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Back to School: 5 crucial lessons for small business owners
Pack your pencil case and break out the notebooks, it’s time for a lesson in business management For parents, children and teachers alike, September only means one thing: it’s back to school season. Summer is coming to an end and it’s time to buckle down and hit the...

SME Strategic Leadership Skills Part 3: Agile Leadership
by James Craft, Enterprise and Development Manager at TEDCO Running a business is a balance of planning ahead and getting from one moment to the next. The various challenges entrepreneurs face in their daily tasks makes agility and flexibility paramount to business...

Job Opportunity in North Tyneside
Fancy joining Team TEDCO as our Business & Enterprise Outreach Coach in North Tyneside? Take a look at our latest job opportunity and see if you fit the bill. We'd love to hear from you! Job Title: Business & Enterprise Outreach Coach Location: Out and...

Light bulb moment sees smart home installation business switch on
COVID-19 spurred a wave of new business registrations as people had more time to reflect, learn new skills and invest in themselves. For Luxeia co-founders Connor Thompson and Tez Errington, the pandemic provided an opportunity to develop a solution to a shared...

4 ways to successfully scale your business
Scaling an organisation involves preparing for the present and planning for the future It’s the goal of any entrepreneur to grow their business into a larger, more successful brand, but the path to scaling a business is not always straightforward. Careful planning and...

5 tips for managing remote workers, according to LinkedIn
Home working doesn’t have to result in a productivity dip More and more businesses are giving their employees the option to work from home. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, organisations have adapted to remote working, with many choosing to forego the office altogether....

5 tips for managing your business finances
Budgets are essential to business success, so here’s how to control your company cashflow If you want your business to find success in the long run, then proper financial management is absolutely essential. Paying attention to your legal responsibilities and cashflow...

From full-stack development to food sustainability with DABS
Building a mobile app takes a lot of time and money, even if you can do most of the technical work yourself. This is why Reuben McQueen and Ibrahim Mizi launched software development agency OpenKit – to create a revenue stream that could help fund their sustainable...

6 steps to creating a business plan
As the saying goes: if you fail to plan, you plan to fail Running a business isn’t something you can just wing. Ask any business owner, and they’ll tell you that owning and growing your own organisation takes a huge amount of work and careful preparation, including...

The most dynamic programme in the DABS Series to date!
We bring you DABS Business Builder, a special programme to support would-be entrepreneurs and new businesses still within their first year of trading. It's delivered by the newest expert on the team, Alan Dodsworth*. [button...