A host of small software companies and some Internet giants like Google are offering inexpensive or free online alternatives to Microsoft’s widely used desktop software. These hosted applications are much simpler to set up and run. But are there drawbacks too? The Wall Street Journal’s Starup Journal looks into the [...]

Practical and written from a UK perspective, Business Link’s guide also includes helpful links, business plan templates and other resources.

This quick quiz from Fortune helps spot your strengths and weaknesses as an entrepreneur.

The creator of the A-Z road maps is to be honoured with the unveiling of a Blue Plaque on the house in London where she was born. Phyllis Pearsall walked 3,000 miles to create the atlas of London, which first went on sale in 1936. Phyllis kept working (as Chairman [...]

Intel has launched a new competition aimed at people running or starting businesses after the age of 50. The overall winner will receive £8,000 as well as mentoring from Simon Woodroffe of TV’s Dragon’s Den. The winner and two runners up will also receive top-of-the-range Intel laptops. The competition is [...]