Start Ups
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SME Grant Contest Launched
10 March 2016 NewsThe FedEx Small Business Grant is offering small, for-profit businesses with fewer than 100 employees which have been running for two years or more the chance to win up to £20,000 to invest in their global future -
How To: Open a Cafe
18 September 2015 Start UpsEver considered extending your offering with a cafe? Here are 7 tips for doing just that -
Modern Slavery: Are You Involved Without Knowing It?
11 June 2015 NewsBusinesses within the food sector are being warned that unless they check the working practices of their suppliers by October, they could fall foul of the law -
Food Business Challenge Open For Entries
10 June 2015 NewsRoythornes Solicitors, a leading food and drink law firm, has created the Food Business Challenge in order to support start-up food producers -
5 Top Tips from a Startup Saviour
15 May 2015 NewsWilliam Kendall has transformed the likes of Cawston Press, Green & Black's and The New Covent Garden Soup Company from struggling startups into household names. Here, he shares his secrets for building a successful business -
5 Easy Ways to Stop Standards Slipping
07 May 2015 NewsAre your standards still as high as when you opened your shop? These five pointers will ensure that your business practice is as sharp as ever -
Free Organic Support For Indies
28 April 2015 NewsThe Soil Association is releasing a supportive package to help independent retailers boost sales of organic goods -
Minimum Wage Change: What’s Does It Mean For Indies?
24 April 2015 NewsWages have always been a hot topic – with a natural divide between the views of employees and employees ever-present – and as of October 2015, the National Minimum Wage is increasing from £6.50 per hour to £6.70 -
Heart Distribution Launches Producer Growth Scheme
30 September 2013 NewsEarly September saw the launch of The Heart Distribution Producer Growth Scheme, providing loans to small businesses to aid their growth within the marketplace -
Food Consultancy Firm Offers Aid to Expanding Food Businesses
16 September 2013 NewsFood businesses looking to expand can look to the team at consultancy firm Business Directed to aid the process -
New Scheme for Young Food Entrepreneurs
15 March 2013 NewsA fine food distributor has started a scheme to help young people get their food businesses off the ground
