Author Archives: Vinny Hira

MADE Festival September 2012 – The Entrepreneurial Festival Sheffield

Introducing you to this year’s Entrepreneur Festival MADE. ‘Set to take place in Sheffield from 19- 21 September, MADE will see 3,000 business leaders take over the city to network, be mentored and make deals.’ Courtesy of Smarta. ‘The number one … Continue reading

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‘Economic downturn drives female enterprise upturn.’

We’re pleased to announce that the number of women running their own business is rising. ‘According to an analysis of 100,000 of its customers by XLN Telecom, the proportion of female-run small firms has risen from 20.13% in 2008 to … Continue reading

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News: UK’s small firms divided over future growth strategies.

At OnlyUncle.com, we like to know what’s happening at the heart of UK SMEs. And that’s why we want to show to you the highlights of ‘Thinking Bigger Report‘ issued by SAP (UK). Cortesy of SAP. ‘The ‘Thinking Bigger’ Report, … Continue reading

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A Good Week 2012 – A Global Celebration of Good!

At OnlyUncle.com, we love projects like A Good Week which celebrates entrepreneurship. Today’s theme is Innovation & the Power of Entrepreneurship. ‘In order to keep you motivated right until hometime, today’s theme is Innovation & the Power of Entrepreneurship. We all … Continue reading

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Go ON UK! ‘Bringing the benefits of Internet to everyone and every organization’

Here at OnlyUncle.com, our main aim is to encourage SME’s to get online and that’s why we like Go ON UK. ‘Go ON UK aims to bring the benefits of the internet to every individual and every organisation in every … Continue reading

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Celebrating National Sharing Day! #NationalSharingDay

Today is National Sharing Day, an idea that we think is highly relevant for local businesses. As part of #NationalSharingDay, we’re here to remind local businesses to share whatever they can with one another in order to help each along. … Continue reading

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The Olympic high street makeover – needed much sooner!

Yesterday, the Daily Mail published an interesting article about High Streets Shops and their visual attraction. ‘Pull down the garish neon and spruce up the rest of Britain’s depressing High Streets.’ Content Via The Daily Mail. ‘How disheartening that it … Continue reading

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9 essential Facebook marketing resources – Via Mashable.com

OnlyUncle.com, helping local businesses to get on in the digital world. We found – and had to share – this fab Mashable.com article with 9 Essential Facebook Marketing Resources. Content via Mashable.com 1. Expanding Your Facebook Reach While Facebook has never officially … Continue reading

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‘Local businesses worth twice as much to UK economy as online market’ – Via Fresh Business Thinking

We’ve found new research from Santander Business Banking about the most popular businesses in UK. And they’re the local ones – hooray! Read below to find some of the interesting highlights from the report – Via Fresh Business Thinking. ‘The … Continue reading

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Google+ local business pages offer new opportunities Via Bdaily.co.uk

On May 30th, Google switched over 80 million business listings from Google Places to their newly created Google + Local platform. Content via Bdaily.co.uk ‘Industry experts believe that this move has a twofold driver; Bing, the Microsoft Search engine who partners with … Continue reading

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