New Year, new resolutions, stretching objectives, ambitious targets and clean slates… in our last newsletter we shared some of our targets with you and thank you very much to those of you who gave us feedback and shared your own objectives with us.
One objective that keeps cropping up with almost everyone we speak to is: “…to increase turnover and / or profits during the coming year”. We are therefore delighted to include a couple of tools in this edition of the newsletter to help you achieve this objective.
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Platinum News
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Your Business Questions Answered
Mr. A. – “I am just starting a new company – importing environmentally friendly products to be sold directly to the public and institutions. I would like to raise finance to cover the cost of importing a container of goods and my start-up costs. Having invested over £100,000 on research and set-up to date, I have no more funds nor do I have any assets to use as security. Can you help?"
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Win free Bookkeeping and Accounting Service
Here is an opportunity to win three months free Bookkeeping and Accounting Service by answering the following question based on our Article of the Month.
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We are investing in Market knowledge for specific sectors
To serve our clients more effectively, we are investing in improved market knowledge for specific market sectors.
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Case Study – Generating increased revenue for a National Telco through new product development
This national company provides a broad range of telecommunications products and services, including phone lines, internet connectivity, telephone systems and IT Services to business and consumer markets. Because competition had increased significantly since the opening up of the telecommunications market, our client had to find new revenue generation opportunities.
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Competition Winner
Thank you very much to all who responded to the competition in our December newsletter and Congratulations to the winner – Mr. Soji Fagade of Sabo Foods Ltd, Middlesex.
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Article of the Month
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Win new Business in the New Year
All our readers know that an essential business skill is the ability to convert prospects to loyal customers. Sometimes though we see growth plans that underestimate the resources and effort required to achieve sales. This month we would like to share a tool that provides an insight into the level of marketing effort required to achieve your sales goals.
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Useful Information
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Your Business Literature is Very important to Wining New Business
A recent survey by Prontaprint, the print and design firm, has shown how important your printed business literature could be in your attempt to win new businesses.
Businesses have rated it the third most important contribution to creating new sales after telephone and website contact.
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Can Your Business Benefit from Export Market Support?
UK Trade & Investment's trade services offer support to SME companies based in the UK so they can achieve their export potential. For those exporting for the first time or businesses experienced in international trade expanding into new markets, UK Trade & Investment can help develop your export capabilities and provide expert advice, reliable data, and professional research.
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How about using an EU domain name
The European commission has announced that a new pan-European internet domain name “.eu” is now available to help businesses enhance their competitiveness.
This could indicate an opportunity as well as threats for UK companies, SMEs in particular given that the UK is the largest online market in Europe.
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£5,000 Government Grant
What would your company do with a £5,000 grant?
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Finally
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Our next issue will continue our look at “Winning Business” As usual; we welcome your feedback and questions.
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Best wishes.
The News Team, Platinum Business Services. news@platinum-business.com
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