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7 Tips for Women in the Tech Industry

Being a female entrepreneur in the male-dominated tech industry is challenging, and comes with a distinct set of barriers.

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May Day call for tax returns

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is urging anyone who has still not filed their 2010/11 tax return to send it online before the end of April, or be charged daily penalties from 1 May.

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Warning over misleading business names

Ensuring your business has the right name is very important. Customers may infer a lot from your business name and first impressions count.

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Northern Ireland business could see energy price cuts

A spokesperson for NIE, the network company, told the BBC: “NIE’s plans for RP5 reflect its focus on delivering an electricity network that is fit for future needs and provides value for money for customers.

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Sound businessman

“I have always been interested in science and physics. I like doing it, it’s as simple as that. It’s my interest as well as my work and I’m extremely fortunate that I get to work in something I am genuinely interested in.

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Customer service critical for success

Competition around customer service is set to intensity, according to the new Sage Business Index survey.

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Events to help businesses with CE marking

The CE marking is required for many products and attests the verification by a manufacturer that these products meet European Union safety, health or environmental requirements.

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Student loan-style funding for young entrepreneurs pilot to start in May

A pilot for the government’s scheme for providing funding to young entrepreneurs based on the student loan system will begin next month, it has been revealed.

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‘Cautious sense of optimism’

THERE is “a sense of cautious optimism” emerging for companies in Northern Ireland, a business leader insisted last night.

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Effective invoicing for businesses

Until you raise an invoice, you won’t get paid, so the sooner you invoice the better. Yet some smaller businesses still dispatch invoices on a weekly or even monthly basis, leaving money tied up in other people’s businesses.

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4 Ways to Outdo Your Competitors

Here are four easy ways to set yourself apart from the din of voices in your industry. Do you have any tips for making it in a crowded market?

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Doing Business in China

The University of Ulster will host a Business Breakfast entitled “Doing Business in China” on Wednesday 18 April in the Great Hall, Magee Campus starting with registration and breakfast at 8am and concluding at 10am.

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Cross-border sales programme to get micro-businesses export ready

It’s designed to help so-called ‘micro businesses’ become export ready by providing financial funding to increase cross-border sales.

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Northern Ireland is the Place for New Business

But it’s not just the counties that are breaking records. The towns of Enniskillen, Omagh and Strabane also broke their records for new company formations in March 2012, showing a huge rise in entrepreneurship across Northern Ireland.

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Is hot-desking an option for your business?

IF you run your own business and often find yourself working in crowded coffee shops, cafes, buses or any open space you can find then maybe it’s time to think about hot-desking!

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Getting your product to market

Omagh Enterprise Company to host ‘Getting your product to market’ seminar on Thursday 19th April at 12pm.

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Invest NI Best Practice Club

The April and May sessions of the Best Practice Club will focus on generating new business opportunities through networking.

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Hanging on the phone

Omagh Enterprise Company to host ‘Hanging on the phone’ seminar delivered by Monica McGeary of Intergraded Marketing Management.

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Omagh Enterprise Company extends the hand of friendship

The Chairman of Omagh District Council, Cllr Frankie Donnelly, hosted a reception this week for 19 students from the “Monts du Lyonnais” Vocational High School in Chazelles sur Lyon, France; the group spent the past four weeks on work experience in Omagh.

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Eye for Business

Omagh designer Terry Mc-Clean admits that opening a new business during a recession was always a worry. However despite those worries in 2009 he recalls “the time felt right”. With the support and belief of his girlfriend, family, friends and clients, he opened creative design agency iDesign on the Brookmount Road in Omagh.

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