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Access to finance for London-based businesses

Enabled4Growth is a new service being provided by Leonard Cheshire Disability to help disabled-led businesses in London to access finance. Find out more by visiting www.enabled4growth.com or emailing enabled4growth@lcdisability.org or phoning 08456 717 173.

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Free invoicing software from Sage

Download Sage Invoicing software for FREESage is committed to supporting start-up and small businesses and understands the importance of getting cash flowing through your business for it to grow and prosper.

Easy-to-use. No time limit. No obligation.

Sage Invoicing is a free way to start managing your cash flow - it makes invoicing and managing your income easier, as well as helping you to look after your customers. That means you’ll always know who owes you money and who your best customers are.

And with a built in diary, you can automate reminders to make sure all payments are chased on time. Best of all, there’s no accountancy jargon - just simple to use software that’s FREE to download.

http://www.sageinvoicing.co.uk/Homepage.html

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South London Business Awards

Another opportunity for disabled led businesses in South London to show what they’ve achieved in the South London Business Awards in association with HSBC. For more information click here or download an application form here - best-business-for-innovation

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Smarta 100

The Smarta 100 will search, find and recognise the 100 ’smartest’ small businesses in the UK.From the West Highlands to Westfield we’ll be searching for the high-street heroes, market traders on a mission, eBay entrepreneurs, budding Bransons and the emerging big businesses of tomorrow.

We want to hear from the most exciting, promising, disruptive new businesses, the family businesses who remain the cornerstones of communities, the innovators ploughing their own furrows in staid or declining industries, the recession-busters making a mockery of the doom and gloom, the web wonders, the teenpreneurs, mumpreneurs, olderpreneuers and, er, just about anyone who’s running a small business worth shouting about. (more…)

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Winners Announced in the 2009 Morgan Foundation Entrepreneur Awards

The winners of the 2009 Morgan Foundation Entrepreneur Awards were announced on 19th November in a gala awards ceremony at Carden Park Hotel, Chester. The winners and runners up in the six categories won a total of £100k plus a package of valuable professional services, including free banking advice from the main sponsor Barclays Commercial Bank.

Now in their third year, the Awards are designed to encourage a whole new generation of entrepreneurial role models and were open to charities, social enterprises, businesses and entrepreneurs from Merseyside, Cheshire, Shropshire, North Wales and the Wolverhampton area. (more…)

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Mini Seminar - Making it as an entrepreneur

Rasheed Ogunlaru

Rasheed is a life coach and business coach helping people achieve greater success and fulfilment. Click the link below him in action.

Mini Seminar - making it as an entrepreneur

Rasheed helps people achieve greater success, happiness and balance in their lives, careers, relationships and business. He works with individuals, entrepreneurs, teams and organisations, providing life, business and corporate coaching. He runs motivation talks and workshops and produces self/business development books, CDs and MP3s.

Everyone is unique, so Rasheed helps people in different ways to boost:

Clarity
Confidence
Performance
Customer awareness
Productivity
Interview, networking and selling skills
Life balance

Who can Rasheed help?

Any individual, business, organisation or team seeking greater clarity, confidence, performance, meaningful success and happiness.

Key services

Life coaching
Business coaching (especially for sole traders, entrepreneurs and small businesses)
Corporate coaching (within organisations for managers, staff and teams)
Motivational talks, workshops and seminars
Team building, strategic away days
Coaching services in person, on site at his Coaching Studio or on location.

Find out more

Tel: +44 (0)20 7207 1082
Email: rasheed@rasaru.com
www.rasaru.com

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Discounted websites from Asteroid

RTS client, Jack Shreeve, is doing well with his venture Asteroid Web Design - one recent client, TM-developments, a japanese car parts importer, have turned over £200,000 in the e-commerce store he developed for them.

As a thank you for the help and support provided by the Ready to Start project, Jack is now offering his services at a substantial discount to any other RTS client, including developing a website for start up businesses from £50.

To find out more and see examples of the some of the work that he’s done, contact Jack on 07789 598 374 or visit Asteroid Web Design at http://www.asteroidweb.com/ .

Asteroid Web Design
Web Design l Ecommercel Graphic designl SEOl Computer repair
l Telephone 07789 598 374 l Website http://www.asteroidweb.com/ l Email info@asteroidwebdesign.co.uk
Friendly, helpfull staff l High quality design l Websites from £100 l Ecommerce from £300

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Global Entrepreneurship Week - 16 to 20 Nov 09

There are a range of events going on to mark Global Entrepreneurship Week .

At the British Library events include:

Plus the national launch with Enterprise UK on Monday 16th.

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Calling all Disabled Business Owners in Bristol!

Do you run your own business?

Do you have a disability or long term health condition?

If so you are invited to the launch of a proposed network of disabled entrepreneurs on Thursday 19^th November 2009.

The launch meeting will include a free training session to help you improve your networking skills.

With growing numbers of business being run by disabled people we want to encourage owners to meet up on a regular basis to:

Provide peer support; sharing information, advice and tips

Encourage collaboration; providing opportunities to develop joint projects or tenders
Arrange shared training and information sessions
Lobby for appropriate support for disabled-led businesses

We know that women’s business networks have played a key role in the success of women-led businesses over the past 10 years and this is a chance to see if the same approach can help disabled entrepreneurs.

The Launch meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, Filton Road, BS16 1QX starting at 16.30. A light buffet will be provided at the end of the meeting at about 18.30.

To book your place please complete the attached booking form and return it to Business Link. If you are unable to attend the launch, but would like to be kept in touch with future developments please complete the network registration form and return it to the same address.

The launch of the network is supported by Business Link which is working with the disabled-led business Will Bee Consultancy Ltd to support this initiative.