News
15 June 2006: British
adviser network expands into USA. Initiatives in Business
Development Group Ltd. (ibd), the British owned
international network of independent business advisers which specialises
in helping small to medium enterprises, has opened its first operation
in the US. ibd-USA operates out of Orlando, Florida
and is managed by a British/American couple on behalf of the Group.
more...
1st June 2006: Ten
top tips on how to get the best out of a business adviser. All
businesses will need to use an adviser at some stage in their lives.
Perhaps the adviser will be an accountant, perhaps a lawyer, an
expert to help with a particular business issue, perhaps a web designer.
Who ever and what ever they title themselves, advisers charge for
their time on a fee based system. more...
2nd May 2006: Small
Business advisory network expands in Scotland. Initiatives
in Business Development, (ibd), the advisor organisation
dedicated to helping small firms grow and succeed, has appointed
Alistair Emslie of am-marketing to its network
in Scotland. more...
11th November 2005: Non-Executive
Director Service Benefits UK Small Firms. Initiatives
in Business Development Group Ltd. (ibd), the national
advisor network dedicated to helping small firms succeed, has launched
a non-executive director service in response to calls from SME customers
for better strategic business development advice and support. more...
17th October 2005: New
Business Service to support West Midlands' smaller firms.
Initiatives in Business Development Group Ltd. (ibd),
the national business advisor network, has launched a new service
for smaller firms based in the West Midlands. ibd
has announced the formation of a specialist Regional team who will
focus their energies and expertise toward firms based in the Region.
ibd West Midlands will be managed by Regional Chair,
Chartered Engineer, Jim Bell of Bromsgrove. more...
11th July 2005: ibd
launches OUTSOURCING service for small firms.
Outsourcing — the provision of goods and services by external
suppliers replacing those previously provided internally —
is not new. The East India Company pioneered outsourcing in the
17th century. Today, outsourcing embraces more than buying products
from abroad, indeed its growth has contributed to the huge expansion
of the services sector in the UK. more...
19th June 2005: 'Over
50s preferred' A report from pensions company, Prudential,
finds that 40% of people planning their retirement want to continue
to work to supplement their incomes. It also finds that almost a
million people keen to work have been unable to get a job because
of their age. more...
7th April 2005: How
to Win The Small Business Challenge.
ibd at The Business Start-up Show. A survey, undertaken
by Initiatives in Business Development Group, compared the key concerns
of entrepreneurs immediately before they launched their businesses
with those of owner managers one year on highlights some interesting
changes. At start up stage, potential business owners identified
finance, new customers and premises as their top concerns. Twelve
months later, their major issues had evolved into concerns about
time - or rather the lack of it- and managing isolation. more...
20th March 2005: ibd
deliver the light fantastic! Switched-on expert advice
and guidance from ibd members Abigail Levin and
David Brannock via the DTI’s Manufacturing Advisor Scheme
(MAS) is enabling Sowerby Bridge lighting company, Zodion, to look
to the future with confidence. more...
14th Feb 2005: British
business advisors export know-how to help Poland’s small firms
compete in global markets. Poland’s business
advisory network is to be updated, trained and better equipped to
help the accession state’s small firms compete in the global
economy, thanks to an innovative joint venture launched this week.
more...
12th February 2005: New
Finance Market Available for West Midlands Companies. Small
firms in the West Midlands that are ambitious to grow, can now access
a new source of finance at an early stage in their development,
thanks to a low cost, regulated, share trading service launched
by AngelBourse Private Equity. AngelBourse has
designed the new service to enable unlisted companies to be valued
and traded. more...
7th Feb 2005: ibd
Network on standby to support small firms. Initiatives
in Business Development, ibd, the multi-national
network of independent business advisors which specialises in the
needs of small firms, is attending the Federation of Small
Businesses’ annual conference in Birmingham for the
first time this year. more...
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