Weekly Newsletter - 10th September 2008
No More Doom &
Gloom
We have banned bad news about the economy. From today, the
site will no longer publish negative reports about UK’s faltering
growth.
It
follows a string of (now familiar) reports suggesting that Britain is heading
for recession. It is also a response to Alistair Darling’s ill-conceived
comments about the economy last week, which have damaged confidence.
LaunchLab’s writers agree that ‘doom and gloom’ scares off would-be
entrepreneurs unduly and convinces business owners to postpone growth plans.
To back up our decision, we have gathered a handful of examples (see
here) of entrepreneurs who are shrugging off the effects of the downturn and
pushing on with the job of growing their businesses.
Read
more.....
By Dan Matthews, Editor of LaunchLab.co.uk
The week's top news
Cost
pressures ease for manufacturers
Hard-pressed UK manufacturers enjoyed
some respite from rising costs last month as the cost of raw materials fell at
record speed..
Small
business to battle ‘clone town’ Britain.
Small businesses will be
rallying against the onset of ‘clone town Britain’ at the forthcoming political
party conferences..
Cross-council
rules offer £50m savings for businesses
Businesses operating in more
than one borough council will save nearly £50m and benefit from a reduced risk
of being sued when new rules are introduced next year, according to government
sources..
Best of the blog and
columnists
Fantasy
(business) football
Sulaiman Al-Fahim’s arrival and threatened spending
spree at Manchester City shook the Premier League hierarchy to its foundations.
But imagine if you had the budget (and the gumption) to do the same ....
Pound
for pound, Sterling is the Leweser
There was a time when a move like this
would spark civil war, but luckily for the sleepy East Sussex town of Lewes the
authorities have softened their approach to flagrant acts ....
The
rise of Middle Eastern entrepreneurs
Ten years ago no one had heard of
Dubai in terms of entrepreneurship. Like their cousins in Saudi, Kuwait and Oman
these oil rich sheikhs seemed more interested in gold plating Bentleys ....
The
banana guard
My colleague Maria Lampert owns a banana guard to protect
bananas from bruising. She was pleased to find patent information on it..
Videos
The
"back to front" method of becoming and entrepreneur - Brett Akker of
StreetCar
Brett Akker of Streetcar explains how he and his business
partner planned to become entrepreneurs before they even had a product, how they
turned their ambition into a start up business and how they used friends of
friends as a focus group.
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