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News for older entrepreneurs from The PRIME Initiative

Welcome to PRIME Business Club’s April 2010 newsletter.

You are receiving this entirely free because you contacted PRIME, the charity set up by Prince Charles, about starting your own business.

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1. Half-price offer for Doug Richard’s School for Startups events in London

2. Become a guest blogger on the PRIME website

3. FREE business website and .co.uk name

4. Free PRIME events around the UK this month

5. Get a PRIME Mentor in Bristol, Newcastle and Belfast

6. Clever Gecko Free business check-up update

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1. Half-price offer for Doug Richard’s School for Startups events in London
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Doug Richard’s School for Startups is running two events this April in London. Ex-Dragon Doug has offered PRIME Business Club members an exclusive half-price discount.

Secrets to Marketing & Sales on the Internet is on Tuesday 06th April 2010 at the British Library.

To find out more and get the offer price go to http://www.primebusinessclub.co.uk/2010/04/01/half-price-offer-on-doug-richards-marketing-event-in-london/

Find, Pitch & Close: The Art of Securing Investment, is on Monday 19th April 2010 at University College London.

To find out more go to
http://www.primebusinessclub.co.uk/2010/04/01/half-price-offer-on-doug-richards-find-pitch-close-event-in-london/

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2. Become a guest blogger on the PRIME website
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Are you interested in contributing to the PRIME Business Club web site – as a guest blogger? We’re looking for older entrepreneurs to share their experiences of starting and growing a business.

To find out more go to
http://www.primebusinessclub.co.uk/2010/04/01/become-a-guest-blogger-on-this-site/

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3. FREE business website and .co.uk name
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Google, BT and a host of other firms are backing Getting British Business Online, a campaign to get the UK’s small businesses onto the web. So if you haven’t got a web site yet – or aren’t happy with what you’ve got, check out the offer. You get your choice of a .co.uk domain name free for two years, plus free web hosting from Google for as long as you want, plus various other offers.

To find out more go to: http://www.primebusinessclub.co.uk/2010/03/09/free-uk-web-site-offer-now-live/

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4. Free PRIME events around the UK this month
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Tuesday 20th April

Living in Dorset, over 50 and looking to start your own business?
PRIME is organising a Free computer skills in Bournemouth that will give you the opportunity to understand and try out up-do-date ideas to support your business.
To find out more and book your free place go to
http://www.primebusinessclub.co.uk/2010/04/01/free-computer-skills-training-day-for-over-50s-in-dorset/

Thursday 22nd April

HMRC are running a FREE Business Advice Open Day in Edinburgh. This will include useful seminars and an exhibition of organisations you can get advice and information from.

To find out more go to http://www.primebusinessclub.co.uk/2010/03/22/business-advice-open-day-edinburgh/

Thursday 29th April

Another HMRC Business Advice Open Day in Crawley.

To find out more go to http://www.primebusinessclub.co.uk/2010/03/22/business-advice-open-day-crawley/

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5. Get a PRIME Mentor in Bristol, Newcastle and Belfast
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If you’re over 50 and thinking about starting a business in the Bristol, Newcastle or Belfast areas, then contact PRIME about getting a mentor. PRIME has recently completed training mentors in these areas, who are now ready to talk to you. This is a completely Free programme.
To find out more go to
http://www.primebusinessclub.co.uk/2010/03/04/get-yourself-a-prime-mentor-in-bristol/

To find out more go to
http://www.primebusinessclub.co.uk/2010/03/29/get-yourself-a-prime-mentor-in-newcastle/

To find out more go to
http://www.primebusinessclub.co.uk/2010/03/29/get-yourself-a-prime-mentor-in-belfast/

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6. Clever Gecko Free business check-up update
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Nearly a thousand people responded to last month’s offer for a free business health check from UK business set-up specialist Clever Gecko.

The offer is still open, and it’s still free. So if you want some advice on how you are doing, or to talk over any concerns you may have, go to:

http://www.primebusinessclub.co.uk/2010/02/26/get-a-free-vital-business-check-up-for-your-business/

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Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:00 PM
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News for older entrepreneurs from The PRIME Initiative

Welcome to PRIME Business Club’s March 2010 newsletter.

You are receiving this entirely free because you contacted PRIME, the charity set up by Prince Charles, about starting your own business.

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1. Get a FREE business check-up

2. FREE eight day course for over-45 Londoners

3. Could you become a PRIME online mentor?

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1. Get a FREE business check-up
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PRIME has teamed up with UK business set-up specialist Clever Gecko to offer our members a FREE health check for their businesses.

Business Doctor is predominately aimed at those people who have already started and would just like some advice on how they are doing. The check-up will give you an opportunity to discuss any concerns you may have but also for the Doctor to highlight issues that may not be obvious to you.

If you are still just contemplating starting your own business then Business Doctor can still help by assessing your business idea for viability

To find out more and to take up the offer go to:
www.primebusinessclub.co.uk/category/offers/

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2. FREE eight day course for over-45 Londoners
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The Centre for Micro Enterprise, a unit within London Metropolitan University has funding to support a small number of people over the age of 45 who want to go self-employed.

Places on the course will be offered on a first come-first served basis. You must have a London postcode to be eligible.

They are offering an eight day programme delivered one day a week over eight weeks. The course is designed to help you to develop your skills to enable you to set up your own business

To find out more go to:
www.primebusinessclub.co.uk/2010/02/26/free-eight-day-course-over-45-londoners/

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3. Could you become a PRIME online mentor?
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Have you already experienced the challenge of setting up your own business? Would you be prepared to share your experience as a PRIME mentor?

Mentoring online can be the perfect way to share your hard earned wisdom with those who can benefit from your experience and knowledge, all in an interesting online environment.

To find out more go to: www.primebusinessclub.co.uk/category/volunteer/

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Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 4:23 PM

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News for older entrepreneurs from The PRIME Initiative

Welcome to PRIME Business Club’s February 2010
newsletter. You are receiving this entirely free
because you contacted PRIME, the charity set up
by Prince Charles, about starting your own
business.

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1. Successful applicant gets Zopa-PRIME loan

2. Become a PRIME case study

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1. Successful applicant gets Zopa-PRIME loan
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Colin Bicknell, 50, from Northampton has
successfully secured a Zopa-PRIME loan of 7,120 pounds
at an interest rate of 7.88% to help start up
his energy assessment business.

PRIME has teamed up with Zopa Ltd and Bank of
America to create a peer-to-peer loan scheme to
help people aged over 50 to raise the capital to
start a business. The scheme is designed for
people over 50 who are finding it difficult to
raise money directly from a bank. It allows
someone to borrow anything from 1,000 up to
15,000 pounds – as long as they have a strong, viable
business plan.

To find out more about the scheme and to request
an information pack go to: 

www.primebusinessclub.co.uk/loan-fund

To see Colin’s listing go to the Zopa website:
http://bit.ly/d3ZrSx

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2. Become a PRIME case study
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We are looking for people over 50 who have got a
successful business up and running – to be case
studies on our website. We would ask you a few
questions, and put your photograph, biography,
and a link to your business on our website.

If you would like the chance to be a PRIME case
study, please click on the link below and
complete the online application form.

www.primebusinessclub.co.uk/2010/01/29/te
ll-us-your-start-up-story-become-an-inspiration-
to-olderpreneurs

Good candidates will be confident and
charismatic, and we are particularly looking for
businesses of an unusual nature. The form gives
us a good idea of what you do, and what sort of
person you are, but don’t feel the need to write
lengthy replies. This will come later, if you
are selected for interview.

You can read case studies of fellow
Olderpreneurs here: 

www.primebusinessclub.co.uk/category/prim
e-case-studies/

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Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 5:58 PM

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News for older entrepreneurs from The PRIME Initiative

Seasons Greetings. Welcome to PRIME Business Club’s
January 2010 newsletter. You are receiving this entirely
free because you contacted PRIME, the charity set up by
Prince Charles, about starting your own business.

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1. Create-your-own-web-site in the New Year

2. VAT is going up – try our calculator

3. Read older entrepreneur success stories

4. Loads of new business, accounting and tax info

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1. Create-your-own-web-site in the New Year
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The New Year is a great time to try something new.
So if you have not got a website yet, now is a good time
to start thinking about it.

PRIME has teamed up with UK web-site specialist Mr Site
to offer a discount of up to 40 per cent on the
company’s simple all-in-one web-site creation
packages.

Read on…

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2. VAT is going up – try our new calculator
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With the VAT rate going up to 17.5 per cent if your
business is VAT registered you will need to change your
published prices.

The government has announced that businesses have four
weeks to amend their shelf and product labels following
the reversion to the 17.5 per cent standard rate of VAT
at midnight on 31 December 2009.

Try our free online calculator.
Read on…

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3. Read older entrepreneur success stories
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We have put up new case studies on the PRIME website
where you can read about the experiences of other
olderpreneurs who have gone ahead and started a
business.

Read on…

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4. Loads of new business, accounting and tax info
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We have completed adding over 700 pages of detailed
information especially written by the accounting and tax
experts at Practice Web. This is all free at the PRIME
Business Club website.

Among these are:

The Business start-up area

The Tax system for the self-employed

Understand what your customers want

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