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Awards entry worth the effort

We all do it. We put the deadline date in the diary. It’s weeks away so we promise ourselves we’ll spend an hour or two considering that awards entry a week before the deadline.

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Search engine optimisation

Increasingly customers are searching online to find products and services they require. It is now more commonplace for users to access websites via search engines rather than the web address.

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Search for top local businesses

This award is open to all businesses that have started within the last 2 years. The winner will have displayed a strategic approach to business, successful implementation of a business strategy and will have good prospects for the future.

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Set up a pop-up shop

Pop-up shops are an exciting global trend in retail and food business. From small traders to large multinationals, pop-up shops in major cities around the world are proving popular with customers

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Advice for Budding Entrepreneurs: Don’t Give Up

Understanding the investment process in Silicon Valley used to require membership to a very exclusive club of investors, plugged-in media and experienced entrepreneurs.

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Co Tyrone engineers in running for top award

A Co Tyrone firm has been shortlisted in a UK-wide small business competition.

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The key debates for sustainable living

The public’s attitude, how to implement change and where the responsibility for sustainability lies are three vital issues that need to be resolved if the country is going to move into a greener future.

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Web 2.0: a guide for business

The internet is a vital tool for any modern business. Customers today search online for everything from their local plumber to a global brand. New technology and faster connection speeds mean more customers and businesses are connected than ever before.

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7 Deadly Sins of Business Meetings

“The last thing a meeting organizer wants is their attendees to be sitting in a conference room or on the phone wondering what the meeting is for, why they were asked to join, or what the output will be.”

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Tax rate deal is finely poised

Ministers now have a difficult decision to make. The deal to allow Northern Ireland to offer business, new and old, a corporation tax rate of 12.5% is finely poised. Should the Treasury deal be accepted?

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Survey highlights one in five businesses failed to make profit in last 12 months

According to latest the quarterly Business Monitor released today by InterTradeIreland, the protracted economic downturn is continuing to have a severe effect on businesses across the island of Ireland with 21 per cent of those surveyed reporting that their business has not been profitable in the last year

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Get the right social media for your business

Social media is not about doing something new, it is about using new tools to help you spread your business’ message. Used well, it can help you create brand loyalty and connect with your customers in a very personal way.

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Start-ups to showcase at major digital event

Thirty of Northern Ireland’s top start-up companies from across TV, gaming, music technology and mobile and web applications will be on show at the region’s largest digital technology event later this month.

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Different Types of Advertising

On the morning of July 19, the hit AMC show “Mad Men” scored 17 nominations, a total which tied for the most. The show has been widely acclaimed by critics and fans for its vivid period detail and its engrossing storylines.

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Should Your Small Business Be on Google+?

Given the platform’s lack of popularity, should you bother maintaining a Google+ presence for your small business? Absolutely.

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Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) – It’s Your Business

IPR is at the hub of any creative or innovative business and can be among its most valuable assets. It can help you grow markets for products or services and, most importantly, give you an advantage by preventing your competitors from making use of the technology and other IPR that you own or have developed.

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EDI Certificate in Management Principles & NVQ Level 3 in Management

Are you interested in up skilling your staff with NO college fees charged to your organisation?

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Employee engagement

Employee engagement is a route to business success. An engaged workplace encourages commitment, energy and productivity from all those involved to help improve business performance.

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2012 IntertradeIreland All-Island Seedcorn Business Competition

There are 40 days left to enter the 2012 All-Island Seedcorn Business Competition, the largest business competition on the island of Ireland.

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Calling all local businesses – Dodgeball Challenge!

Sign up for the Dodgeball Challenge – a day of fast-paced, fundraising fun with Mencap in association with the Omagh Chamber of Commerce.

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