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Growth Planning

How data management can boost start-up growth

From analytics to security, good data management should be a serious consideration for any start-up chasing high growth

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What are the benefits of hiring a contractor?

In a tightening jobs market, where people with specialist skills are sought after, hiring a contractor as opposed to taking on full-time staff could be the answer

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Can a sole trader employ staff? 

What is a sole trader? Does it mean you have to work alone?

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What is a scale-up visa? 

A scale-up visa allows skilled overseas talent to be employed by eligible scale-ups in the UK

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What scaleups have in common

Are there any personality traits that founders of scaleups share? What sectors are they in? And do Britain’s fast-growth businesses have other things in common?

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5 essentials for expansion into the US

America is still the world’s largest single and richest market. But some of Britain’s biggest brands have crashed and burned trying to expand into the US. Matthew Lee Sawyer explains how to avoid their mistakes

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Expansion through franchising

McDonalds and Dyno-Rod are two brands that have successfully used franchising as a means of business expansion. Here are the pros and cons

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How a franchise works – pros and cons, costs and how to set one up for your business

Find out how a franchise works and all of the important points you need to know before setting one up for your own business.

Growth Planning

Expansion through franchising

McDonalds and Dyno-Rod are two brands that have successfully used franchising as a means of business expansion. Here are the pros and cons

Growth Planning

How a franchise works – pros and cons, costs and how to set one up for your business

Find out how a franchise works and all of the important points you need to know before setting one up for your own business.

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5 steps to prepare your company for scaling

Rajiv Nathwani, founder and director of Quivira Capital, gives 5 tips on successfully scaling your business

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How to scale a tech start-up in a recession

What is a minimum viable product (MVP) and how can you use one to scale your tech start-up fast? What is agile development? Ritam Gandhi answers your questions

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How to scale your business quickly

What does scaling mean? How do you know when you’re ready to scale and how do you grow quickly?

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Business scaling strategy: How to manage growth

From putting customers at the heart of your messaging to getting key media coverage, here are the considerations to make when scaling your business aggressively.