Yellow Pages Helps New Businesses Get A Head Start - 7 March 2000
Thinking of starting your own business? You’ve got the big idea, you’ve taken the first step but have you thought about the logistics, like writing a business plan, employment law or marketing? If not, Yellow Pages can help your newbusiness every step of the way...
Yellow Pages is launching a major initiative to support start-up businesses throughout England. The new 'Start-Up Briefings' contain expert advice from some of the UK’s leading companies, business support organisations and academia. Thanks to Yellow Pages, individual titles will be provided free through seventy Business Links regional offices (in England, only) from 6th March 2000.The Start-Up Briefings provide everything you need to know about starting a business condensed into thirty indispensable, four-page guides. At your fingertips is advice from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, The British Franchise Association, chartered accountants and a host of other contributors. Information covers practical recommendations on every aspect of running a business from 'Writing a business plan', 'Employment Law' and 'Marketing' to 'Tax and National Insurance', 'Budgeting' and 'Credit Control'.
Yellow Pages Managing Director John Condron says: "The Yellow Pages Group is committed to supporting small and medium-sized enterprises and there has never been a more exciting and competitive environment in which to start your own business. The entrepreneurial spirit is vital to all our futures and Yellow Pages is delighted to support these Start-Up Briefings, which provide an invaluable library of information to help small businesses start up and succeed."
Patricia Hewitt, Minister For Small Firms and E.commerce, says:
"Starting any kind of business in today's increasingly competitive environment needs careful planning and an understanding of a number of business disciplines, from budgeting and taxation to marketing and customer care. The 'Start-Up Briefings', supported by Yellow Pages, contain useful advice for those who have just started in business or are thinking about taking the plunge. As such they are a valuable additional source of information to that provided by Government sources".
If you would like to know more about how Yellow Pages can help your business, please telephone: 0808 100 1199.
