Are you keen on starting a business in Singapore? Do you want to know the best business ideas to start in Singapore? Th…

With low two-year survival rates for new firms, we speak to business owners who have made it past this important thresh…

We spoke to a range of small firms throughout the country to find out their reaction to announcements made in the 2013 …

1 Size up your problems You won’t be able to create a survival plan unless you know how much of a problem your busines…

Opinions differ greatly over the exact survival rate of new businesses in the UK, but without doubt the failure rate re…

So what are the other key reasons why many new businesses fail to survive their first two years of trading and why do m…

Difficult trading conditions call for difficult decisions. When markets are contracting, it’s no time to put your head …

The past few years have been tough for most businesses and even highly experienced business people have suffered. Many …

Running a business is hard work. There’s never a time when there’s nothing to do. So, it can be hard to stand back and …

Two of the most important metrics a start-up needs to look at are customer retention and churn. These figures should be…

Over-50s unemployment is an increasing problem. In fact, the increase in the unemployment rate for this group is growin…

In the past 30 years I’ve set up three businesses. I started my current business, Stinkyink.com, on 22 April 2012 (yes,…

I regard myself as a bit of an expert on business planning. I even wrote a few books about it, with “imaginative” title…

As a small-business owner, you are busy and your time is limited. Social media is ubiquitous and may seem like a great …