through spending and saving
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
Professor Russell Smith answers your queries, and profiles a small business facing a big challenge
Me & my partner: 'We learnt that we complement each other'
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
Relay Recruitment was established in 1996 by close friends Steven Street and Laurence Elliott. The company employs 34 staff directly and achieved sales of £7.85m last year.
Book review: Creative thinking begins inside the box
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
Creativity Unlimited: Thinking Inside the Box for Business Innovation, By Michael Dahlén Wiley (£19.99)
A lot of bottle
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
A blend of traditional craftsmanship and modern marketing has struck Champagne gold.
How Daniel Rymer's business side-project became both his passion and livelihood
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
Given the current financial difficulties in world markets, a lot of people will be considering starting up sideline businesses. Sometimes this sort of project takes off and takes over. That's certainly how it's been for Daniel Rymer, once known to many as one of the cast of the BBC's Casualty and currently the owner of Fresh Face Photography in Godalming, Surrey.
How to sell ethical grooming products to men
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
Two friends are taking a bite out of the male grooming market with their Bulldog skincare range
Analysis: Many small businesses will emerge from the downturn stronger than before
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
The coming months look certain to bring more turmoil. Even if events do not turn out to be quite as cataclysmic as those of recent weeks, it is still highly likely that we will – in the words of the Chinese proverb – live in interesting times.
Business Monthly: News in brief
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
UK is leader in green business investmentThe UK is the European hotbed of investment and innovation in low-carbon technologies, attracting 41 per cent of the total venture capital and private equity investment in low-carbon companies in the EU, according to a recent report. The research also reveals that the global low-carbon energy market opportunity could reach £2 trillion per year by 2030. The study, conducted by independent consultancy Vivid Economics in collaboration with New Energy Finance, the renewable energy information provider, is the third in a series commissioned by Shell Springboard, the fund for ethical small business.
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