Small business sentiment has gone up for the seventh consecutive month in Canada during March, according to the latest business barometer index by the CFIB (the Canadian Federation of Independent Business’s). The CFIB has stated that the continuing optimism indicates that smaller and medium sized companies have returned to a level of sentiment that would [...]
A new website, founded recently in the US, is aiming to become one of the big players in the daily deals market. That Free Thing, like rival sites such as LivingSocial and Groupon (Public, NASDAQ:GRPN), offers discounts on numerous products on its website every day. The site launched in the autumn of last year, and [...]
Three deal offering companies have refunded all online coupons issued for a butcher shop based in Ottawa, after the business stopped accepting the vouchers. Aubrey’s Meats stated that financial problems following the sudden death of its owner mean it can no longer accept or sell the online coupons it had advertised. The daily deals companies [...]
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The vice president of the European commission has said that small businesses need to do more do more to make themselves energy and resource efficient, otherwise environmental policies will fail. The vice president Antonio Tajani’s comments have come after the first in depth analysis on how smaller businesses are having an effect on both pollution [...]
Small business confidence in the United States went up to its highest point in a year during the first quarter of 2012, according to a survey released this week. More small firms are also planning to increase hiring as the American economy’s prospects have improved, the poll shows. The confidence index by Vistage International jumped [...]
The American President Barack Obama has endorsed bipartisan legislation this week relating to the US’s small companies. The legislation is expected to make it simpler for America’s start-up firms to bring in capital without breaching federal regulations. The vote in the House, in favour by 380 votes to 41, overshadowed concerns from some Democrats, as [...]
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The price of a first-class stamp in the UK will increase from 46p to 60p from the 30th of April this year, after the regulator lifted some of the price controls on Royal Mail. Prices of second-class stamps will also rise – they will move from 36p to 50p, just 5p beneath the top price [...]
Twitter has officially launched its self-service ad program for small companies this week. Plans for the new resource were announced earlier in the year as Twitter’s answer to AdWords, by Google (Public, NASDAQ:GOOG). According to a number of recent reports, representatives of Twitter have revealed that only a small number of businesses will be able [...]
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A new website created by a 25 year-old entrepreneur from Glasgow is providing daily deal offers all in one place. Dealley.com claims that it can offer an easy way for UK-based daily deal customers to receive the best offers available directly to their inboxes. According to recent reports, Glasgow-based Jordan Konopate set up Dealley.com after [...]
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Small Firms Can See Mixed Fortunes From Their Dealings With Daily Deals Websites
A number of reports in recent months have revealed that some small businesses have struggled after offering discounts on their products with daily deals websites, with some even coming close to bankruptcy as a result of the huge number of claimants for their offers with deal providing companies. The large US-based firm Groupon (Public, NASDAQ:GRPN) [...]