PRIME business club

“This free event is brought to you by HM Revenue & Customs working with the Scottish Executive. We also work with a number of other partners: the Health and Safety Executive, The Patent Office, Environment Agency, Age Positive, Office of Fair Trading, Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, The Pensions Regulator, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and PRIME.”

At the event you will have access to a full team of experts who provide advice and technical support on a range of subjects, covering every stage of your business from start-up, through growth and expansion to pension arrangements when you retire. Free seminars cover topics such as meeting government regulations, funding, marketing and enhancing your business through new technology.

Click on the link below to find out more and to book your place.

Website Link: www.businessadviceday.gov.uk

Despite the awful headline “Silver start-ups for our golden oldies” (yuk) this article from The Scotsman contains two interesting case studies of start-up firms built on their owners’ previous experience.
Jack Hamilton’s firm maintains floating buoys and other navigational aids around the UK, and now employs 15 people. Jack has yeas of experience in the field. “When I got to 61, my son Billy had finished his gap year and was wondering what to do with himself. That’s when we decided to set up an agency for marine aids to navigation.”
May Marcus and Julie McTaggart, both in their 50s, set up Premier Car Check within a month of being made redundant. Both women had considerable experience of vehicle checking. Their service enables car buyers to find out if there are problems about their prospective purchase - for example if money is owed on it or if it’s been reported as stolen.

SCOTLAND is the UK’s most entrepreneurial region accirding to a study for UBS Wealth Management reported in The Scotsman newspaper. Scotland’s claim is based on the success Scottish firms have had on attracting venture capital. For every one million inhabitants London has 53 venture-backed companies - but Scotland has 54.