It seems to be property investment season on UK TV, we’ve got How To Be a Property Developer, Selling Houses Abroad and Property Ladder running in the evenings, not to mention a whole host of programmes such as Homes Under The Hammer following auctions, developers and investors running throughout the morning. So now seems like [...]

For several years small town centre retailers have been blaming Tesco for all their problems, claiming that Tesco drives them out with unfair competition and ultimately hurting the consumer. Friends of the Earth have also insisted Tesco is evil and we should all support our local shops.

Eventually after vigorous campaigning small shopkeepers forced [...]

Coming up with a business idea is easy.
Rejecting a business idea you love is hard.
Starting a business is easy.
Starting the right business is hard.
Starting the wrong business is easy.
Admitting you started the wrong business is hard.
if you already have money then, borrowing to finance a startup business is easy.
If you haven’t got any money, then [...]

Google has joined forces with leading mobile technology companies to announce the development of Android, the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices. The release of the Android platform was combined with the announcement of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), a consortium of 34 hardware, software and telecoms companies including Google, T-Mobile, HTC, [...]

Reuben Singh was once was named by Guinness World Records as the world’s youngest self-made millionaire with an estimated personal fortune of £27.5M.
In June 1999 Stephen Byers, then trade secretary appointed him to the Department of Trade and Industry’s Competitiveness Council – a sounding board for “Britain’s youngest, brightest entrepreneurs”. He was also given a [...]

Every new business opportunity starts out exciting and fun. Then it gets harder and less fun, until eventually it hits a low point - really hard and definitely not fun. At this point you might be in what Seth Godin calls a Dip, which will get better if you keep pushing, or a Cul-de-Sac, which [...]

This weeks pitches on Dragons’ Den were:

Restore - Asking for £50K in return for 10% equity to produce and market “Ben the Bin” a way of reusing carrier bags as a portable bin. Having only turned over £8K in 8 months it didn’t look like an investable business opportunity, but Debra Meaden and Theo Paphitis [...]

Welcome to the October 22, 2007 edition of Business Opportunities and Ideas Carnival.
Luke Houghton presents 6 ways to write a list posted at Luke Houghton, saying, “The way in which we engage our readers is often through simple lists. How to strategies and aggregate lists are very powerful. Read this to learn techniques you can [...]

In the sporting world if you’re loosing then you and your team set about practicing more, perfecting your technique and studying the other teams to look for their weaknesses. You then try to exploit those weaknesses using the skills and team work that you’ve developed during your practices.
Business is much the same. You should study [...]

The BBC has commissioned a second series of the hit fashion retail show ‘Mary Queen of Shops’. The series features retail expert Mary Portas, the woman who turned Harvey Nichols into the modern powerhouse of fashion and style that it is today.
In the series Mary helps independent boutique owners rediscover their passion for fashion and [...]