November 2004

A perfect marriage is announced

News

Two powerful forces in the SME support market are combining their forces to provide a TOTAL solution to small businesses. The online resources of the e-Co will now complement the proven capability of ibd Business Advisors, where the e-Co is a web based SME community designed by small businesses for small businesses.

The benefits are huge, from this natural partnership:

Small businesses can now:

• Access a complete end-to-end package including a network of thousands of other small businesses, a document download resource second to none, news, events, training, discussions, promotions, tenders, opportunities, and thanks to ibd - face to face business advisors who really know their stuff
• Sign up for a free month’s trial at www.e-co.co.uk - please reference ‘ibd - website’ so that we know how you came across the e-Co

ibd Business Advisors will now be able to:

• Network online with each other and their clients
• Generate business opportunities from the rapidly growing e-Co community
• Take advantage of the e-Co's huge online business library of best practice
• Offer their expertise online in our discussion area and through online coaching sessions
• Sign up for a free month’s trial, by dropping an e-mail to alison.riley@ibd-uk.com, so that Alison can ensure that you are set up with the full ibd advisor status and benefits

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For further details contact Alison Riley at alison.riley@ibd-uk.com or Marc Hill at marc@espartners.co.uk