Free package for start-ups
An international software firm is giving away e50,000 worth of applications to companies across Ireland. Palo Alto Software claims research shows that many businesses fail due to the inadequate development of a business plan. The free software initiative, aimed at people starting up new businesses in Ireland, will see 345 entrepreneurs receive Business Plan Pro Premier 11.0, a best-selling business planning software product which helps entrepreneurs and small businesses to write business plans. Read More in Irish News
Belfast Telegraph launches BT Business TV
Belfast Telegraph today launches a local business TV service with a series of thought-provoking interviews with industry leaders on the current challenges facing SMEs.
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LISBURN is to get superfast broadband, it was announced yesterday as BT accelerated its £1.5 billion upgrade of exchanges. The city is one of 69 locations across the UK to get the improved fibre-based access services – and only the second in Northern Ireland.
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Small businesses starting to recover from downturn, says FSBS
Businesses which were hit hard by the worst of the economic downturn are starting to experience a tentative recovery, according to analysis by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), which has documented the economic downturn’s impact on small firms since last September. Read More in Anderstown News
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