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The danger signs for a potential insolvency

Regular checks and monitoring a small business carefully can help firms to deal with cash-flow problems at an early stage

Dragons locked out by floating key-fob

They are used to swatting away hopeful inventors, but one entrepreneur has turned the tables on the Dragons' Den tycoons

The new 'intrapreneurs'

Staff with entrepreneurial spirit, dubbed intrapreneurs, are becoming ever more important to businesses

Firms are held to ransom by late payments

Small businesses are being hit hard by customers who delay paying their bills for as long as possible

Get to work on a holiday checklist

Designing bespoke furniture is Jack Trench's passion. The 30-year-old runs his own company, Jack Trench Ltd, and business is good.

Get on the trail of Olympic gold

In between sailing and running Creative Solutions, his marketing, public relations and event management company, Roy, 52, is preparing for the 2012 Olympics - though he won't be competing

Young are worst on pay snooping

Most of us are curious to know just how much our colleagues are being paid. Yet research suggests we are a nation of hypocrites where wages are concerned

NatWest Everywoman awards application deadline nears

Female entrepreneurs have less than a month left to enter the NatWest everywoman awards

One business just isn't enough

Many small business owners are involved with three businesses at once but more than half are considering selling up

Dragons' Den reject lands deal with Boots

Dragons' Den reject Shaun Pulfrey has had the last laugh after his innovative hairbrush was snapped up by Boots

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