Small Business Resources

This page is dedicated to bringing you what we consider great resources for small businesses.

We hope to build a list of resources free, or otherwise, that will help all small businesses.

If you know of a great resource, then let us know through our contact form, and we will add it to the list.

1. British Library: www.britishlibrary.org.uk - Business & Intellectual Property Centre - fantastic resource for entrepreneurs and small businesses. They can help with researching markets, protecting your ideas, business networking, business planning.  Workshops, events and one-to-one consultations.

2. Yammer.com - Enterprise Micro-blogging site. Free - but you can also pay to "claim" the network for your company.  Very useful for reducing internal emails, team building, internal communications and collaboration and improving communication for vitrual teams.

3. Wordpress.com - Free hosted blog site. Easy to use and set up, almost instanteous.

4. Dropbox.com - Online file storage that is secure and backed-up. Basic account is free upto 2GB. Premium package for up to 50GB is reasonably priced on a monthly basis.

5. CIMA's Growing Businesses hub- Free online resource from CIMA (Chartered Institute for Management Accountants). Includes ebooks - webcasts and white papers.  Especially recommended is the following ebook "The Growing Business Handbook".

Copy and paste this link:

http://www.cimaglobal.com/Employers/Supporting-growing-businesses/Planning-for-growth/

6. www.snapfiles.com: Look for the freeware tab which includes a host of tools ranging from time trackers to password programmes that hold online account details.