RURAL, FARMING & TOURISM BUSINESS FUNDING

New funding has recently been announced for small rural, farming and tourism businesses with projects that will create local jobs. Businesses can apply for the funding pot if based within Bolsover and North East Derbyshire areas with up to £150,000 available in the pot its likely that its a limited period. Because of the areas…

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NEW OFFERING FOR WEBSITE BUILDS

Brighter Directions are pleased to announce we are now able to offer website build development for small businesses and start-up firms in addition to our other specialist services. We have recruited a fantatsic new apprentice Thien, who is our Creative Developer, working with the college on a new project to develop the core skills witihin…

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HMRC BUSINESS RECORD KEEPING

HMRC has produced some record keeping phone applications in an attempt to help small businesses with guidance on how to go about running a business day to day and keeping accurate records when dealing with the revenue offices. Go to www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/mobile-apps/record-keeping.htm

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GREAT BRITAIN – GREAT FOR BUSINESS!

Who has heard that timely saying that ‘Britain doesn’t make anything anymore’? Well, this sentence will soon be a thing of the past, with a new backed campaign set out to dispel this myth and make Britain a great place for business once again. Britain’s Manufacturing industry has taken a hit in recent years with…

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NACC FUNDRAISING AT RUTLAND WATER

NACC 12 Sponsored Walk. The team at brighter doing their bit…. The NACC Charity (National Association for Crohns and Colitis) is a national charity very close to our hearts at Brighter Directions, so we are always thrilled to provide support, fundraising activities throughout the year to do our bit for this fantastic cause. As some…

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CHEAP AIR TRAVEL TO BRUSSELS

Great news for businesses that export or deal with Brussels -Or for those that don’t YET but may start looking into opportunities this gives a viable option to: bmi have launched a new low-fare of just £65 one-way (cheaper than most train tickets to London!) between the East Midlands and Brussels airports. Flights are available…

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MARKETING UPS AND DOWNS!

The UK Marketing Services industry is vast and well-established with many thriving and specialists organisations (like ourselves) at the forefront of innovation and strategic development. A recent study has found that in the last three years, some forward-thinking Marketing companies have worked hard to increase sales revenue by over  22% – a great achievement in the economy.…

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VIDEO CV’S BRING APPLICANTS SUCCESS

Employers are looking for new innovative ways to recruit now the market is in such need of a face-lift, what better opportunity technology provides to help candidates ‘stand out from the crowd’ Recruitment is a tough game, so much so that (we think) video may be the new way forward – why shouldn’t candidates think…

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FACEBOOK UPDATES – CHECKIN

Check-in numbers on Pages will be updated in the next few weeks Recent notice from Facebook: We are revising check-in numbers on Facebook Pages to give you a more accurate picture of how people are visiting your business. Among these changes, previously, if an individual checked into your business multiple times, each check-in was counted…

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