Purchasing supplies for your business more effectively

When it comes to the day to day running of a business, it’s easy to let supply purchasing slide to the bottom of priorities, especially during rougher economic times. More firms than you would imagine take this approach, but that would be missing the point. The best way to increase profit in business is to cut outgoings, and there’s no easier way to do this than by managing what the company buys more effectively.

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Benefits of using a Factoring Broker

When looking for a property, you should ideally consult a property agency in order to secure the right property based on your requirements and resources. The same scenario applies to factoring. Factoring brokers are like the agency that aim to find the right financing solution to your business’ need.
What is Factoring? How can it help my business?

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Five Ways Flexible Working Can Boost Productivity

Research and case studies show that flexible working can increase people’s productivity.
Flexible working ensures people are on top form and have the scope to put in the best work, when it matters most.
General improvements in mood and health also means less days lost to absenteeism.
Flexible working is increasingly popular, especially for smaller companies. But one issue that is always raised is productivity. For many managers, an unsupervised employee working from home is simply too big a risk to take in terms of their efficiency. However, some big players have taken the plunge and experimented with flexible working and have seen some big rewards. Businesshr.net reports that the RAC saw gains in productivity of 8% for hours worked on a flexible policy, and BT saved £47m in terms of recruitment, sickness absence and accommodation costs – and gained a £10m from productivity gains.

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Your Franchise Could Be Here

Those who've longed to run their own bagel or fitness franchise may get just the push they need from a real estate company eager to fill retail space.
Kimco Realty, which operates the biggest portfolio of neighborhood shopping centers in North America, is joining with franchise chains to treat one of the biggest symptoms of a weak economy: vacant storefronts.
The New Hyde Park, N.Y., REIT recently launched FastTrack Franchise, a program that helps entrepreneurs

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Why the SBA's Early-Stage Innovation Fund Won't Help Startups Access Capital (Opinion)

The Small Business Administration's $1 billion matching program aimed at supporting young companies will kick in this year. But the question is, will the venture capital community on which the program relies be eager to participate.
Last year, President Barack Obama announced the creation of "Startup America," the White House's sweeping public-private effort to bolster high-growth companies. As part of the effort, the SBA unveiled two $1 billion programs that

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Purchase by smartphone trend.

Smartphones are giving new meaning to the term comparison shopping.
Whether they're seeking lower prices or better terms on an item they see on a store shelf, consumers are quickly learning that their smartphone can be used for more industrious tasks than playing Words With Friends or snapping and posting photos on Facebook.
Last year, more than half of U.S. smartphone users performed retail research while inside a brick-and-mortar store, with nearly one in eight using their phone to compare prices in real time, according to comScore's "2012 Mobile Future in Focus"

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